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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.
. S( _) j; q8 p! t, S! ?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.) f; @" ?# Y0 [4 {/ `
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.! b. B1 |6 G" ]( T% e
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.( |: P" Q& I! b! n: {
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color% g+ B: d$ G' L- {
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
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6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.+ G$ t/ E2 |: Z2 H% U K$ ^
) r, {/ H' M3 {. b$ b4 q# Q2 `6 iAfter this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed.* A; p8 Q! Z9 u, ^% }& h |
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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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# V3 K. Y7 [$ ~& z1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
i( E& V4 k. r2 X' A/ w2. cleaning not complete.3 |$ I T0 N, c& S
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
, K. b4 }" N% N: ?- M! J. DWhat should I do next ? |
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