Making Traditional rice Wine. Cheap, Fun, and Different

[weirdboy]

This wine is well known for developing Lb infection and pasteurization is the preventative recommended.

Lactobacillus is going to give you lactic acid, not vinegar. Sure, it's not desirable but it's not acetic acid.

 

[Punx Clever]

Four days into a 6-cup batch:

 

[sonofgrok]

The ferment given enough time will progress to vinegar. Standard oxidation of the ferment. This is the same way you make rice vinegar. You just leave it out and wait longer.

 

[saramc]

Lactobacillus is going to give you lactic acid, not vinegar. Sure, it's not desirable but it's not acetic acid.

Never said it was vinegar. The question was why pasteurize and I answered it.

 

[Clearcut23]

Here's my 11 cup batch of jasmine rice after 8 days. I was a little worried their for a while but it's coming along nicely now.

 

[saramc]

Here's my 11 cup batch of jasmine rice after 8 days. I was a little worried their for a while but it's coming along nicely now.

Looks familiar. So have you stolen a taste?

 

[Clearcut23]

Looks familiar. So have you stolen a taste?

I tried a taste of it on day 3 I think. It was still sweet. I was in a big rush yesterday making dinner and cleaning before the swmbo got home so all I had time for was a pic. I'm a little worried as to how I am going to be able to separate the liquid from the mush at the end. I'm thinking next time I'm going to line the pot with a 5 gallon paint strainer bag like I used for BIAB sonar the end of fermentation all I have to do is pick the bag up and drain it.

 

[lovelylocksleah]

I have been getting some mold on top of the rice as it ferments. What is normal for mold as well as color ranges of mold. The first batch I had a little white fuzzy mold and the the last batch has been grey to almost black in places. Concerned I may have made some primordial soup.....

 

[pabloj13]

I have been getting some mold on top of the rice as it ferments. What is normal for mold as well as color ranges of mold. The first batch I had a little white fuzzy mold and the the last batch has been grey to almost black in places. Concerned I may have made some primordial soup.....

Next stop: EVOLUTION!

 

[lovelylocksleah]

All I wanted was alcohol.....

 

[mikeslag]

Quick question - I don't have a way to steam cook rice at the moment. Would this also work if I cooked it in a pot like I usually do? Thanks!

 

[Clearcut23]

Quick question - I don't have a way to steam cook rice at the moment. Would this also work if I cooked it in a pot like I usually do? Thanks!

That's exactly what I did an mine is coming along grand

 

[mikeslag]

That's exactly what I did an mine is coming along grand

Thanks Clearcut! And now....to find some yeast balls.

 

[mikeslag]

Also what is red yeast rice??

 

[saramc]

Also what is red yeast rice??

I think it is discussed already within this thread, but wiki gives a decent overview along with a photo. Your search engine will provide a plethora of info, just let your fingers do the walking.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_yeast_rice

...Sara

 

[mikeslag]

I think it is discussed already within this thread, but wiki gives a decent overview along with a photo. Your search engine will provide a plethora of info, just let your fingers do the walking.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_yeast_rice

...Sara

Thanks! I tried to look for it in the thread but it's like 41 pages lol. Much appreciated. I can't find a damn screwcap 1 gallon bottle anywhere!

 

[sonofgrok]

I think I got my jars at like Target.

 

[Clearcut23]

I'm using a 5 gallon stainless steel stock pot with a gallon jug of water on the lid. Same way I make my mead. Haven't had a problem yet. When money allows ill buy a 50lb bag of rice from the local Hong Kong palace and ferment in a brew bucket. One thing I am going to try is lining the bucket with a 5 gallon paint strainer bag and putting the rice in that to hopefully make it a little easier to separate at the end

 

[mikeslag]

I think I got my jars at like Target.

Yeah I saw some people had some luck with that, I tried my local target today and couldn't find one. Sonofgrok, do you know offhand what they're called at target so I can search their website? My searches of gallon jugs and gallon jars were unsuccessful. Even a brand name would be help.

 

[mikeslag]

I'm using a 5 gallon stainless steel stock pot with a gallon jug of water on the lid. Same way I make my mead. Haven't had a problem yet. When money allows ill buy a 50lb bag of rice from the local Hong Kong palace and ferment in a brew bucket. One thing I am going to try is lining the bucket with a 5 gallon paint strainer bag and putting the rice in that to hopefully make it a little easier to separate at the end

That sounds pretty epic. Just curious, what do you mean a gallon jug of water on the lid? Like sitting on top to keep the lid on or something?

 

[sonofgrok]

Yeah I saw some people had some luck with that, I tried my local target today and couldn't find one. Sonofgrok, do you know offhand what they're called at target so I can search their website? My searches of gallon jugs and gallon jars were unsuccessful. Even a brand name would be help.

They aren't stamped with a name or anything. Sorry. I don't see them on target.com either so they must be an in store item or some such rubbish. If worse comes to worse you can always use mason jars. Thats what my MIL used to use.

 

[Clearcut23]

Yah just for piece of mind. Their are little gaps but nothing too bad

 

[Pastorken]

This is a great thread! Thanks sonofgrok.
Here's mine after 12 days. 4 cups of sushi rice and 3 yeast balls. I also added 500 ml. of citric acid with the yeast. Had liquid within 24 hours and great smell for the first ten days but now it's smelling a little yeasty. I hope that's a normal phase of the process and I didn't mess something up.
I got two of these 1 gallon food grade containers at Walmart since I could not find any empty gallon jars.

 

[saramc]

System glitch

 

[saramc]

Yeah I saw some people had some luck with that, I tried my local target today and couldn't find one. Sonofgrok, do you know offhand what they're called at target so I can search their website? My searches of gallon jugs and gallon jars were unsuccessful. Even a brand name would be help.[/QUOTE

Look for a gallon sun tea jar. And I know at WalMart you can find an assortment of glass cookie jars with glass lids plus glass jars and screw lids. Some even carry gallon mason jars. Anchor Hocking comes to mind on the two gallon all glass jars.

 

[mikeslag]

Look for a gallon sun tea jar. And I know at WalMart you can find an assortment of glass cookie jars with glass lids plus glass jars and screw lids. Some even carry gallon mason jars. Anchor Hocking comes to mind on the two gallon all glass jars.

Thanks you guys are the best. Much appreciated Saramc. Walmart NEXT STTTOOOPPPP!!!

 

[andvari7]

My rice cooker takes about forty-five minutes to fully cook 2 cups dry. If I use wild rice, which I plan to do, it takes longer. I am supposed to fully cook it, right?

Wild rice wine - yeah, I went there.

 

[Clearcut23]

My rice cooker takes about forty-five minutes to fully cook 2 cups dry. If I use wild rice, which I plan to do, it takes longer. I am supposed to fully cook it, right?

Wild rice wine - yeah, I went there.

Damn 45 mins for two cups? Just putting it out their, but I did 11 cups on the stove in a covered pot in a collective 15 mins or so and mine came out just fine

 

[sonofgrok]

Mine usually takes about 15 minutes too.

 

[tuxnerd]

Just harvested my 5 cup of calrose rice batch. Turned out great, have a yield of a little over 1 quart. Its really cloudy though, I tried to filter it a bit through some coffee filters/a brita/a contraption I tried with a coffee filter filled bottle hooked up to some CO2 to push the liquid through, and it just clogged up all the filters I tried, so I abandoned the idea of filtering it. It tastes fine cloudy though. Am starting another batch now of 8 cups of calrose. This stuff is great and is a piece of cake to start. Its a good filler for when I don't have time to brew.