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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." I. t0 d1 c0 E2 J
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.4 E3 N& c3 J" v# R# ]+ i
2. 2 to 3 hours later, peek at the jar, noticed some bubbling activity inside jar,.8 P% o" e8 n$ R0 ~
Next day, more bubbling activitiy everywhere. slight alcohol smell.
6 q5 Q4 D8 i+ H+ W$ `$ P* \in 3rd day rice broke down from it's shape, stronger alcohol smell, truns darker color- { E6 D; F0 {3 F8 z
4th day very little bubbling, shaked jar hoping to improve activity, (this could be the mistake)
/ L2 T+ j, Z6 W8 F: ^5th day no bubbling,
/ [/ m3 n5 Q" p( M& M) L6th day open jar, smell sour with alcohol smell.: D6 d' n& R% B9 l" d" b
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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.; q* F m, O- B
- S9 H( p# J- `9 b; `Conclusion -- when compare with your steps, these are the reasons of failure :-3 O$ P, }, J% F A' j! s4 ]0 i. d
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1. 1/2 jar of air inside jar might has germs that ruined reaction% f6 E7 e$ v5 l+ g) @
2. cleaning not complete.
1 b& ] k! o, q* A& u4 M3. wine yearst was too old or no good ?
1 P: C& y! q* }0 P8 ]+ r' S9 mWhat should I do next ? |
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