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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 ~8 ^- t& y7 P1 H% x1. 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.! W6 z* S. c" W* h
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
4 d5 X7 z7 G# F* E, F: \2 `1 ? y Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.9 y4 G+ w6 y0 E- d( w+ g' k! ^
in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color) y3 y3 ~2 M1 ]& O+ j
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
H9 A+ l/ ]1 b; _( {5th day no bubbling,
, l9 k: ?* N! ?4 n0 ~. a! A& L6th 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.6 ~8 B3 D& x: p! t0 ?
/ }1 ? @9 l& zConclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-8 N0 G& {6 ]& r: l, P5 o' z
' K+ n- e. W% e& g1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction6 x' l3 C! Q1 {8 K* s& w
2. cleaning not complete./ R. _: {1 |8 t b) t
3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
" c- e1 P+ V6 o$ y* OWhat should I do next ? |
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