my first batch is an utter failure. Not much alcohol flavour at all and very yeasty smell. Not sure where I went wrong.
Perhaps I should not have so much water when I cook the rice. I used almost 3 to 1 ratio, coz the rice was very dry, so I added more water.
What sort of water to...
How did you go with this???? I tired using the mash to a new batch and so far nothing, not even a gas bubble. Very unexpected considering how warm the room is.
No, not hell. The devil comes here for vacation
Last time I turned on the the ac, it cost me 1,000 bucks a month. So no, no ac. lol
Just finished cooking the rice. Tip: 40 pounds of sticky rice = one hell of a mess. Bloody hell, sticks to everything and hard to clean up. And you cant cook...
Unfortunately, room temp is 90 degrees and more all year around. Gone harvest one batch tonight and see how it goes.
Mainly use it for cooking rather than drinking, the sweet flavour in crucial.
On a more brighter note, bought whole heap of yeast balls this morning for my mega brew. 40...
From: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f25/first-home-brew-project-ever-rice-wine-please-help-356978/
>>YOU WANT THE RICE TO FERMENT AT APPROX 90 F.
>>FERMENTATION SHOULD ONLY TAKE ABOUT 7 DAYS.
What do you guys think of this? 7 days???
This is my brew after 9 days, in how 80's and 90's...
Wow....my brew is just like this after 6 days. I am in the tropics, it;s hot all year around, day and night.
82 to 93 Fahrenheit
yeast working too hard????
The rice is breaking up and turning into a fine powder in the bottom of the jar
BTW, I read somewhere, after cooking the rice in the...
No, I am still fermenting it. Its only been 6 days. My first time brewing
Rather odd that it was clear for 5 days and on the 6th it went all cloudy. Also notice the rice is getting more compact and no more air bubbles in between the rice.
The container is air tight, too much CO2?