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Torkjel Austad

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Founder and head brewer of Bygland Brewery and Rannei Sake. Combining Norwegian traditions with Japanese brewing techniques to create innovative craft beverages.

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Just received it myself πŸΆπŸ‘

16.12.2025 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Doburoku is by the way - a fantastic product full of fruity flavours and umami. I'm considering releasing it in the Norwegian marked.

07.12.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Any good news?

07.12.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Meiji government needed funds for modernization and found a reliable source in liquor taxes. Centralizing production with licensed brewers gave better control and taxation. Homebrewers were mostly making doburoku (un- or roughly filtered cloudy sake) - which is now getting a bit of a comeback :)

07.12.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He told me he mostly sun-dried it this year :)

08.10.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0