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Brewing in Japan w/ Cody Brailsford
Cody Brailsford is a rather rare breed.
Now fuku-toji (assistant head
brewer) as of this recording, at Watanabe Sake Brewery, makers of Hourai brand
sake in the small countryside town of Hida
Furukawa in Gifu Prefecture, Cody has been toiling away in the brewery for well
over a decade.
As more sake breweries open across the
globe, and as breweries in Japan gradually open their doors (and minds) to the
prospect of greater diversity in the brewery, the number of non-Japanese people
working stints in Japanese sake breweries has grown significantly in recent
years.
However very few have dug in for the
long haul in the way that Cody has at Hourai. And his time and hard work have
clearly been recognized and appreciated, as he was just offered the position of
fuku-toji a matter of days before he sat down with us here at Sake On Air.
In addition to Cody’s “origin story”
and life as a brewer, we also discuss the challenges of taking a brewery from
hyper-local to international, the shift from brewing to communicating, the
transition from one toji guild to another, and much more.
Christopher Hughes and Justin
Potts are your navigators for this session.
Pour yourself a beverage (or several) and settle in for fascinating glimpse
into the world of sake brewing in Japan with a gentleman whose experience and
perspective are truly one-of-a-kind.
You can learn more about, as well as
follow the adventures of Cody and Hourai Sake at any of the outlets below.
Watanabe
Sake Brewery Official Website:
Cody on Instagram
Hourai on Instagram
Be sure to let us know what you think
by leaving us a review on Apple
Podcasts, or wherever you get your regular serving of Sake On Air.
You can follow the show on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter via @sakeonair. Feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] as well.
Until next week – kampai!
Sake
On Air is made possible with the generous support of the Japan Sake & Shochu Makers Association and is broadcast from the Japan Sake
& Shochu Information Center in Tokyo. The show is a co-production between Export Japan and Potts.K Productions, with audio
production by Frank Walter.
Our
theme, “Younger Today Than Tomorrow” is composed by forSomethingNew for Sake On Air.
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Cody Brailsford is a rather rare breed.
Now fuku-toji (assistant head
brewer) as of this recording, at Watanabe Sake Brewery, makers of Hourai brand
sake in the small countryside town of Hida
Furukawa in Gifu Prefecture, Cody has been toiling away in the brewery for well
over a decade.
As more sake breweries open across the
globe, and as breweries in Japan gradually open their doors (and minds) to the
prospect of greater diversity in the brewery, the number of non-Japanese people
working stints in Japanese sake breweries has grown significantly in recent
years.
However very few have dug in for the
long haul in the way that Cody has at Hourai. And his time and hard work have
clearly been recognized and appreciated, as he was just offered the position of
fuku-toji a matter of days before he sat down with us here at Sake On Air.
In addition to Cody’s “origin story”
and life as a brewer, we also discuss the challenges of taking a brewery from
hyper-local to international, the shift from brewing to communicating, the
transition from one toji guild to another, and much more.
Christopher Hughes and Justin
Potts are your navigators for this session.
Pour yourself a beverage (or several) and settle in for fascinating glimpse
into the world of sake brewing in Japan with a gentleman whose experience and
perspective are truly one-of-a-kind.
You can learn more about, as well as
follow the adventures of Cody and Hourai Sake at any of the outlets below.
Watanabe
Sake Brewery Official Website:
Cody on Instagram
Hourai on Instagram
Be sure to let us know what you think
by leaving us a review on Apple
Podcasts, or wherever you get your regular serving of Sake On Air.
You can follow the show on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter via @sakeonair. Feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] as well.
Until next week – kampai!
Sake
On Air is made possible with the generous support of the Japan Sake & Shochu Makers Association and is broadcast from the Japan Sake
& Shochu Information Center in Tokyo. The show is a co-production between Export Japan and Potts.K Productions, with audio
production by Frank Walter.
Our
theme, “Younger Today Than Tomorrow” is composed by forSomethingNew for Sake On Air.
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