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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.
" F4 b( t5 Q. z; Z1 z/ \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.% r6 W& B/ e1 K0 ~
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
) b- ] J: l8 N+ ?+ L Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
1 Y- J+ {4 ]2 h9 `: a9 R. @in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
4 e7 N' O8 k I4 u4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)/ Z9 B* ?$ X7 N- G( j6 V
5th day no bubbling,* `& U, S! u' W' E N
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.
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After this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed.
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* n, {7 t' n$ U0 f+ n( e# h1 OConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-- m) X- z3 r% b5 a7 J" U) m& `
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction9 f; B% s9 Z# d% t7 E
2. cleaning not complete.0 B5 V/ i3 d6 a* W) }6 G
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
+ K! l {$ {9 VWhat should I do next ? |
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