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Why I can't drink Korean beer (even though I'd like to)
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candu



Joined: 16 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 3:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Korean beer isn't great and neither is Budweiser, but you should realize that unless you're drinking black market Bud, the Bud here is brewed under licence by OB. Not saying real US Bud - and, truth by known the real original is a fantastic lager from the Czech Rep - is better, but the Korean version is a Koreanized version of a mediocre brew.
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420bro



Joined: 15 Dec 2006

PostPosted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:59 am    Post subject: Can/Bottle versus Draft Reply with quote

I dont like Korean beer but it doesnt stop me from drinking huge amounts of it. I try to buy Hite prime as I find it to be the least offensive of the lot. One thing I notice though is the different hangovers I get from drinking bottles/cans versus when I drink the big smoking 3000ccs.

I can drink bottled beer all night and I might feel like ass in the morning but nothing too bad. But if I have been drinking draft all night I always feel right terrible in the morning. My stomache gets the worst of it... feels a bit like the pregnancy scene in the first aliens movie. Terrible...but there is no way I can give up drinking. Is there?
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babtangee



Joined: 18 Dec 2004
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 6:06 am    Post subject: Re: Can/Bottle versus Draft Reply with quote

420bro wrote:
Is there?


I don't think so, no. haha.
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brento1138



Joined: 17 Nov 2004

PostPosted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

rothkowitz wrote:
[Wanna bet?It usually goes for about 8K.


The clubs I go to, it's usually around 4,000. But I never buy bud. I usually go for the 8,500 Hoegaarden. I've also been known to splurge on a couple of Guiness stout for 10,000. Yeah, my wallet is often much lighter.... Embarassed
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mervsdamun



Joined: 06 Jun 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, Bud is the way I go as well as far value/$ goes. Not the best but does the trick.

As for the Korean beer, it�s not that it�s crap (it is) but I would swear I�m drinking the same sh*t no matter what the label says. If they were at least honest�
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rocklee



Joined: 04 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was trying to remember the name of a local beer that gave me a migraine with just one can.

Oh yeah OB Blue. Never again.
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mack the knife



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

All local beers are fully capable of inducing headaches. They should come with a warning on label:

"Side effects may include: green apple splatters, piercing headaches, stomach grumbles, and the purchasing of hard liquor to get the sh*t taste out of your mouth"
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ernie



Joined: 05 Aug 2006
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i have a theory about the skunky bottled beer i find here (about 1 in 3 bottles i buy):
if beer is exposed to direct sunlight, it begins to ferment in a bad way, hence the need for brown bottles to minimize this risk... with soju, i don't imagine this is a problem because of the higher alcohol content and overall nastiness... but don't bother bringing your skunky bottle of bud to the bartender for a new one because guess what? it smells exactly like every korean beer! my new strategy is to agree to pay for the bad beer, on the condition that the bartender drink it himself... maybe that way they'll learn something about bad beer and hangovers... i only drink beer from cans in korea from now on...
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mack the knife



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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i have a theory about the skunky bottled beer i find here


Yes. No. And, no.

Indeed, sunlight is the guilty party in turning an otherwise perfectly normal beer into road kill. It has nothing to do with fermentation, though. It has to do with the hops in beer, which is why nothing ever happens when you expose other liquors to sunlight. No hops = no skunk flavor.

Skunked beer does not have any nasty effects on your body, and frankly, I like a good skunked Tsing Tao every once in a while. Reminds me of college.
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Tiger Beer



Joined: 07 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mack the knife wrote:
Skunked beer does not have any nasty effects on your body, and frankly, I like a good skunked Tsing Tao every once in a while. Reminds me of college.

You drank Tsingtao in college?

Meanwhile, I was drinking Milwaukees Best.... Embarassed
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Stan Rogers



Joined: 20 Aug 2010

PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tiger Beer wrote:
mack the knife wrote:
Skunked beer does not have any nasty effects on your body, and frankly, I like a good skunked Tsing Tao every once in a while. Reminds me of college.

You drank Tsingtao in college?

Meanwhile, I was drinking Milwaukees Best.... Embarassed


You came out of the woodwork to respond to a post from 8 years ago?
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