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[interestedinhanguk]

I always thought ginger ale wasn't sold here (at least outside the foreign markets). But, today I found it at E-Mart. I was searching for soda water (club soda) to make my own ginger ale (just ginger syrup and club soda, not really the same taste). I finally found small cans of it in the liquor section, on the bottom shelf, in small, inconspicuous, shrink-wrapped 6-packs. Canada Dry brand. Right next to it were 6-packs of gingerale in similar packaging. The name was written in Hangul (진저엘). It's the same as back home. Awesome.

[Louis VI]

I've been buying that CANADA DRY gingerale with hangeul writing since at least 2004.

I remember the shock one waygook colleague had when I said I've been buying sour cream since 2002. He doesn't believe me, I think, because he never saw it anywhere. The fact is, ginger ale like sour cream is around, just not everywhere. I didn't see ginger ale in E-mart however until this year.

[happiness]

there was a Korean ginger ale in the cvs for a while too, it was tasty...was...i havent seen it forever..

[Skippy]

Hell I remeber it from back in 200 maybe 2001. It is just not very popular with the Koreans. I think they keep it around so they can make some cocktails.

[interestedinhanguk]

[Steelrails]

They sell it for 800 won a can on gmarket. Dr. Pepper too.

[johnnyrook]

I just wish I could find Ginger Beer, much prefer it to ginger ale, which is only really good as a mixer imho, not so much as a standalone drink. I bought that Canada Dry from E-Mart, it's just about the worst ginger ale I've ever tasted, the ginger taste is so weak it's basically soda water.

[Bondrock]

A drunk stumbles out of the Lethbridge Hotel and falls flat on his beak. He looks up and sees a sign: "Drink Canada Dry".

"It'll never be done," he says.

[Shapur]

[bluelake]

I'm holding out for Vernor's...

[trogdor]

Canada dry is crap. I've been grinding fresh ginger and making tea. I keep some cold in the fridge, which is decent. I may try adding some soda water.

[johnnyrook]

[Steelrails]

[flakfizer]

[interestedinhanguk]