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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 i% R" p. G, Q1 j; `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.' a6 g1 `- `; j$ q4 q
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,." x, y$ Y6 x% _* U; b
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
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4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
( @8 s$ _2 o* v* ^5th day no bubbling," w$ A% q; m4 O- C, H/ p( C! R
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.) Y; t3 L2 G2 A. z1 x4 M1 d2 t
' m( ]9 X8 E* ]" T3 u/ lAfter this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed.* e1 i4 c$ a# x7 ?9 n2 v& H
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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-9 m* G2 v+ |$ T- p( V' Y' _
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
" _0 O: C/ f7 G8 }2. cleaning not complete.
- n6 I3 G- G7 ]) Q7 y$ q9 G3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?+ X- x8 m; z. p R* v( M
What should I do next ? |
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