Update/Conclusion...
Blech.
While I don't doubt that this could work, I was winging it in terms of measurements of dry and wet ingredients. I think that if someone were to try this, they should have an understanding of the hydration level of cooked rice and try to nail a similar saturation...
Perhaps it's been mentioned already, but I'll say it here... Pasteurize!
Along with the benefits of killing off anything you don't want to ingest, it also deactivates the yeast that you do want in the rice wine. If sealed in an airtight container, there's a high likelihood that, without...
Hah! Hahaha! I jumped here because my dunkelweizen came in around 56% efficiency. This thread was near the top. What a fortunate coincidence.
This is the first AG dunkel I've made and usually my main fermentable (porters, saisons, pales) is maris otter.
6 lbs Wheat Malt (Gambrinus) (2.3 SRM)...
For anyone like me looking to find it quickly, you can find the process here.
On the left is the first batch that I squeezed through a hop bag. On the right is the process detailed by ChefRex, using this highly complex set of equipment :D and the results show.
There's gotta be a good formula, though. The jar with the second batch of Fruity-O's appears to have had too little liquid. It's a mass of white mold hiding the color with little to no liquid below.
Rice cooker scoops, yes.
My measurement is not right. There are no lines on the mason jar I strained the batch into.
5 scoops of rice, after they were cooked, nearly filled a half-gallon mason jar. I then strained it into a quart jar. That fills up about 40% of the way up. Sorry for the...
Progress pics. On the right is a batch from 3 weeks ago. On the left a batch from (oddly enough, considering it seems to have yielded more liquid) 2 weeks ago. Both jars have a lovely, melon scent and the black spots have all but disappeared.
I scrapped the first batch. When checking on the jar this morning, it was still about 90% sludge.
Attempt #2
There's about 4 cups of boiled (kettle) water in there. An entire back filled up the half-gallon mason jar about 70% of the way.
Here it is with the yeast balls tossed and stirred in...
I haven't added the yeast yet. It's currently crashing and chilling in the fridge. If I can decant it, I will otherwise I'll try and boil it down again.
OK...
So I think my first approach used a bit too much water. Instead of putting the cereal into the mason jar and then adding water, I boiled the water and then added the cereal. The problem is that I used ... waaaaay too much water for the amount of cereal and now I've got this mason jar full...
OK. A decision has been made on the "grain bill" or... whatever the hell we're going to call it.
Trader Joe's Fruity O's.
Even the colors are from plants! :ban:
Here's the plan...
Put cereal in rice cooker
Fill rice cooker with water up to the level of the cereal
Cook it...