Zymological characteristics of Cheju folk wine made of foxtail millet

제주토속 좁쌀약주의 약조특성

In order to brew foxtail millet wine, a folk wine of Cheju, properties of raw materials, optimum brewing conditions were inveatigated. Carbohydrate and crude fat content of glutinuous foxtail millet are 71.27% and 3.47%, respectively. Since the ratio of water to steamed millet and ethanol concentration of wine showed negative correlation, less than 250% water had to added to steamed millet to maintain ethanol concentration in wine above 13%, Sugar consumption and ethanol production increased rapidly for the first 2 days, and main fermentation was done in 4 days. Ethanol concentrations were $13.0{\sim}13.4%$ when foxtail millet was used, and they were $14.0{\sim}14.3%$ for the mixture substrates of 90% millet and 10% rice or barley. Organic acids in millet wine were lactic acid, malic acid and succinic acid. The residual carbohydrates after fermentation were mainly xylose and oligosaccharides. A trace of methanol was detected in millet wine. The content of fusel oil was low, while the concnetration of organic acids was high. Optimum conditions for millet wine-making were as follows. Glutinuous foxtail millet with 10% rice as fermentation source need to be soaked in water and steamed for enough time. Water was added to steamed millet with the ratio of 2 : 1. The resulting mixture was stmnultaneously saccharified and fermented by Aspergillus orzae and Saccharomyces cerevisiae IAM 4274 at $20^{\circ}C$ for a week. Millet wine was prepared after filtering fermented broth while pressing for a week.

제주토속 좁쌀약주의 제조를 위한 원료특성, 최적양조조건, 관능검사 등을 검토하였다. 양조원료인 차조의 당질은 71.27%였으며, 조지방은 3.47%로 다른 양조원료에 비하여 함량이 많았다. 가수량의 증감에 따라 약주 중의 에탄올 생성은 직선적인 관계를 나타내었으며, 주정농도를 13% 이상 유지하기 위해서는 원료에 대한 가수량을 250% 이내로 할 필요가 있었다. 발효기간 중에 당의 소모와 더불어 에탄올 생성은 발효개시 2일까지 급격히 증가하였으며, 주발효기간은 4일이었다. 양조원료로 좁쌀만을 사용하는 경우는 주정농도가 $13.0{\sim}13.4%$였으나 쌀 또는 보리쌀을 10% 혼용하였을 때는 $14.0{\sim}14.3%$로 향상되었고, 관능평가에 있어서도 쌀과 혼용하는 경우 좋은 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 좁쌀약주 중의 유기산은 lactic acid, malic acid, succinic acid였고, 당은 xylose 및 소당류가 대부분이었다. 좁쌀약주 중에는 메탄올은 미량이었고 휴젤유가 적고 유기산이 많았다. 좁쌀약주의 최적양조조건은 차조에 10% 쌀을 혼용한 원료를 사용하여 충분한 침치와 증자를 시키고 가수량을 200%로 하며, $20^{\circ}C$에서 일주일간 주발효 후에 압착여과하여 숙성시키는 것이었다.