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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.7 c2 I w7 |, A; E1 ~. X
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.* P7 g& H6 [1 g$ s9 ~
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,. }; M4 k2 E1 K6 A: s
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.: y C7 Z# r' Z! \* \
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color3 o8 {* R& ^! @ \) y8 _- A
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)$ ~7 w, ], ~& U' c# E: O3 Z0 e
5th day no bubbling,
5 d" H5 H8 g H' W6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.! i* ^) [; Z% Z' J* k
) b9 ~( S; {+ U* O% T# {1 bAfter 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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3 f( p- b/ s$ A( I5 K& q+ LConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-- K# H& c$ A' c! }
- ^9 F0 U4 Z9 n8 E* k+ v9 p1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction0 w* g# w, U, u
2. cleaning not complete.
- e |: g( @; H9 r1 B' d3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?& w3 Q' m) V4 q; Z+ @, \ e) `
What should I do next ? |
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