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Zyzyfer
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| Seoulman69 wrote: |
| I'm strangely pleased that other people get the shits after Korean beer. It makes me feel less alone. |
Think this club is larger than you might believe.
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It's hard to be optimistic about OB and Hite considering pretty much every new idea they have come up with in the past has been pretty much garbage. Hell, Stout is a relative success when you consider the crap like Cass Red and that lemon-flavored beer-ish drink.
Best case scenario I envision (specific to these planned beers) is the beer turns out all right and is enjoyable for a year or so, then the big two start wanting to cut corners and maim the recipe. The article in general is a big step forward for microbrewers and this move by the big two will benefit you guys, but OB and Hite are not ready to produce high-quality alcohol yet, I imagine all the execs have soju-addled brains and think alcohol should taste awful, puts hair on your chest and all that. |
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EZE
Joined: 05 May 2012
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| I love Korean beer, so I'm excited about the opportunity to explore new flavors at the lower "domestic" price tag. If the new stuff ends up being bad, that's okay since I have Hite to fall back on. |
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Threequalseven
Joined: 08 May 2012
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| The decision comes after the company suffered declines in sales because a growing number of consumers prefer foreign brands such as Asahi, Heineken and Budweiser to local brands due to the taste variety despite higher prices. |
Ahhh shit. Sounds like more of more-of-the-same. Asahi and Bud are just as flavorless as the domestic stuff. I guess when I first read this, my young dumb American brain immediately assumed it would fall somewhere along the spectrum between amber ale and triple IPA. Still, gotta hand it to them for trying. |
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Old fat expat
Joined: 19 Sep 2005
Location: a caravan of dust, making for a windy prairie
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EZE
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| If the new stuff ends up being bad, that's okay since I have Hite to fall back on. |
^excellent point for having low standards. I applaud. |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 6:01 am Post subject: |
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EZE
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| If the new stuff ends up being bad, that's okay since I have Hite to fall back on. |
^excellent point for having low standards. I applaud. |
5-0 Vodka, Ten High Whiskey and Mexican brown brick gets the job done. |
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EZE
Joined: 05 May 2012
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| Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 6:48 am Post subject: |
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| Threequalseven wrote: |
| Asahi and Bud are just as flavorless as the domestic stuff. |
Asahi and Bud are okay, but their price tags are too high relative to Korean beers of similar quality.
I just hope the new stuff comes out in time for college football season. I buy a bottle of beer or two every weekend during football season. It'll be fun to try the new beers while watching the games. |
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Brooks
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
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Things are better than they used to be.
I was at a 7/11 in Gangnam looking at Smithwick`s and whatever German beer they had.
Go back several years and what was the alternative? Heineken?
Guiness?
Go to E-mart or Homeplus and there is some variety.
Compare Hite to Thai or Taiwanese beer, and it actually tastes better.
Drink OB while eating kimchi and actually it is ok. Drink it without food and then you notice the taste.
There is a Danish microbrew that can be found in Tokyo. I can`t remember what it was called. It wasn`t cheap. |
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I'm With You
Joined: 01 Sep 2011
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| Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:33 am Post subject: |
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I'm on a short visit to Taiwan and have had a few beers at 7-11 with friends. They sell Asahi and Kirin and Budweiser. Guess where it's all brewed - in China or Taiwan! The taste, in my opinion, is off on the Chinese / Taiwanese brewed Asahi and Kirin.
TAIWAN beer is nasty. Worst hangovers I've ever had in my life. Just awful tasting beer, as well. |
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Brooks
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
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Taiwan beer must be the worst beer ever.
Kirin has really expanded if they are brewing in Taiwan.
They have bought overseas brewers like Lion in N.Z.
As to compare, Heineken and Guiness are brewed in Japan, yet taste the same. |
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Weigookin74
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I think Asahi is Japanese. As for the hite microbrewery...ha ha ha ha ha.
Does Korea still have restrictive rules for microbreweries? I read a long time ago, it use to be very restrictive making it hard for someone to start one here because you had to start as a large size. (...and we all know how difficult credit is to obtain here.) |
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Seoulman69
Joined: 14 Dec 2009
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I think Asahi is Japanese. As for the hite microbrewery...ha ha ha ha ha.
Does Korea still have restrictive rules for microbreweries? I read a long time ago, it use to be very restrictive making it hard for someone to start one here because you had to start as a large size. (...and we all know how difficult credit is to obtain here.) |
Asahi is a Japanese company but they use breweries in other countries to make their beer for that particular locale. Many companies do this. San Miguel (Spanish) made in the Philippines, Stella Artois (Belgian) made in the UK, etc.
The rules on microbreweries have been softened from what I've read. I don't know the specifics though.
Anyway, regarding the new Hite Queen's Ales - i read the official launch was yesterday but I couldn't find any in my local supermarkets. I want to know when they will be readily available to arseholes like me. |
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wishfullthinkng
Joined: 05 Mar 2010
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Asahi is a Japanese company but they use breweries in other countries to make their beer for that particular locale. Many companies do this. San Miguel (Spanish) made in the Philippines, Stella Artois (Belgian) made in the UK, etc.
The rules on microbreweries have been softened from what I've read. I don't know the specifics though.
Anyway, regarding the new Hite Queen's Ales - i read the official launch was yesterday but I couldn't find any in my local supermarkets. I want to know when they will be readily available to arseholes like me. |
san miguel is most definitely not a spanish company. it was founded in and has always been a philippines-based company. the only thing spanish about it was the fact that the original business man (who lived in manila) who started the company was spanish.
even the name of the beer was taken from a surburb in the philippines. san miguel could not be more filipino.
also, most extremely mass produced beers are made near where they are consumed. this includes budweiser, hoegarden, etc. |
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Seoulman69
Joined: 14 Dec 2009
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| wishfullthinkng wrote: |
| Seoulman69 wrote: |
Asahi is a Japanese company but they use breweries in other countries to make their beer for that particular locale. Many companies do this. San Miguel (Spanish) made in the Philippines, Stella Artois (Belgian) made in the UK, etc.
The rules on microbreweries have been softened from what I've read. I don't know the specifics though.
Anyway, regarding the new Hite Queen's Ales - i read the official launch was yesterday but I couldn't find any in my local supermarkets. I want to know when they will be readily available to arseholes like me. |
san miguel is most definitely not a spanish company. it was founded in and has always been a philippines-based company. the only thing spanish about it was the fact that the original business man (who lived in manila) who started the company was spanish.
even the name of the beer was taken from a surburb in the philippines. san miguel could not be more filipino.
also, most extremely mass produced beers are made near where they are consumed. this includes budweiser, hoegarden, etc. |
I stand corrected. San Miguel is a Philippine company. I guess the Spanish name, founder, and original grant to start the company being from Spain, confused me. |
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