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[Bibbitybop]

Last week, someone posted information about this new microbrewery in Myongdong:

[Bibbitybop]

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[Dev]

Looks like the answer is "NO". I have been curious about that place too. Please try it out and get back to us.

The Platinum Brewery in Gagnam is good.

[Bibbitybop]

[JongnoGuru]

The buffet makes Platinum worth it.

I'll probably check out LeBassus tonight and shall dutifully report my findings & pics here tomorrow.

[mithridates]

I'm curious too, so I started a page:
http://wiki.galbijim.com/LeBassus

Everybody please take pictures and let them be used under a GFDL license and write lots of stuff. Or we'll be doomed to scrounging for info on threads every time.

Is the spelling right? How come lebassus 명동 turns up nothing under a Google search?

See, nothing.

[Dev]

The location of this place really appeals to me. Right smack downtown.

[Bibbitybop]

I went to De Bassus last night. The person who posted the directions had their head up their ass, so here are proper directions:

Easiest: Go to Euljiro 1 ga Station on Line 2. Exit number 6 and walk straight. You'll pass a Starbucks on the left. Keep walking and you will reach a tourist information booth. Across the street (walking straight) is an underground shopping entrance. Look to the left of that and you'll see the big blue De Bassus sign. Go downstairs and start drinking.

From Myongdong Station: Exit number 7. Walk down the main strip with Migliore on your left. You�ll walk a few blocks. You go to the end of the MAIN strip, but the road keeps going straight. (When you are walking down the main strip, you will get to an intersection with a restaurant and a Shinhan bank sign on the building on the far right corner.) On your far left corner, you�ll see a tourist information map. Go left here. As you walk, you�ll pass a Krispy Kreme on your right and a Kraze Burger on your left. Keep walking and you�ll get to large main road. You�ll see a tourist information booth on the right. You�ll see an underground shopping entrance on your left. Look to the left of that shopping entrance. You�ll see the blue De Bassus sign. Go downstairs and start drinking.

De Bassus� drinks are a good price for being microbrew in a large downtown shopping district. The 3 microbrews are a dark Dunkles, a golden opaque Helles and an amber Weizen. The Dunkels is very smooth for a dark beer. The Helles was ok, but needs more flavor and the Weizen is a full-flavored, yeasty weizen. They also serve Cass for those of you without *beep* or ovaries.

Prices:
300cc: 4,000
500cc: 6,000
Container (or growler):
2,000cc: 22,000
5,000cc: 55,000
(I didn�t see anyone drinking from a Container, but the menu picture shows it to be a capped growler. I didn�t ask if these could be taken to-go for a deposit.)

Tower (approx. 1.5 meter tower of beer with a tap):
3,000cc: 33,000
5,000cc: 55,000

Other drinks:
Wine: 50,000-60,000
Whisky: 70,000-210,000
Coffee and tea drinks: 3,000-4,000
Coke and Cider: 3,000
Welch�s, Mountain Dew and Juice: 4, 000

Food:
Basic plates: 6,500-10,000 with a 15,000 set
Salads: 12,000-16,000
Specialty, Fusion and World food: 13,000-38,000


I recommend the place, but only drank the beer and can't report on the food quality. Sorry, no pics available, but I'll take a camera next time.

[JongnoGuru]

Hey, was that you who came up to our table asking for "JongnoGuru" and we all acted confused?

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[Saxiif]

WTF is wrong with brewpubs in Korea. Every single fucking one of them (except for Platinum) has helles, dunkel and wiezen. There are more than three kinds of beer