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    Making Traditional rice Wine. Cheap, Fun, and Different

    Free offer: PM me and I will send you a packet of "Angel Rice Leaven" via first class mail. First come first serve. According to the directions each packet should be enough for 2 - 2.5 kg of dry rice (approx. 9 - 12 US cups dry rice). Limit 20 packets total; one per account. :D I will reply...
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    Making Traditional rice Wine. Cheap, Fun, and Different

    For those having difficulty finding yeast balls locally I recommend ImportFood. My nearest asian store is a 200 mile round trip. They ship small items via Priority Mail even though their site shows Fedex. Here is my invoice (3*10 balls). Qty Name SKU Each Sub Total...
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    Making Traditional rice Wine. Cheap, Fun, and Different

    I soaked and then steamed the 2000 g of Calrose rice in a four tray 10 inch bamboo streamer for 30 min. The cooked rice weighed 2869 g. I then added 2131 g of water and 40 g of crushed yeast ball. Now the ferment begins.
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    Making Traditional rice Wine. Cheap, Fun, and Different

    My yeast ball arrived and I am starting a batch. 2000 g Calrose rice (dry) 40 g Hang Tai Marine Products yeast balls (4 balls) 3000 g water (total, absorbed + added) -------- 5040 g total batch The rice will be soaked and then steamed in a bamboo steamer. I will weigh the cooked rice...
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    Making Traditional rice Wine. Cheap, Fun, and Different

    After a bit of searching i found that the moisture content of "perfectly cooked" long grain rice is between 58% and 64%. For glutinous/sweet/sticky rice it is about 75%. All this depends on the exact rice type and the the diner's preference of course. For food use boiling is usual for non...
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    Making Traditional rice Wine. Cheap, Fun, and Different

    The plan is to cook the rice and then add water to total 1.5 times the dry weight of the uncooked rice (dry rice = 1 kg, adsorbed + added water = 1.5 kg).
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    Making Traditional rice Wine. Cheap, Fun, and Different

    I am going to try to produce a dry Chinese rice wine. I will try 1 kg dry rice, 0.01 kg Chinese yeast ball, 1.5 kg water as a starting point. standardized recipes from http://www.jiangnan.edu.cn/zhgjiu/u3-6.htm The ingredients of (YUAN HONG RICE WINE) (dry, 15% alcohol) polished glutinous...
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