It is said that in Japan, the origin of the history of Doburoku production is almost the same as that of rice production, but the production of Doburoku, which used to be made in farm houses, etc. for personal consumption, was forbidden by the Liquor Tax Act as a factor for reducing brewery tax (liquor tax before 1940) revenues, which were major tax revenues for the government in the Meiji period and is still forbidden to the present date.
日本におけるどぶろく作りの歴史は米作とほぼ同起源であると云われるが、明治時代においては政府の主要な税収源であった酒造税（1940年以後、酒税）の収入を減らす要因であるとして、農家などで自家生産・自家消費されていたどぶろく作りが酒税法により禁止され、現在に至っている。