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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.
% ?4 Y# p% s' T. R1. 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.* U. q; o- J$ V4 _8 p
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.6 e- x" c0 u- y) D+ {
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
" m0 T7 V0 V: R+ {0 `( ?9 Zin 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
: `% m( ^! L5 K( A/ ^4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
$ ~8 `) f$ J. Y- F2 L5 v5th day no bubbling,( i* ]4 j: a5 I0 j W
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.
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1 b/ j9 o4 J5 u; x5 h$ I( dAfter this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed.! p' @* N5 L1 I9 Z" ]8 V
( ], T, _8 F. O y u2 @. r8 qConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-8 {7 N- s9 {8 Y6 e, P* |3 F
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
2 b; _& h: _# G6 Y2 S, s% u2. cleaning not complete.8 O6 M T( K+ R4 v7 y
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?0 B6 {0 _3 U3 s: ^
What should I do next ? |
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