The fusel alcohols contents of n-propanol, iso-butanol and isoamyl
alcohols of the fermented undiluted turbid rice wine
mashes were measured by GC (Table 2). The total fusel alcohols
contents ranged from 356.34 mg/L to 444.81 mg/L, equivalently,
from 2.18 to 2.91 g/L of pure alcohol. The average total fusel alcohols
yield of glutinous rice was 2.72 g/L of pure alcohol, higher than
those of HEQ-rice (2.53 g/L of pure alcohol), and HY-rice (2.37 g/L of
pure alcohol). However no significant differences in fusel alcohols
production were observed among the 3 rice groups. Similar to the
most of other properties, the significant differences in fusel alcohols
production were also observed between some individual rice
cultivars (p < 0.05).