Harvested my first batch today! Here are just a few observations. 4 cups of dry rice and 4 cups of water (no pre-soak) yielded very close to 2 liters of wine. I was actually pretty shocked at how much I ended up with. Looking at my containers, I would have guessed only about 1/3 of the rice...
Most of these variables were suggested by posters who had failed attempts earlier on in the thread so I thought maybe they had been tested. This wine seems like its pretty forgiving so if people are still making deliciousness with no regard for headroom or batch size I am not that concerned:p...
First batch started today. I went to the mainstream/commercial (maybe those aren't the right words) Asian grocery story and found a pack of 20-10g yeast balls for $4. I picked up 2 packs. On my way home I took a detour through Chinatown and found the Happy Panda brand yeast balls that were...
Great thread guys! I'm looking forward to getting some yeast balls and trying this out tomorrow. I've read about 1/3 of the thread from the beginning and at this point the ideal formulation is 1:1 water to rice and 2 10g yeast balls per KG of dry rice (I think that is the equivalent of ~1g yeast...
