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liftn
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| walter235 wrote: |
| No, I like that lemon flavored Cass. But the soju will tear you a new A.H. |
Thats because your suppose to DRINK from the bottle not..... 
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nickwils
Joined: 30 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| I agree with the OP. It reminds me of drinking kingfisher beer in India to some extent. Something is just not quite right with it? |
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jamal0000
Joined: 11 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:44 am Post subject: |
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| I'm with ya man, south korean beer sucks. I discovered north korean beer after a dmz and must say its my drink of choice now -- strong and tasty. have to get it at specialty shops though. |
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Menino80
Joined: 10 Jun 2007
Location: Hodor?
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:22 am Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
No way man. Chinese beer is terrible. Tsingtao! Korean beer is better than that and comparible to other beers in Asia. Except for the Japanese, most Asian countries learned their craft wrong or cheaped out on production. Japanese beers are the one exception of good Asian beers. But Japan learned how to make foriegn things without perverting their original intent. You can eat good Indian food, pizza, hamburgers, beer in Japan that tastes like crap elsewhere unless it's a foriegn run or company restaurant in the rest of Asia. |
Korean beer is terrible compared to every other nations' selections, with the exception of maybe the Phillipines. |
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nickwils
Joined: 30 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:25 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah even Leo (with ice?!!) is much better than all Korean beer and even Cambodia has better beer at a fraction of the cost. Cafri in bottles is ok, but it really is the best of a very bad bunch. Actually it's the beer on tap that's the problem here I reckon. |
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walter235
Joined: 07 Apr 2011
Location: korea
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:19 am Post subject: |
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| liftn wrote: |
| walter235 wrote: |
| No, I like that lemon flavored Cass. But the soju will tear you a new A.H. |
Thats because your suppose to DRINK from the bottle not..... |
You have terrible spelling, etc... Are you really a teacher? You must have a degree in Remedial Studies, genius! |
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Italy37612
Joined: 25 Jan 2010
Location: Somewhere
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:37 am Post subject: |
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| walter235 wrote: |
| liftn wrote: |
| walter235 wrote: |
| No, I like that lemon flavored Cass. But the soju will tear you a new A.H. |
Thats because your suppose to DRINK from the bottle not..... |
You have terrible spelling, etc... Are you really a teacher? You must have a degree in Remedial Studies, genius! |
Maybe he was drunk when he posted his reply. |
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joelove
Joined: 12 May 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:05 am Post subject: |
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| It does make one wonder why most Asian beer is just crap. Sometimes I'll pay the expensive price for a solid strong Belgian beer or three, then later weep at how inferior a local beer is, though of course much cheaper. |
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Stout
Joined: 28 May 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:18 am Post subject: |
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| Most Koreans don't know how to evaluate a good brew. If you were a Korean beer company set up by an industrialist, would you (a) attempt to educate everyone as to what constitutes a good beer (b) churn out the cheapest skank you could get away with in order to clear the highest profit margin |
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nickwils
Joined: 30 Apr 2007
Location: Asia
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| Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:59 am Post subject: |
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It's not all Asian beer it's just Korea as far as I can tell. Japan has a few decent beers and so does Thailand and I don't mind a couple of the Khmer options. Malaysia sells some Cambodian beer,guiness and expensive generic imports. I like Bintang in Indo. Vietnam has some amazing micro beers.
But cass and red rock? Hite? Really? Is that the best they can do. When your national beverage is soju then your working from a low level to begin with. |
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joelove
Joined: 12 May 2011
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:26 am Post subject: |
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| Dunno. Outside Japan I've had very few decent Asian beers in the 5 or 6 countries I've spent enough time in to try the local beers . I guess Tiger Draft and San Miguel are all right. Fortunately one can usually find better stuff for a higher price. Can't complain too much about Chinese beer actually, watery, not good, but the price is great, and they're tolerable at least. Taiwan on the other hand just had toxic stuff, whether it was Beck's or Michelob or Corona or anything, even though they'd say it was imported, it was a lie. That was almost ten years ago, but I doubt it has changed there. |
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TECO
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 6:34 am Post subject: |
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| joelove wrote: |
| Dunno. Outside Japan I've had very few decent Asian beers in the 5 or 6 countries I've spent enough time in to try the local beers . I guess Tiger Draft and San Miguel are all right. Fortunately one can usually find better stuff for a higher price. Can't complain too much about Chinese beer actually, watery, not good, but the price is great, and they're tolerable at least. Taiwan on the other hand just had toxic stuff, whether it was Beck's or Michelob or Corona or anything, even though they'd say it was imported, it was a lie. That was almost ten years ago, but I doubt it has changed there. |
While in the convenience store in Taiwan looking at the labels on cans of Budweiser and and a few of the other beers, I noticed that they were actually brewed under license in China. They aren't imported, at least not the ones I saw in 7-11. Also, Kirin Ichiban, a reasonable Japanese beer, is brewed under license in Taichung, Taiwan. I thought that was interesting. I spent some time drinking the beer in Taiwan and they just didn't taste right. The Taiwanese and Chinese are not doing something right. They're either missing some steps in the process, cutting corners or not using quality water. At least those are some of the reasons I've heard from others for the low quality beer in Taiwan.
The Japanese beers tasted better in Japan than they did in Taiwan and didn't give me as much of a hangover. The Taiwanese and Chienese brewed beers left me with splitting headaches the next morning and wicket hangovers / body stone. The local Taiwan Beer is absolutely terrible - maybe the worst beer I've ever drank. Most of the Asahi Super Dry can beer in the convenience stores were labelled as being brewed in Japan. |
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r122925
Joined: 02 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2011 4:06 am Post subject: |
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| jamal0000 wrote: |
| I'm with ya man, south korean beer sucks. I discovered north korean beer after a dmz and must say its my drink of choice now -- strong and tasty. have to get it at specialty shops though. |
Could you tell me more about theses specialty shops? What are they called and where can I find them?
This beer used to be around here and there in Seoul but I haven't seen it in years. I would love to pick up a case or something if I could find it. |
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So Sincere
Joined: 04 Apr 2011
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I'm moving to Cheonan next month and the beer situation in SK is starting to worry me. Over the last 6 or 7 years I've become a bit of a beer snob. (Drinking Anchor Steam Summer Beer at the moment) I've lived in Oregon since 2004 and the selection here is probably the best in the World.
I don't drink excessively, usually two beers in a day at most, but I generally have a beer in the late afternoon or evening to wind down. I'm not big on liquor or sake types of alcohol aside from some quality tequila a few times a year, so I don't think soju will be for me either.
Has anyone had success getting a 22oz bottle or two through customs in SK? Regardless, I think I'm pretty much screwed. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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| So Sincere wrote: |
I'm moving to Cheonan next month and the beer situation in SK is starting to worry me. Over the last 6 or 7 years I've become a bit of a beer snob. (Drinking Anchor Steam Summer Beer at the moment) I've lived in Oregon since 2004 and the selection here is probably the best in the World.
I don't drink excessively, usually two beers in a day at most, but I generally have a beer in the late afternoon or evening to wind down. I'm not big on liquor or sake types of alcohol aside from some quality tequila a few times a year, so I don't think soju will be for me either.
Has anyone had success getting a 22oz bottle or two through customs in SK? Regardless, I think I'm pretty much screwed. |
You can bring a whole bunch of beer through customs (I know the limit on wine is two bottles, so extend that same quantity of alcohol to beer). Once you use that up you're going to have fairly slim pickings, but there are decent European beers to be had if you're willing to pay (and they really aren't that expensive). |
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