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stephencreech
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 Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:31 am Post subject: Alley Cat Beer |
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| I've been told that some places in Korea sell good beer. The name that keeps reoccurring is "Alley Cat". Does anyone know about this beer and if you can buy it in Gangwon Do? |
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toby99
Joined: 28 Aug 2009
Location: Dong-Incheon-by-the-sea, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:29 am Post subject: |
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| I don't know about Gangwon-do, but a few bars in Seoul have it on tap. Mike's Cabin and the Wolfhound are two that immediately come to mind. Pretty good stuff, especially compared with Cass/Hite. |
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stephencreech
Joined: 13 Apr 2010
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:00 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah I knew there were a few in Seoul, I was just hoping for something around the home turf. |
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rumdiary
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm pretty sure they don't bottle it. Alley Cat reminds me of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. |
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thrylos
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 4:48 am Post subject: |
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| I'm in Chuncheon and I actually went to the brewery in Cheongpyeong one day-- got a few free samples and was told that they sell it at one place in Chuncheon called, shockingly, "The Place" for about 6-7,000 won/bottle. Never went there, but it's on the main bar street of Kangdae, but across the parallel street that runs up the hill towards Kangdae Hospital (on the 'dead' part of the street, away from the back gate area). It's on your right hand side as you're walking down the street on top of a Japanese sushi place.... |
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daeguowl
Joined: 06 Aug 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: Alley Cat Beer |
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| stephencreech wrote: |
| I've been told that some places in Korea sell good beer. The name that keeps reoccurring is "Alley Cat". Does anyone know about this beer and if you can buy it in Gangwon Do? |
Every time I've had the misfortune to drink this it tastes like it's got washing-up liquid in it...I'd rather have Hite!! |
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stephencreech
Joined: 13 Apr 2010
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I'll check out chuncheon. Hopefully I'll have some luck finding it. Thanks |
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nukeday
Joined: 13 May 2010
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:18 pm Post subject: Re: Alley Cat Beer |
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| daeguowl wrote: |
| stephencreech wrote: |
| I've been told that some places in Korea sell good beer. The name that keeps reoccurring is "Alley Cat". Does anyone know about this beer and if you can buy it in Gangwon Do? |
Every time I've had the misfortune to drink this it tastes like it's got washing-up liquid in it...I'd rather have Hite!! |
Yeah, I wish they would just sell it in bottles. alley cat has been both the best and worst beer i've had in Korea. i do not trust bar owners and their taps here. |
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Mr. Peabody
Joined: 24 Sep 2010
Location: here
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 12:08 am Post subject: |
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| thrylos wrote: |
| I'm in Chuncheon and I actually went to the brewery in Cheongpyeong one day-- got a few free samples and was told that they sell it at one place in Chuncheon called, shockingly, "The Place" for about 6-7,000 won/bottle. Never went there, but it's on the main bar street of Kangdae, but across the parallel street that runs up the hill towards Kangdae Hospital (on the 'dead' part of the street, away from the back gate area). It's on your right hand side as you're walking down the street on top of a Japanese sushi place.... |
What brewery did you go to?
http://www.alleykatbeer.com/ |
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thrylos
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Mr. Peabody wrote: |
| thrylos wrote: |
| I'm in Chuncheon and I actually went to the brewery in Cheongpyeong one day-- got a few free samples and was told that they sell it at one place in Chuncheon called, shockingly, "The Place" for about 6-7,000 won/bottle. Never went there, but it's on the main bar street of Kangdae, but across the parallel street that runs up the hill towards Kangdae Hospital (on the 'dead' part of the street, away from the back gate area). It's on your right hand side as you're walking down the street on top of a Japanese sushi place.... |
What brewery did you go to?
http://www.alleykatbeer.com/ |
www.kapa.co.kr
http://www.kapa.co.kr/cv/index.php?inc=aboutus_main&cate=594
It's basically a makkoli factory in Cheongpyeong with a steel vat room for beer brewing on the basement. It's not really open to the public, unless they do an 'outing' once and a while.  |
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Mr. Peabody
Joined: 24 Sep 2010
Location: here
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| Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:14 am Post subject: |
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| thrylos wrote: |
| Mr. Peabody wrote: |
| thrylos wrote: |
| I'm in Chuncheon and I actually went to the brewery in Cheongpyeong one day-- got a few free samples and was told that they sell it at one place in Chuncheon called, shockingly, "The Place" for about 6-7,000 won/bottle. Never went there, but it's on the main bar street of Kangdae, but across the parallel street that runs up the hill towards Kangdae Hospital (on the 'dead' part of the street, away from the back gate area). It's on your right hand side as you're walking down the street on top of a Japanese sushi place.... |
What brewery did you go to?
http://www.alleykatbeer.com/ |
www.kapa.co.kr
http://www.kapa.co.kr/cv/index.php?inc=aboutus_main&cate=594
It's basically a makkoli factory in Cheongpyeong with a steel vat room for beer brewing on the basement. It's not really open to the public, unless they do an 'outing' once and a while. |
Great link, thanks! I remember going to their Yoido brewpub a number of years back. They used to run an "all you can drink" special for man won...too bad they shut it down. |
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bt.petersen83
Joined: 17 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:54 am Post subject: |
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| Now I am a bit fuzzy on the details but what I heard from a Korean friend goes something like this: Korea has some really crazy alcohol laws concerning the production and sale of alcohol. Only the three large beer corps are allowed to bottle and sell beer i Korea. I am of course talking about Cass, hite and the ob brewing company. It is illegal for anyone else to produce and sell bottled beers. If I am wrong about this I appologize also if anyone has any other info I am always interested to learn something new. |
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tamaralynn
Joined: 04 Apr 2011
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:54 am Post subject: |
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| Alley Kat (with a 'k', not a 'c', so it might be different) is the name of a microbrewery in Canada. Probably not the same one as in Korea. But the Canadian version is great! |
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nukeday
Joined: 13 May 2010
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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| tamaralynn wrote: |
| Alley Kat (with a 'k', not a 'c', so it might be different) is the name of a microbrewery in Canada. Probably not the same one as in Korea. But the Canadian version is great! |
yes it's with a k and yes it's imported from canada |
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Mr. Peabody
Joined: 24 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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| bt.petersen83 wrote: |
| Now I am a bit fuzzy on the details but what I heard from a Korean friend goes something like this: Korea has some really crazy alcohol laws concerning the production and sale of alcohol. Only the three large beer corps are allowed to bottle and sell beer i Korea. I am of course talking about Cass, hite and the ob brewing company. It is illegal for anyone else to produce and sell bottled beers. If I am wrong about this I appologize also if anyone has any other info I am always interested to learn something new. |
No apology needed...  You're pretty much correct, except there are only two big beer companies in Korea. Hite and OB. Cass is owned by OB.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Brewery |
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