| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
kraggy
Joined: 06 Mar 2011
|
 Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:55 pm Post subject: Why is budweiser cheaper than other foreign beers? |
 |
|
| Did they get around the foreign company/import tax thing somehow? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
|
| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:59 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| The Budweiser sold in Korea is also brewed in Korea. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
kraggy
Joined: 06 Mar 2011
|
| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:05 pm Post subject: |
|
|
So foreign goods could be a lot cheaper here if those companies made them here?
I thought that it was if the company is foreign, then the product will be taxed more. But you're saying that it's literally if the product comes over the border then it's taxed extra?
In that case, why don't Heineken and other companies contract a company in Korea to brew it here thus making it cheaper and increase sales? The country has a population 40 million, it would surely be worthwhile.
In Ireland, Heineken is made by Murphy's. And Ireland only has a population of 4 million. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
|
| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:27 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| kraggy wrote: |
| I thought that it was if the company is foreign, then the product will be taxed more. But you're saying that it's literally if the product comes over the border then it's taxed extra? |
That's international trade in a nutshell. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
|
| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:30 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I remember reading a while back that there is a minimum production quantity law in effect which, due to being so high, effectively keeps new breweries from opening their doors here. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
|
| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:45 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Zyzyfer wrote: |
| I remember reading a while back that there is a minimum production quantity law in effect which, due to being so high, effectively keeps new breweries from opening their doors here. |
Yeah, but I'm pretty sure it applies to the brewery as a whole, so it wouldn't be difficult to contract with a Korean brewery to get more foreign beers at reasonable prices. That said, Korean breweries have little reason to loosen the iron grip they currently have on the market. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
UknowsI
Joined: 16 Apr 2009
|
| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:52 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| kraggy wrote: |
In that case, why don't Heineken and other companies contract a company in Korea to brew it here thus making it cheaper and increase sales? The country has a population 40 million, it would surely be worthwhile.
|
Or even better: make the beer in Korea, but brand it as a foreign beer and sell it at import beer prices, aka Hoegaarden. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
sonicmatt
Joined: 04 Oct 2007
|
| Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:00 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| budweiser here is just ob blue in a different bottle. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
alistaircandlin
Joined: 24 Sep 2004
Location: Seoul
|
| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:30 am Post subject: |
|
|
| kraggy wrote: |
In that case, why don't Heineken and other companies contract a company in Korea to brew it here thus making it cheaper and increase sales? |
That, my friend, is a very good question. Why, indeed? Maybe someone ought to write the breweries a letter - I'm sure European or American beers would sell really well over here, if they could sell them for the price of Bud.
Things are certainly getting better though - it was harder to buy foreign beers, even in 2004, when I first came over. Now I can walk to the corner store, and choose from Heineken, Carlsberg, Guiness etc. I even saw some London Pride for sale the other day, which was surprising. I only wish we could buy this stuff on draught more easily: only then would Seoul be truly civilised.
Oh, for an English pub, with bitters on draught! Personally, I'd kill for a pint of Tetley, or Bass, as brewed in Yorkshire. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
alistaircandlin
Joined: 24 Sep 2004
Location: Seoul
|
| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:32 am Post subject: |
|
|
| sonicmatt wrote: |
| budweiser here is just ob blue in a different bottle. |
You are kidding, right? Please tell me that you are kidding.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
The Floating World
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
Location: Here
|
| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:09 am Post subject: |
|
|
It being ob blue is a rumour / urban myth - it's bud, I can tell by the taste as I'm a bud drinker.
It's cheaper here because it's bottled and brewed here and also bud is cheaper than other beers in the west too anyway.
People slag off bud, but for the price it's a good easy drinking beer and if you make the effort you can actually taste the subleties of it.
Sure I like a few Paulaners, Stella, Kroneys, Sols etc but a few mellow buds also have their place in my heart. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Rutherford
Joined: 31 Jul 2007
|
| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:59 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Quote: |
| It being ob blue is a rumour / urban myth - it's bud, I can tell by the taste as I'm a bud drinker. |
Bud here tastes a lot different than back home. It lacks the subtle vegetable aftertaste of American bud.
Also if you look at the bottle it has a raised OB in the glass. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
detonate
Joined: 16 Dec 2011
|
| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:14 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Rutherford wrote: |
Bud here tastes a lot different than back home. It lacks the subtle vegetable aftertaste of American bud.
Also if you look at the bottle it has a raised OB in the glass. |
This is correct. And the stuff about Hoegarden makes baby Jesus cry.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
The Floating World
Joined: 01 Oct 2011
Location: Here
|
| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:14 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Rutherford wrote: |
| Quote: |
| It being ob blue is a rumour / urban myth - it's bud, I can tell by the taste as I'm a bud drinker. |
Bud here tastes a lot different than back home. It lacks the subtle vegetable aftertaste of American bud.
Also if you look at the bottle it has a raised OB in the glass. |
Just because SOME of the bottles have the ob on them - 4 out of my 6 I have right here now do not - that only proves it's bottled by OB. Also, it comes in CANS...
It is not OB, I drink that too at times and they are different. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
detonate
Joined: 16 Dec 2011
|
| Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:23 am Post subject: |
|
|
I don't think anyone here, even sonicmatt, is arguing that OB Blue and Korean Bud are the same. But there is no doubt that Korean Bud tastes different than what is in the US and K-Bud is certainly brewed here.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
