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This was my failure
It wa summer time room temp was 30C, I was experiment with a small amount inside a Robertson jam jar.5 U% ^& J3 X: S9 G/ \0 @
1. wash everything with broiling water, soak glutine rice overnight , using a bowl, cook inside microwave cooker ,( my rice cooker not easy to clean to oil-free stage), rice was properly cooked ( similar to sticky rice in dimsum restaurant ), left at table to cool down to same temp as back of hand, stir occaionly, sprinkle and mix 1 flat teaspoon of wine yearst ( white color, look like the fruit of lychi ), pour content into a jam jar , half full, put a piece of ceram wrap over jam, screw cap , put jar inside cupboard.$ h1 o- z3 C4 m( T$ ~+ G
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.6 P/ ~6 w2 ^7 c9 X: o
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
( B$ ?+ ^ t/ }1 `3 i& O' [1 H( ^1 fin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color% U2 N0 j6 Z0 q3 ~/ z
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
7 O; o9 l: |8 a; r) ]! c3 r+ m& x5th day no bubbling,
& @, z# |% t P+ G- J" V6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.
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- Q: r7 t$ t$ lAfter this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed. i6 r+ ~: `1 M
. \7 q2 j& V7 a% n& F/ e: N' T. yConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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3 O0 q5 N1 @8 q( H' Y) i1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
0 S; a, {# W! ~& T8 j) x7 J0 O2. cleaning not complete.& F, @! Y% ]* P$ K$ `8 r
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
8 M5 A& r, A' Q& K: f0 [: ]2 g, y, oWhat should I do next ? |
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