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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.
( T1 y5 R [, S4 w1 R9 \. I1. 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.4 _5 Z" H3 q. W
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.2 L" A3 h1 o& S
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)! g, ?3 @6 }! Q$ h
5th day no bubbling,/ _) u- ]* ?% }! w) {4 V$ [2 f
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.
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0 I: l0 @2 I) S2 X) n7 d, T7 `3 T4 Y3 IAfter 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 :-
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5 |$ f; a7 K1 ^) A3 l* F1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction6 m5 \8 M$ n- W2 ?, t* [
2. cleaning not complete.1 a% h/ l+ \6 R+ a j; U6 a9 l
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?( ^, W1 [8 l- f$ \ v* N
What should I do next ? |
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