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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.
- r) Z# @4 N( N4 L1. 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.; ?6 X/ {! i" Z$ z
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.
" v6 U* Q( W* c" P& r; C, C Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
" Z/ @' {9 `2 t: \ B( L! {in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color* b; N/ E3 u4 K$ R1 i4 C; F: k
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
. a7 R$ b+ v( E/ ?* [# v5th day no bubbling,7 ]/ A" u! O* }7 e% l; v, e
6th 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.
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Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-
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6 a* F. ]1 a2 E/ J+ ]1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction
' V8 \4 O. N# x" z2. cleaning not complete.
. F2 P( C! W, c, ~7 i% s3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?! H7 S" }0 N* O& s8 [. [$ b( r
What should I do next ? |
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