METHOD FOR PRODUCING REFINED RICE WINE (SAKE) HAVING LOW ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new method for producing a refined rice wine (sake) having a low alcohol concentration, capable of keeping high wine quality and producing without decreasing availability of raw materials and at high productivity. SOLUTION: This method for producing a refined rice wine (sake) having a low alcohol concentration comprises liquefaction treatment of the raw material of polished rice by an enzyme, preparing an unrefined sake having >=3.5 ml acidity by mixing malted rice, yeast and aqueous malt spiked with lactic acid, fermenting the unrefined sake to obtain raw sake having >=13% alcohol concentration and diluting the raw sake with water to obtain sake having >=10% alcohol concentration.