JP2598847B2 - Low alcohol sake - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a low-alcohol sake which is a low-alcohol sake and which is excellent in its original taste.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Alcoholic beverages have conventionally played a major role as intoxication drinks. Sake is an ordinary beverage having an alcohol content of 15 to 16% (hereinafter, sake having an alcohol content of 15 to 16% is called "ordinary sake"). Was preferred. However, recently, the role as a so-called communication tool to make conversation more enjoyable has been emphasized, and the demand for softening alcoholic beverages and reducing alcohol content has been extended to sake.

[0003] Distilled liquors, such as whiskey and shochu, are often drunk with water or hot water, but it is rarely pointed out that distilled spirits diluted with such water are called "watery". .

However, when ordinary sake is merely diluted with water to adjust the alcohol content thereof to 10% or less, the taste becomes “watery”, and yet the taste unique to the sake is prominent. The balance of flavor is significantly impaired, and the taste is lacking.

[0005] For example, the results of a sensory test of a five-level evaluation (good 1 to 5 poor) by diluting ordinary sake with water whose general analysis values are shown in Table 7 by the NTA prescribed analysis method are shown in Table 7 by 10 expert panelists. As shown in Fig. 6, the average value of the panelists' evaluation (hereinafter referred to as "score") exceeded 2 when the alcohol content was 12% or more and was excellent, but when the alcohol content was 10% or less, the score was significantly lower than 3 (normal). It was determined that the palatability was significantly lacking.

The analysis values described below are all based on the analysis method prescribed by the NTA, and the sensory tests are all performed by the above-described method.

[0007]

[Table 7]

[0008] However, the acidic section and the basic section are removed from ordinary sake by ion-exchange resin treatment, and the obtained neutral section containing alcohol has an alcohol content of 10% as in the case of the above-mentioned distilled liquor. Even if it is diluted with water so as to have a good or bad taste, it is hard to be evaluated as "watery".

[0009] Incidentally, amino acids in sake are very important components of the taste of sake as umami components, and in accordance with coexisting organic acids such as lactic acid and succinic acid, the amino acids in the sake have a richness and richness. Is to be granted.

[0010] As described above, consumer tastes in recent years tend to welcome more refreshing sake quality, and sake containing a large amount of amino acids is rapidly deteriorated in coloration and the like due to storage. Have devised to reduce this amino acid. For example, increase the degree of milling of the raw rice, use young koji with a shorter koji making time, reduce the amount of koji used by substituting a part of the koji with an enzyme agent, and use alcohol-dehydrated α-rice rice to remove a part of steamed rice Substitute, steam rice under pressurized condition, add alcohol to ripened moromi, and then upper tank within a short time.

However, these devices are for producing conventional ordinary sake, and for producing low-alcohol sake that does not feel "watery" or "dark". Unrecognized and not adopted.

[0012] Therefore, the conventional low alcohol sake,
Using ordinary sake diluted with water, add a high acidity to it, add an extract so as to harmonize with the acidity, use carbon dioxide gas and use the stimulus, so-called Ginjo Attempts have been made to enhance the aroma components of esters such as scents, and these have been commercialized as low alcohol sake.

[0013]

However, these conventional low-alcohol sakes have a problem in that flavor components other than alcohol are used in order to mask "wateriness" and "kudashi" derived from amino acids which are umami components. Either strengthening or adding ingredients that are not in sake, so despite the aim of low alcohol sake, to reduce the alcohol content and try to lighten the sake quality, Rather, there was a problem that the flavor became rich and at the same time it was far from the original taste of sake.

[0014] The inventors of the present invention have studied the characteristics of low-alcohol sake with reference to the characteristics of distilled spirits and ordinary sake treated with an ion-exchange resin, and as a result, have found that the amino acid content is reduced. The present inventors have found that even when the alcohol content is 10% or less, it is possible to obtain a low-alcohol sake which does not have a feeling of "wateriness" or "darkness". In other words, the present invention provides a light-flavored sake that does not have a feeling of "wateriness" or "dudsiness" and retains the original taste of the sake even when the alcohol content is low alcoholic sake having an alcohol content of 10% or less. The aim is to provide low alcohol sake .

[0015]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to a low-alcohol sake having an alcohol content of 7 to 10% and an amino acid content of 0.3 to 0.6 m.
1, the acidity is 0.6 to 1.5 ml, and the extract is 3.9 to 6
%.

[0016]

[0017]

[0018]

Example 1 The koji ratio was changed to six stages of 15, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2% with 2 kg of total rice while the usual method was followed, the enzyme titer was supplemented with an enzyme agent, and the pumping ratio was 135%. Was made in three steps to produce the original sake. Table 1 shows the contents of these preparations and the components of the obtained raw sake.

The raw rice had a degree of milling of 65%, "Gurku 100" (trademark) of Amano Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. was used as an enzyme agent, and the maximum temperature was 12 degrees Celsius. Also,
The koji ratio is a value that includes the amount used for the sake brewer using the Association 701 yeast.

Among the original sakes shown in Table 1, a (the koji ratio was 15
%) Has a slightly lower koji yield than ordinary sake. Comparing this b and b ~ b,
Although there is no significant difference in the alcohol content and acidity, the amino acid content is greatly different.

[0021]

[Table 1]

Next, these undiluted sakes were made into activated carbon 500 pp.
m, and diluted with water to give an alcohol content of 1
Four stages of 0, 9, 8, and 7% low alcohol sake were prepared. Table 2 shows the components of the low-alcohol sake thus obtained and the results of the sensory test (score) of these low-alcohol sakes.

[0023]

[Table 2]

[0024] As shown in Table 2, score 3 (usually) or more of <br/> not obtained a good evaluation of all i, the B
Only those with an alcohol content of 7% and those of 7% were obtained , and the others were well evaluated.

Based on these results, the same sensory test as described above was performed by changing the alcohol content, the acid content and the extract content, and the results shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 were obtained.

FIG. 1 shows an alcohol content of 16.0% and an acidity of 1.0 which are presumed to be suitable as low-alcohol sake.
Using 8ml, 0.7ml of amino acid content, and 8.8% extract content, dilute with water to change the alcohol content,
It shows the result of the sensory test.

According to this result, in the case of low-alcohol refined sake, better results are obtained when the alcohol content is lowered rather than at the stage where the alcohol content is high. However, when the alcohol content is less than 7%, the score temporarily decreases, and a score of 3 or more is 5% or more. Also 10%
As the following low alcohol sakes, those having an alcohol content of 7% or more show excellent taste with a rating of 2 or more.

FIG. 2 shows that the same original sake used for the sensory test in FIG. 1 was used, and water was added thereto, and the acidity was reduced by caustic soda or supplemented with lactic acid to give an alcohol content of 10%.
% And 7% were adjusted stepwise to an acidity of 0.6 to 2.0 ml, respectively, to prepare a sample series, which was subjected to a sensory test. In addition, the thing of the alcohol content of 7% is sugar-supplemented using the powdered starch syrup so that the extract content may be 5.5% like the thing of 10% of the same.

According to the result, the alcohol content is 10%
With an acidity of 1.5 ml or less, an excellent score of 2 or more was obtained at 7% and an acidity of 1.5 ml or less with an excellent score of 3 or more. In addition, even if the acidity is low, those having reduced acidity with caustic soda such as 0.6 or 0.7 ml tend to have a slightly lower evaluation.

FIG. 3 shows an alcohol content of 16.8% and an acidity of 1.9 ml. 0.8ml amino acid content, 6.6 extract
% Of original sake, powdered starch syrup and water were added to this, and the sensory test was conducted by preparing a sample series in which the extract was different and the degree of sweetness differed in two stages of alcohol content of 10% and 7%. It shows. The raw sake was prepared in the same manner as the raw sake used for the sensory test in FIG. 1 and fermentation was further continued to intentionally lower the extract content.

According to this result, the alcohol content was 10
% And 7% are excellent when the extract content is about 6%, the score is 2 or more. However, when the extract content is more than this, the sweetness starts to emerge, and when the extract content further increases, the harmony like sake is remarkably impaired, and the score is increased. Is getting worse.

FIG. 4 shows the relationship between the percentage of koji and the number of days required for fermentation. As is clear from this figure, when the enzyme titer is supplemented with an enzyme agent, the fermentation proceeds smoothly. When the percentage is less than 4%, long-term fragility is caused, and at the same time, squeezing becomes difficult, which is not preferable in practical use.

According to the above results, as a low alcohol sake, the alcohol content is 7 to 10%, the amino acid content is 0.3 to 0.6 ml, the acidity is 0.6 to 1.5 ml, and the extract content is 3. It can be said that 9 to 6% is excellent.

Therefore, for the sakes A to F shown in Table 1,
In adjusting the alcohol content to 10, 9, 8, and 7%, all the samples had an acidity of 1.1 ml and an extract of 5.3 to 5.3%.
The sensory test was conducted by adding and supplementing acid and sugar with lactic acid and powdered starch syrup to 5.5%, and the scores shown in Table 3 were obtained.

[0035]

[Table 3]

When this score is compared with the scores shown in Table 2, the scores of each sample are improved by the supplemental acid and the sugar.
All of the low alcoholic sakes in A did not exceed 3 and were not evaluated as good. Therefore, it is desirable to supplement and acidify those having a low acidity or an extract as needed.

The supplementation acid and the supplementation sugar may be either before or after dilution of the original sake with water. In addition, good results can be obtained by adding lactic acid or powdered starch syrup, which is usually used, in the method of supplementing acid and sugar, but other methods may be used. However, it is preferable to use a four-stage method to produce and use a raw liquor with a high sugar content, since sugar elimination becomes unnecessary.

[0038]

[Example 2] Under the same preparation conditions as in Example 1, the original sake (d in Table 1), potassium hydroxide was added to the charged water to produce the original sake. Table 4 shows the amount of added potassium potassium phosphate, the number of fermentation days, and the amino acid content of each obtained raw sake.

When added at a concentration as high as 2000 ppm of potassium potassium phosphate, the fermentation time was prolonged and the degree of amino acids was slightly increased, which had a negative effect.

[0040]

[Table 4]

FIG. 5 shows that each of these raw sakes was treated with activated carbon.
FIG. 3 shows the results of a sensory test of the low-alcohol sake obtained by diluting the alcohol content to 10% with water. According to the result, compared with the case where the potassium phosphate monobasic was not added (addition amount 0%, that is, the raw sake of Example 1), 1% was added.
In 00~1000ppm (phosphate radical (PO ₄₎ 70~7
(Equivalent to 00 ppm) has been obtained with very good evaluation.

The reason why palatability is improved by the addition of potassium potassium phosphate as described above is mainly due to the provision of a buffering capacity near neutrality (Journal of the Japan Brewing Association Vol. 59 (September 1964)
Monthly issue) See pages 800-805)
Positive effects as a fermentation aid on yeast can be considered.

The same effect as that of the addition of potassium monophosphate was obtained by the following method.

Phosphoric acid (H ₃ PO ₄ ), dibasic potassium phosphate (K ₂ HPO ₄ ), monobasic calcium phosphate (Ca
(H ₂ PO ₄ ) ₂ .H ₂ O), sodium phosphate (Na
A phosphate such as ₃ PO ₄ ) is added.

[0045] Natural water rich in phosphate is used for the feed water.

The water in which phosphoric acid that has passed through a layer such as tertiary calcium phosphate is dissolved is used as preparation water.

[0047]

Example 3 Total rice 620
The raw material was prepared on a mass production scale using 0 kg.

In the production of the original sake, 60% polished Yamada Nishiki is used for koji rice, 60% polished Nipponbare is also used for Kakeme, and the normal speed brewing sake of Association No. 1001 yeast is used for the yeast.
The koji percentage is 7.7%, the enzyme titer is supplemented with an enzyme agent, and the prepared water is processed so that potassium potassium phosphate is adjusted to 400 ppm based on the total pumped water. Then, 122 L of alcohol was added per ton of polished rice, and the mixture was immediately pressed into an upper tank.

[0049]

[Table 5]

Next, the unrefined liquor was subjected to carbon filtration using about 20 ppm of activated carbon, and the alcohol content was 9.6% with water.
After dilution, the mixture was heated to produce a low alcohol sake.

The analytical values of the original sake and the low alcohol sake are shown in Table 6, and the obtained low alcohol sake was
It was light and had excellent taste with harmonious sake-like flavor.

[0052]

[Table 6]

[0053]

The low-alcohol sake according to the present invention is constituted as described above. Therefore, even if it is a low-alcohol sake having an alcohol content of 10% or less, it differs from the conventional one in that it has "wateriness" and "wateryness". repetitiousness "not feel, yet leaving the original taste sake, can Rukoto give a light flavor.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between an alcohol content and a score.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between an acidity, an alcohol content, and a score.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between an extract, an alcohol content, and a score.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the koji percentage and the number of days required for fermentation.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the amount of added potassium potassium phosphate and the score.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the alcohol content and the score when ordinary sake is diluted with water.

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A low alcohol sake having an alcohol content of 7 to 10%, wherein the amino acid content is 0.3 to 0.6 ml,
Low alcohol sake, characterized by having an acidity of 0.6 to 1.5 ml and an extract of 3.9 to 6%.