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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.- P5 v' c# O0 h u! b% M7 [! k5 ]
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.& \) i7 b* C6 I8 g( P
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,./ o2 ], p( b2 I/ p
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.( U% y' u9 r9 H8 g' O ~$ r* E
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color3 M( }' Y9 t) q% e5 R
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake), r6 F3 I3 [8 b2 e8 \8 j9 w
5th day no bubbling,
4 H# r9 _+ R+ h* D6th 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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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-+ d3 U( {6 t" j0 d3 ]
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
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3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?* L+ X$ E( X- K1 R
What should I do next ? |
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