Chemometric Characterization of Alembic and Industrial Sugar Cane Spirits from Cape Verde and Ceará, Brazil

Table 2

Concentrations (mg/100 mL AA*) of compounds in Cape Verde and Brazilian spirits.

Variable	BA	BI	CVA	CVI
n-propanol	60.9±19.9	65.4±37.8	78.3±59.2	64.5±41.9
Isobutanol	27.02±8.9	46.5±9.5	33.1±15.1	41.1±22.4
Isoamylic	50.18±40.5	120.3±23.0	100.2±49.4	164.4±94.7
Higher alcohols	156.9±62.6	235.2±42.3	222.3±89.6	282.6±104.7
Alcoholic grade	39.8±7.1	38.8±0.4	45.4±3.6	44.9±2.7
pH	4.79±1.2	4.3±0.3	3.8±0.4	3.9±0.3
Acetaldehyde	21.8±13.3	11.9±5.7	20.0±15.3	15.2±7.8
Acetic acid	17.1±13.4	17.5±13.7	67.7±68.7	72.0±45.6
Acetate	1.2±0.8	1.5±1.1	0.5±0.3	0.6±0.5

^*AA: Absolute alcohol; BA: Brazilian alembic; BI: Brazilian industrial spirits; CVA: Cape Verde alembic; CVI: Cape Verde industrial spirits.