Esters in alcoholic beverages contribute several fruitlike and
floral aromatics.Esters are mainly produced during ethanol fermentation
by yeast, in the reaction between alcohols and acetyl-CoA
catalyzed by acetyl-transferases Since ethanol is the main alcohol among all
the alcohols produced during fermentation, ethyl acetate formed
from ethanol and acetyl-CoA is the predominant ester synthesized
by yeast, which is approximately one third of all esters produced in
alcoholic beverages and is about 10e20 times more
than isoamyl acetate in Sake, and has a fruity flavor