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Ikigage

Cloudy sorghum beer, sour and thick, drunk from a shared pot

Rwanda Wine & spirit Vegetarian

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Brewed from germinated sorghum and long served at Rwandan ceremonies; it was the ritual drink at naming and dowry gatherings.

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What is Ikigage?

Ikigage is a wine & spirit from Rwanda: cloudy sorghum beer, sour and thick, drunk from a shared pot. Brewed from germinated sorghum and long served at Rwandan ceremonies; it was the ritual drink at naming and dowry gatherings.

Made with

sorghum

Cooked

fermentedbrewed

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Nutrition has not been calculated for this dish yet.

The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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