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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.
+ M4 S7 R0 {, M0 p C. h* _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.' ?6 J" _' e. k6 n6 L4 U" ~$ T
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
7 y: N" h/ e& e8 w 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)9 J( x z8 s4 [+ T( C4 S
5th day no bubbling,
( t, h3 H+ M8 J! f6th 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 :-" b9 ^4 U3 W2 W
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction E- D, Z) q$ w3 D7 }% G
2. cleaning not complete.
2 _) R+ L4 Z3 e3 ^3. wine yearst was too old or no good ? I$ ^3 x9 ` }9 ~' m4 k L4 {
What should I do next ? |
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