Sakemaking takes root beyond Japan, from India to Singapore
Orchid Sake Brewery was proudly featured on The Japan Times.
Sakemaking takes root beyond Japan, from India to Singapore
Singapore's Orchid Sake Brewery is one of the small but emerging number of sake breweries in Asia.
In tropical Singapore, a city-state with no rice paddies and no seasons, Orchid Sake Brewery is showing that sake production can take place in a highly urbanized environment.
Reuben Oh, 31, opened the brewery on a scrappy budget in February 2024 with no formal brewing background of his own. The day-to-day production is led by head brewer Yumika Yamamoto, who previously worked at a few sake breweries in Japan.