Thinkings of Liquor Flavoring Types—— Discussion on Liquor Flavoring Types from the Development of Kouzijiao Liquor

The quantity relative ratio relationship of liquor flavoring components was one of the key influential factors of liquor quality and liquor style.Liquor of different flavoring types had its special style.For liquor of the same flavoring type,in spite of the same fla-voring components,the difference of the quantity relative ratio relationship also developed diverse liquor styles.Ethyl caproate content of Kouzijiao Liquor was3.8times of that of Maotai Liquor and1.1times of that of Baiyunbian Liquor.However,ethyl caproate content of Luzhou Tequ Liquor was1.4times of that of Kouzijiao Liquor.Ethyl acetate content of Kouzijiao Liquor was lower than that of Maotai Liquor,Luzhou Tequ Liquor,Baiyunbian Liquor and Fen Liquor.Ethyl butyrate content of Kouzijiao Liquor was1.1,0.7,0.5,and0.6times of that of Fen Liquor,Maotai Liquor,Baiyunbian Liquor and Luzhou Tequ Liquor respectively.The ratio of total acids and total esters of Kouzijiao Liquor was1∶3,similar with Luzhou-flavorMaotai-flavor combined Baiyunbian Liquor but the flavoring components differed.(Tran.by YUE Yang)