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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.
9 X4 L% ]0 {+ ]! d9 E, W1. 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 l5 [, E- C2 O
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.8 ^- r- W6 w% B& F
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
* ~+ e. K) e9 N4 y$ ~# jin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color/ V) V5 B9 G8 Z* B* u+ i6 z/ G, c
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)( N$ J) J8 o% _3 p
5th day no bubbling,
( E- p+ X ?. {. p. q7 [7 q6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.5 X; [/ K8 g/ n5 V
) i6 x4 k' y( U/ L. GAfter 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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9 B3 F& {- ]% V) [5 G8 j$ m* qConclusion -- 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 reaction
^0 G ~1 D5 D4 k* c2. cleaning not complete.
+ M3 w2 M+ P) s" {. L! O3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
/ u! N {5 T8 C! I5 f0 \( FWhat should I do next ? |
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