Korean Job Discussion Forums

mysteriousdeltarays · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2003 10:24 am Post subject:

Jajadude where are you getting Icehouse at 2,000 won? No place I'm near and we both know our beer!

The King of Kwangju · Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Location: New York City

Formaldehyde, bacteria, chemicals...

I sure wish I had the straight dope on why Korean beer is so headache-inducing, particularly the draft.

I thought I was just getting old 'til I came back to Canada and had a night out on the town: the next morning was pure pleasure in comparison to an o-bek-cc bender.

simulated stereo · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2003 3:13 pm Post subject:

Same here. Korean draft beer gives me the worst headache after just four glasses. As for the earlier Stout comments...Do any of you guys remember about three years ago when Stout first came out? I do and the taste was completely different from what it is now. It wasn't a stout then at all, closer to Red Rock actually. But it was a good beer for every day drinking. Then it dissapeared off the shelves and was replaced with the choco-caramel hite.
A while back some company tried Ginseng beer and I thought that was pretty good, especially for summer camping and beach trips. Sadly it only lasted for a couple of months.
Imports are appearing in Jenju more and more, which is nice. Hoegaarden (sp), Leffe', Grolsh, and Sapporo can all be found at the Ministop and the LG25. Yeah they're more expensive but IMO, worth the price.

here it is · Joined: 29 Jan 2003

simulated stereo...are you telling me that The Hite Stout now resembles a stout in taste? Or that the taste has merely changed. I recall it being more brown ale/porter style than red rock, but perhaps I should revisit if it has had a make over and stoutened up...what's the word? (though I'm quite sure I'll be investigating it personally before reading your response...).

simulated stereo · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2003 3:31 pm Post subject:

Neither the current nor the former stout comes close to being "a stout". But the earlier version at least had a good taste and held up to repeated drinking.

weatherman · Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Location: Korea

I see that Hite Prime is being marketed pretty aggressively on TV. Has anybody seen it in the bars, as they show how it is drunk on TV. At first I thought I would like it, and the taste is OK, but it gave me the same feeling as draft, which I will not go near like the plague.

Second point (about bring up this old tread,) I really like the new labels on the Capri bottle. They have been out for some time, only now writing it down.

Saxiif · Joined: 15 May 2003 Location: Seongnam

The Stout tastes like a lager with a little bit of Stout flavoring thrown in along with some black food coloring (doesn't have anything resembling the thickness of a real stout). Its OK to drink occasionally if a bar has it on tap for a decent price, otherwise no...

KoreanLifer · Joined: 30 Jan 2003

i like the brew offerings from Japan: Asahi and Sapporo.both fine beers yet the large 600ml can is 5500w.

Mr. Pink · Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Location: China

I don't know if anyone has been to Walmart, but they have quite a large selection of imported beers. They were the first to carry Molson Canadian.

Last time I was there, I saw about 15-20 imported bottles/cans.

However I am not too much into drinking, so I don't have names etc.

weatherman · Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Location: Korea

jacktar · Joined: 04 Jun 2003 Location: ��

Forget the beer, where can you get black rum? The only thing you can get here is gold and white. Gold does the trick, white sucks ass. Where's my black?

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Is there something wrong with my tongue? After the first bottle of beer, I can't taste it, no matter how much I pay for a prestige imported beer. As far as I can tell, alcohol is alcohol in any packaging. It all strikes me like the guy who sold his bike to buy a Grandeur so he could drive down to the corner Mom & Pop shop.

just because · Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Location: Changwon - 4964

My take is that Korean beer is extremely bland. The alcoholic percentages are low and so there is limited taste. Australian beers a lot stronger and a lot better tasting(however, Fosters is horse piss).
I drink Sapporo, Stella and the occasional Corona here

swashbuckler · Joined: 20 Nov 2010

Korean beer is still garbage (13 years later).

philthor · Joined: 22 Apr 2012 Location: America

I'm not a fan of most Korean beers, but I also don't find them horrible. In a pinch, a Cass or an OB do fine enough.

Why not try home brewing, though, if the Korean options don't appeal and imports cost too much? Yes there's an initial expense, but it's great hobby, and supplies are very easily purchased thanks to places like Seoul Home Brew and Craftbrewer in Pusan.

Also, there are many other expats making some phenomenal home brew (not me, yet; however, I love doing it as a hobby). So if you need to lean on people for advice/info, there's no shortage.

Don't think your place is too small either. No need to make 19L (about 5 gallon) batches. Ten liter (2.5 gallons) batches are great and net plenty of beer (10 liters equals about 28 twelve ounce bottles).

Not trying to hijack the thread. Sorry if it does. Smile