Brewing and Quality Characteristics of Korean Honey Wine (Mead) with a Variety of Honey and Yeast

다양한 벌꿀과 효모를 이용한 벌꿀와인의 제조 및 품질 특성

In this study, the brewing and quality characteristics of a variety of honey and yeast strains in Korea were investigated. After fermenting acacia honey, chestnut honey, citrus honey, and mixed flower honey using commercial yeast, the quality changes during fermentation were investigated. Chestnut honey wine (mead) and mixed flower mead showed the highest ethanol contents of 11.9 and 11.3%, respectively after fermenting for 8 days at $25^{\circ}C$. Acacia mead and citron (Chinese lemon) mead showed 5.0 and 8.2% ethanol contents, respectively. Mixed mead, which fermented with acacia honey and mixed flower honey, in order to advance sensory properties, showed the best sensory properties, generating 10.9% ethanol, while another product with citron honey and mixed flower honey generated 11.1% of ethanol but with a lower sensory value. When adding corium peels to the mixed mead of acacia honey and mixed flower honey, the ethanol content was not increased by addition of corium peels into mixed mead, but its total acceptability was increased by addition of 2% corium peels. To check the mead clarification, it was treated with 0.6% of bentonite and filtered; then, its turbidity was observed over a storage period. The safe result for precipitation was shown at the condition of storing at $10^{\circ}C$ for 15 days with 0.24 NTU (Nepthelometric Turbidity Unit).

품질이 우수한 벌꿀 와인을 개발하고자, 아카시아꿀, 밤꿀, 유자꿀, 잡화꿀을 이용하여 시판 효모 종류별로 발효 중 품질 변화를 조사한 결과 에탄올 함량은 잡화꿀 와인과 밤꿀 와인 모두 효모종류와 상관없이 11.3-11.9%를 보였고 아카시아꿀 와인과 유자꿀 와인은 5.0-8.2%의 에탄올을 생성하였다. 관능을 향상시키기 위해 아카시아꿀과 잡화꿀을 혼합하여 발효한 혼합 와인은 10.9%의 에탄올이 생성되었으며 관능특성이 가장 우수하였고 유자꿀과 잡화꿀 혼합 와인은 11.1%의 에탄올을 생성하였으나 관능특성은 낮았다. 아카시아꿀과 잡화꿀을 혼합 발효한 곳에 진피를 첨가하여 발효시켰을 때 에탄올 함량은 첨가량에 따라 차이를 보이지 않았으며 관능결과에서는 진피 0.2% 첨가 시에 기호도가 가장 좋았다. 청징조건을 확인하기위해 발효가 끝난 허니와인에 벤토나이트 0.6% 처리 후 여과하여 저장 기간별로 탁도를 살펴본 결과 $10^{\circ}C$ 보관에서 15일 동안 보관 시에 0.24 NTU로 침전에 안전한 결과를 얻었다.