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Scorpion
Joined: 15 Apr 2012
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 Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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| They already have soju in the US. It's known as turpentine. |
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wishfullthinkng
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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i've had andong soju and i'd hardly describe it as a nectar of the gods. it might barely pass as the armpit sweat of a demi-god... |
Right, and by that comment I'm supposed to think you're more distinguished than my friend, an elderly European aristocrat? |
where pray tell did i allude that?
oh that's right, no where. and you think just because someone is an "aristocrat"  that they have better tastes than someone else? reality check!
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| wishfullthinkng wrote: |
the sad thing is if korea wasn't so anti-japan we might all be drinking delicious sake instead of the colon-destroying and far inferior soju. |
Two different beasts. Sake isn't distilled.
FYI, I personally prefer sake. It can be bought at the grocery store in Korea, so what's stopping you? |
so when i'm at a company dinner or at a bbq i should go run and buy sake? get a grip man.
i already know that sake isn't distilled, but that has no bearing to my statement that if korea hadn't been so anti-japan due to the war that they could have adopted sake instead of heading down the road of soju. |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Is real rice 40-50% soju anything like baijiu? |
Yes, but usually a bit weaker isn't it? The liquor shop in my town has two grades of Andong soju, with the stronger being 45% and the weaker being I think 35%? Baijiu goes as high as 60% doesn't it? |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Baijiu (at least the less expensive stuff) also tends to have a distinct and unpleasant aftertaste. It also, for me at least, is basically Crazy in a Bottle. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 2:14 am Post subject: |
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| wishfullthinkng wrote: |
| 12ax7 wrote: |
| wishfullthinkng wrote: |
i've had andong soju and i'd hardly describe it as a nectar of the gods. it might barely pass as the armpit sweat of a demi-god... |
Right, and by that comment I'm supposed to think you're more distinguished than my friend, an elderly European aristocrat? |
where pray tell did i allude that?
oh that's right, no where. and you think just because someone is an "aristocrat" that they have better tastes than someone else? reality check!
| 12ax7 wrote: |
| wishfullthinkng wrote: |
the sad thing is if korea wasn't so anti-japan we might all be drinking delicious sake instead of the colon-destroying and far inferior soju. |
Two different beasts. Sake isn't distilled.
FYI, I personally prefer sake. It can be bought at the grocery store in Korea, so what's stopping you? |
so when i'm at a company dinner or at a bbq i should go run and buy sake? get a grip man.
i already know that sake isn't distilled, but that has no bearing to my statement that if korea hadn't been so anti-japan due to the war that they could have adopted sake instead of heading down the road of soju. |
Were you born without little fingers? |
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NohopeSeriously
Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea
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| Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I prefer the cheap Jinro red wine or some least popular molasses rum aged in used Bourbon barrels. Soju is just nastier than vodka. |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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I just remembered. Cocktail soju is really good. Back in the day before I realized it is kind of considered a ladies drink, I would go to town on that stuff. Hell, all the foreigners did. We'd go to the dungeon bar (designed like a cave inside) and just keep ordering the stuff and get a righteous buzz on.
So it's great in anything where you can hide its terrible flavor. Not as stiff as the standard cocktail. But not really something meant to be drunk on its own. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| My most recent search for soju ( 2009 ) in Florida yielded the 750 ml bottle of Jinro for $20 ( Y1000 in Japan, never seen that size of bottle of Jillo in Korea ) and 750 ml bottle of Japanese Ty-ku soju for $30. I love my soju, but at those prices it loses some of it's charm. |
The last time I bought (and probably drank) soju was that same year in California. The price was $5 or $6 for a regular sized bottle at a Korean supermarket.
Due to the weird liquor laws of VA and MD, I haven't come across it here in the DC area (minus Korean restaurants). It's too high an alcohol % for supermarkets to sell it in VA and not in demand enough to be at most liquor stores. |
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Jake_Kim
Joined: 27 Aug 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 7:38 am Post subject: |
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Even for the best brand of Andong Soju, it could be a hit or miss - they don't care much about filtering process as opposed to vodka, thus retain that 'burnt taste' profile for better or worse.
As for other less known higher-ABV Korean spirits, such as Munbaeju or Jukryokko or Gamhongro, I guess hardly anyone from outside of Korea has even sampled it so far. Average Koreans would barely know them for that matter. Such a pity. |
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nukeday
Joined: 13 May 2010
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| Posted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 9:25 am Post subject: |
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There are a lot of beer and wine bars (no license to sell hard alcohol) in CA that are permitted to sell soju. They basically make vodka cocktails substituting soju.
I think that might boost up sales a bit.
By the way, they drink a lot of soju (shochu) in Japan, too. Way more than they drink sake (nihonju). |
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