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chumpchange · Joined: 24 Mar 2009 Location: Bucheon

Alright, I'm a week from coming over for my first contract. I'm looking over the forum to see what can be found in Kland and what is best to bring. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough, but I can't see much of a listing of what beers/liquors I can expect to find (aside from obvious Korean staples like Cass & Soju). Is it asking too much to find things like Keith's and Crown Royal?
I ask more out of curiosity than anything, as I'm not about to try and bring a case of beer with me on the plane.
And While I have your attention I guess I'll also ask what are some of your favorite beers/liquors (either from home or found in Korea)

vaticanhotline · Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject:

Depends on where you're going; if you're outside of Seoul or one of the big cities, your chances of getting anything except cass, hite, and soju are pretty slim.

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Underwaterbob · Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Location: In Cognito

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chumpchange · Joined: 24 Mar 2009 Location: Bucheon

Big Rock? That's not at all related to Alberta's "Big Rock" (Traditional, Grasshopper, etc) I assume?
I'm going to be in Incheon, so if the big city selections are better then hopefully I'll find em, but I'm gonna miss some of the Canadian selection by the sounds of it.

Rusty Shackleford · Joined: 08 May 2008

You will likely have to trek to get your fix. If you live in commercial area you will have no problem picking up drinkable foreign beers at Mini Stop, Family Mart etc. I live in an urban/residential area so there are only privately owned mom 'n pop stores within about a 15 min walk radius. They only carry Korean swill plus Budweiser (which is really just Cass in a different bottle, it's brewed in Korea.)

sokocanuck21 · Joined: 16 Mar 2009 Location: Ansan

Costco sells Crown Royal. My buddy drinks like 4-5 bottles a week.

tefain · Joined: 19 Sep 2007 Location: Not too far out there

The convenience stores are dependable for a few brands, but Homeplus has one of the best selections of imports here.

McGenghis · Joined: 14 Oct 2008 Location: Gangneung

halfmanhalfbiscuit · Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Location: Seoul

If in the countryside, buy them out of anything decent first chance you get.

Actually, I have some students who work for Samsung-Tesco. Whereas carrefour hit the dust a few years back because Koreans prefer to feel pampered while shopping, Tesco is just quietly providing more goods on the market. They're using Korea as a testing ground before expanding in Asia.

If this is why there's more beer available these days-especially Euroswill- this is good and we can expect more.

Spud10 · Joined: 26 Sep 2009

I can manage to find a lot import beers (European origin) if I look hard enough. But the other people above are quite right, the farther outside of the large cities, you'll be relying on good ol' Cass or some quality OB BLue. But they get ya drunk, so unless your a beer snob (nothing wrong with that, i may add) then you should be alright.

But definitely try out the local stuff, its much better

halfmanhalfbiscuit · Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Location: Seoul

steveinincheon · Joined: 14 Jul 2009 Location: in The Shadows of Gyeyangsan

You can find imported booze across Korea, although the selection is best in the big cities. Prices are very high though, and there will be fewer brands available than back home. Big stores like Homeplus and some E-marts will have a reasonable selection of import beers and liquor. Whiskey in particular is popular and easy to find

War Eagle · Joined: 15 Feb 2009