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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.8 `, ? D1 Q% e d" G9 |1 ]
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.
2 B% X7 A# v' y' E: U6 S/ X2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
' T% ~) a+ _ t Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.( \ W% @% I- P7 T: I& `3 ~
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
6 M1 `$ F/ E8 {: N5 F6 I9 X4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)' v; C6 S' R0 \" t+ W
5th day no bubbling,
E2 x- n& X: x' g8 T* M6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.( s- u8 {+ i5 C' y1 E+ v
[/ R1 j' L3 ?3 {8 i. r* p) e- mAfter this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed./ O% I9 {0 |) [) K, p( l' m+ g v8 {
/ `: n% h" c6 GConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction4 E/ R. f. }0 O' v. b$ B: }" z
2. cleaning not complete.6 [1 X+ l" v) r0 O0 E. d
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?8 X* K6 p5 V; \ G# I- x
What should I do next ? |
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