Fermentation Characteristics of Some Medicinal Herb Rice Wine

몇가지 약용주의 발효특성

Six Korean medicinal herbs, Codonopsis lanceolata Traut (sasam), Platycodon grandiflorium A. De Candolle (gilkyung), Paeonia lactiflora var. trichocarpa Bunge (peony), Angelica gigas Nakai (danggwi), Astragalus membranaceus Bunge (hwangki) and Cnidium officinale Makino (chunkung) were added in brewing Korean traditional rice wine. Fermentation characteristics such as contents of total acid, reducing sugar, total sugar, pH, temperature, and alcohol concentration were investigated every 24 hr during fermentation periods. Changes of fermentation characteristics were remarkable in the initial period $(1{\sim}4\;days)$, slow in the middle $(5{\sim}7\;days)$, and almost unchangeable in the final $(8{\sim}10\;days)$. Total acid content was remarkably increased during the initial period but slowly afterwards. Reducing sugar content, total sugar content, and pH were remarkably decreased during the initial period but slowly afterwards. Alcohol concentrations of medicinal herb rice wines were $0.3{\sim}1.5%$ lower than the traditional wine throughout the fermentation periods. After the final period of 10 days of fermentation, alcohol concentration was observed as 12.6% in wine from sasam, 12.9% from gilkyung, 12.3% from peony, 12.4% from danggwi, 13.4% from hwangki, 12.6% in wine from chunkung, 13.6% in raditional wine respectively. Those differences were expected as the results of differences in various herbs. From the sensory evaluation, the highest score of overall quality was observed in the wine from hwangki, the next from chunkung, sasam, the traditewional wine, gilkyung, danggwi and the last from peony.

사삼, 길경, 작약, 당귀, 천궁, 황기 등 6종의 약초를 이용하여 전래의 방법으로 약용주를 제조하고 발효기간 중 총산, 환원당, 전당, pH, 품온, 알코올함량을 측정하였다. 발효기간은 초기, 중기, 말기로 뚜렷하게 구분되었다. 초기는 $1{\sim}4$일간으로서 모든 변화가 급격히 일어났고, 중기는 $5{\sim}7$일로 모든 변화가 완만하였으며, 말기는 $8{\sim}10$일로 거의 변화가 없었다. 총산은 발효초기에는 급격히 증가하였으나 후기에는 거의 변화가 없었다. 환원당, 전당 및 pH는 모든 시험구에서 발효초기에 급격히 감소하다가 후기에는 완만하게 감소하였다. 약용주의 알코올함량은 전기간에 걸쳐서 일반발효주보다 $0.3{\sim}1.5%$ 정도 낮았으며, 발효 종료일에 사삼주, 길경주, 작약주, 당귀주, 황기주, 천궁주 및 발효주의 알코올 함량은 각각 12.6, 12.9, 12.3, 12.4, 13.4, 12.6 및 13.6%를 나타내었다. 이러한 처리구별 차이는 원료, 제조방법, 약초양과 약초의 종류에 따른 것으로 생각된다. 관능검사 결과 전체적인 품질은 황기주가 가장 우수했고, 그 다음으로 천궁주, 사삼주, 길경주, 당귀주, 작약주 순으로 나타났다.