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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.* o$ ]& V3 U7 k8 V
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.! c) Q1 S# R1 O% A
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
- R! G) w9 p I- @ Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
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7 J7 Q6 c0 @6 @1 ^2 t4 i4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)8 C; X+ ?" b+ b7 }) o9 C/ p5 m0 t5 j
5th day no bubbling,
# X" b2 \& ]! y: i! W- L6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.7 [) {, `# ]7 a( y* O# Q; R
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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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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-6 P/ t2 G" ?+ j! I
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
4 d, n. `' m- ?$ G& T2. cleaning not complete.3 a. J1 h; H0 J% [. @9 G: g: E
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
& G4 b6 h( M) X0 E1 ^2 BWhat should I do next ? |
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