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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.
1 m0 j5 w! @8 s+ u. J' e8 V' o1. 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 Y" z5 v& {1 ]2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
; v# m; w0 ~/ a5 g: }# Y Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
# G( ]' a1 i' {: a; z+ X% C- h/ S0 Win 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color
4 N; [ Z! U2 s: d$ x9 u$ L4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)# M! _) g( S4 ^3 x
5th day no bubbling, f% @$ y' \& d0 t2 \: [
6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.% _* I9 K" v+ P( R9 b h/ A
( l. P0 P: s, B' T: x1 |8 _After this failure, I tried several times, using different kind of yeast, some fromm Vancouver, other from different Edm store, all failed.& I/ A& k/ w2 k1 N7 l1 z
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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-6 n4 Y3 w9 Z, l5 k$ [2 b# ]
/ [& M- L: S! \( P1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
; [1 F# x) \ Z1 n2 o2. cleaning not complete. B, v( g. D: w) T1 o! m
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
* U+ F3 J& Y% l/ Y. N6 J6 fWhat should I do next ? |
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