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Sato

สาโท

Cloudy sweet-sour rice beer brewed in Isan villages from glutinous rice

Thailand Wine & spirit Vegetarian

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

Village rice beer fermented with a yeast cake starter; a 2003 community liquor law legalised small producers who had brewed it illegally for decades.

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What is Sato?

Sato is a wine & spirit from Thailand: cloudy sweet-sour rice beer brewed in Isan villages from glutinous rice. Village rice beer fermented with a yeast cake starter; a 2003 community liquor law legalised small producers who had brewed it illegally for decades.

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