Takju is prepared by brewing rice and has a milky, turbid
color because of lack of a clarification process after
fermentation. Rice grains are polished before brewing in
order to remove fats, proteins, and inorganic components
from outer layers (6). In order to extract takju, fermented
matured mash is transferred to a filter cloth and takju is
squeezed out from the cake, leaving the lees of the mash