Distilled liquor with a high content of 4-vinyl guaiacol and method for producing the same, distilled liquor obtained using the distilled liquor with a high content of vanillin

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a raw sake for a distilled liquor having a high content of 4-vinylguaiacol (4-VG), which is a precursor of vanillin, such as raw Shochu, etc., a raw sake for a distilled liquor manufactured by the manufacturing method, a distilled liquor manufactured by using the raw sake for a distilled liquor, a blended distilled liquor, a method for increasing the content of 4-VG in the raw sake for a distilled liquor, and a method for increasing the content of vanillin in the distilled liquor.SOLUTION: Provided is a method for manufacturing a raw sake for a distilled liquor, which includes a malted rice manufacturing step of manufacturing a malted brown rice by incubating Aspergiillus oryzae with raw ingredients including brown rice and a fermentation step of manufacturing, as a raw sake for a distilled liquor, a sake mash by fermenting an admixture obtained by adding, to the obtained malted brown rice, rice bran, water, and yeast.