“…Some higher alcohols, such as isobutanol, hexanediol, and 1‐hexanol, were present only in the Samples. It has been proven that higher alcohols are mainly synthesized from amino acids through the catabolic route (Ehrlich pathway) (Dickinson, Salgado, & Hewlins, ; Hazelwood, Daran, van Maris, Pronk, & Dickinson, ) and that Chinese rice wine yeast contains an active Ehrlich pathway (Liu, Zhang, Mao, Ding, & Shi, ; Zhang et al, ). Because the CRWS contained a high concentration of amino acids and active yeast, as expected, the addition of CRWS increased the precursor concentration and the activity of the Ehrlich pathway, which increased the concentration of alcohols.…”