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General chemical properties such as pH, total acidity (TA), total soluble solids (\u00b0Brix), and lactic acid concentration were also determined. A total of 56 volatile compounds, comprising 31 esters, 11 alcohols, 1 acid, 4 aldehydes, 3 ketones, and 6 miscellaneous compounds, were identified. From the principal component analysis (PCA) of the volatile data, samples made using atmospheric distillation such as MSO and PJU showed a clear difference from decompressed distillation samples. Based on the PCA of the sensory data, there was also a clear distinction between samples by their distillation method. To explore relationships among chemical, volatile, and sensory data sets, multiple factor analysis (MFA) was applied. Yeasty and earthy flavors showed a close relationship with 1-nonanol, octatonic acid, and longer-chain esters such as ethyl phenylacetate and ethyl tetradecanoate, and with chemical parameters such as TA, \u00b0Brix, and lactic acid.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules27082429","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,10]],"date-time":"2022-04-10T06:02:54Z","timestamp":1649570574000},"page":"2429","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Characterization of Korean Distilled Liquor, Soju, Using Chemical, HS-SPME-GC-MS, and Sensory Descriptive Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"27","author":[{"given":"Hyoung-Uk","family":"Choi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Culinary and Food Service Management, Sejong University, Neungdong-ro 209, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05006, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tae-Wan","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Traditional Foods Division, Korea Food Research Institute, Nongsangmyong-ro 245, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun 55365, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Seung-Joo","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Culinary and Food Service Management, Sejong University, Neungdong-ro 209, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05006, Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"47","article-title":"Volatile aroma components and analysis techniques of soju","volume":"4","author":"Park","year":"1999","journal-title":"Korean J. 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