And now for something completely different:

NÃ¸gne Ã˜ Sake

A somewhat self indulgent purchase for the website, having something of a passing interesting in Sake, often misnomered as "rice wine", it's more akin to a beer brewing process than a grape juice derived fermentation. We're pleased to offer two Sake from NÃ¸gne Ã˜!



NÃ¸gne Ã˜ - Det KompromisslÃ¸se Bryggeri (The Uncompromising Brewery) brews Sake with character and integrity. All the Sakes are Yamahai and are made with Ginpu rice from Hokkaido. The Japanese characters read "hadaka jimaâ€ or â€œNaked Islandâ€ from the Nowegian â€œNÃ¸gne Ã˜â€.



With the same level of passion that led to the NÃ¸gne Ã˜ beers, Toji Kjetil Jikiun is now offering Sake from Europeâ€™s first Sake brewery. His approach has been to make bold, rich, flavourful Sakes. To this end he has chosen to make all the Sakes using the older, more traditional Yamahai method. This is a much more labor intensive and demanding process but leads to more complex and unique flavours in the final product. Other noteworthy brewing choices are the use of Ginpu rice from Hokkaido, a naturally occurring yeast for one of the products, and another product made entirely from the Yamahai moto. In addition, four of the five products currently offered are Nama, again to offer the full complement of rich flavours and aromas from the Sake.



