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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.. `0 q- Y" @5 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.. k4 _% N1 `; _" J; p, ]" ]
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.$ o) [6 f4 M( f* C0 V! B/ V U
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell." u, a5 O( x! s; L& E5 Q% \
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
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# j9 i1 h( m: M2 {5th day no bubbling,
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3 v6 A! F6 F# I% `& @0 |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 :-
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction3 t u6 z) k( u
2. cleaning not complete.4 I k* H/ |8 c/ d0 \; M6 T/ l8 a
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?" }8 e- c# S& ]. E# I0 T7 p7 x
What should I do next ? |
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