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发表于 2008-12-2 22:48
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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.
5 X! `6 u, L2 @8 z: n5 G) ]& d1. 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.
# b0 n; h1 R6 {8 W; _2 x2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
; y) `1 | K7 G# N* U Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
% L" N4 \( w& Hin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
) M# ^1 M9 y, i* G- N' S. \4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)7 l; t5 X/ I8 L( K
5th day no bubbling,8 o6 c: Q/ c) ^/ G m
6th 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 :-2 p; j4 o \& @: Y; P! R3 @
% |( T8 b5 ~! l& j1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction1 r$ F( w4 D1 y# e: p r" L
2. cleaning not complete.8 O0 w6 D; | v3 H# f$ j4 Y
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
0 J. T/ e# H2 ^What should I do next ? |
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