"The test we did get a positive response to the public. The proof they come to learn the process of making wine into ethanol," said Head of Mining and Energy Government of Tuban Mudji Slamet.
According to him, community members, village chiefs, community leaders, whose land the wine-producing centers of origin of tree sap, among others, in the District Plumpang, Cross, Tambakboyo and others, came straight to his office to come studying the processing of wine into ethanol.
Trial wine into ethanol until today still done by involving the community who want to learn the technical processing means. "Implementation of the trials conducted in our office," he said.
Technically, as much as 10 liters of palm wine mixed with brown sugar, after fermentation for seven days and distilled, yielding 2 liters of ethanol.
According to him, the cost of 10 liters of palm wine production is calculated at Rp 15,000 and a 2 liter of ethanol selling price of Rp 17,500.
"The development will depend on the community as a producer of wine in Tuban," he said. In Tuban there are about 4,000 tree sap that the results can be taken into wine.
Meanwhile, he continued, Regent of Tuban Haeny volunteer recommends that the process of wine into ethanol trials included in the curriculum.
"After the trials we did, the recommendations of the Regent of Tuban, the process of wine into ethanol into the local curriculum subjects," he said.
from:kompas.com