To screen proper rice cultivars for brewing high quality turbid rice wine, 5 high-yield rice cultivars, 9
high-eating-quality rice cultivars and 5 glutinous rice cultivars were collected. At the end of fermentation,
significant differences (p < 0.05) were observed in the fermentation properties, sensory properties
and suspension stability of the original fermented mash (OFM) among individual rice cultivars. The
assayed fermentation properties of OFM included pH value, total acidity, amino acidity, reducing sugar,
alcohol yield, fusel alcohols and ethyl acetate. Seven rice cultivars were screened out for producing high
quality wine by the comparative analysis. This research provided the basic scientific data for producing
potential high quality turbid rice wine