Volatile flavor components in Takju fermented with mashed glutinous rice and barley rice

The volatile flavor components in Takju made from mashed glutinous rice and barley rice were identified by GC and GC-MS using polar column. Twenty eight kinds of flavor compounds including 10 alcohols, 9 esters, 2 acids, 7 aldehydes were identified. At the beginning of fermentation 14 kinds of volatile components were detected and the kinds of volatile components were increased up to maximum after fermentation for 16 days. The contents of volatile components in the sample made from glutinous rice contained slightly higher than the sample made from barley rice. Ethyl alcohol, n-propyl alcohol, iso-amyl alcohol, n-hexyl alcohol, hexenyl alcohol, 2-phenylethyl alcohol, ethyl acetate, ethyl succinate, 2-phenylethyl acetate, butyic acid, benzaldehyde and 3-methoxybenzaldehyde were detected in the both of the sample throughout the fermentation process. Five kinds of aldehyde including ethyl propionate, iso-amyl acetate, ethyl caprylate and ethylphenyl acetate were detected only in the sample fermented for 16 days. The main components of the both sample were ethyl alcohol, iso-amyl alcohol, 2-phenylethyl alcohol, 2-phenylethyl acetate, hexenyl alcohol and iso-butyl alcohol. Besides ethyl acetate and benzaldehyde from glutinous rice Takju and hexenyl alcohol from barley rice Takju were found as main components.