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nicholas_chiasson

Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Location: Samcheok
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:25 am Post subject: beer and bad beer |
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I just had my last bottle of tsingdao, and it was so good, and crisp, and delicious. Now I drank the last can of cass and it tastes flat and horrible. I wish I lived closer than 90 minutes round trip to a store with import beer. I know we have all said it, but why is korean beer so, uninspired? |
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haute 4 teacher
Joined: 19 Nov 2007
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:06 am Post subject: |
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As I just choked down another (c)ASS red.....
I completely agree.
Korean beer is truly the worst beer in the world.
ps. try the(c)ASS red. At least you get drunk enough to remember it tastes bad.
I think Koreans think "beer, good, lets have some" and are happy with the results. Like pizza, chinese food, italian food, nachos, hamburgers, steak.
Steak? I think I'm going to start a thread complaining about steak. |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:11 am Post subject: |
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Hite Stout. It is the cheapest beer in the store, and it tastes much better than any other Korean beer, IMO. |
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Trioxin_Failure
Joined: 24 Nov 2005
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:16 am Post subject: beer |
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I would recommend Cass Ice Lite. While this is niether ice nor light, it is a sad attempt at something that resembles a dry beer.
This said, do avoid the plastic bottle for any kind of beer. Plastice increases the a$$ quotient for any beer.
And if you can afford it, drink Asahi. |
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crusher_of_heads
Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Location: kimbop and kimchi for kimberly!!!!
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:19 am Post subject: |
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I actaully like Cass as long as I have no more than 2.
Fortunately I'm near not only a store that sells Bud on the cheap, but a 15 minute walk from a Chinese place that has Tsingtao.
Drinking Hite should be made illegal. |
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cheeseface
Joined: 13 Jan 2008 Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:22 am Post subject: |
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I think that the cASS s-HITE and OB all taste pretty much the same, bad.
Cafri is actually not that bad, in fact its really good, I even prefer it to Becks. |
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skintboy
Joined: 24 Dec 2007
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:35 am Post subject: |
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I dont like Korean beer, but then again Japanese Asahi, Sapporo is crap imo. They make Budweiser taste like nectar. I want cheap Guinness tho. Where can I find that?! |
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nicholas_chiasson

Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Location: Samcheok
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:43 am Post subject: |
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Samcheok Home Plus had guiness, so does E-mart in Donghae. |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:06 am Post subject: |
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crusher_of_heads wrote: |
I actaully like Cass as long as I have no more than 2.
Fortunately I'm near not only a store that sells Bud on the cheap, but a 15 minute walk from a Chinese place that has Tsingtao.
Drinking Hite should be made illegal. |
In a blind taste test, you wouldn't know the Stout was a Korean beer. |
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nicholas_chiasson

Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Location: Samcheok
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 4:14 am Post subject: |
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I've had the stout. Evil hangovers if you have 2 liters. Not that you should. Problem is the locals don't drink it. So its as far away as any other beer. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:06 am Post subject: |
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blaseblasphemener wrote: |
Hite Stout. It is the cheapest beer in the store, and it tastes much better than any other Korean beer, IMO. |
Yeah, why is that? I was drinking Stout last time I was out in Hongdae, and it was 1200 per bottle. Then they ran out quickly and I had to drink Cafri which was 1300 and crappier. It's like reverse capitalism. We used to empty the Stout section of the 7/11 across from Skunk every Saturday, so they stopped stocking it for a couple years.
Other than that, Korean beer is the worst in Asia. Oops, I mean South Korean beer. I think it's because they're using American beers like Budweiser as their model (although I'd rather have most Korean beers than a Bud). |
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SirFink

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:30 am Post subject: Re: beer and bad beer |
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nicholas_chiasson wrote: |
I just had my last bottle of tsingdao, and it was so good, and crisp, and delicious. |
I just ate a Twinkie and it was sweet, moist and truly the most wondrous pastry I have ever eaten.
Seriously guys, you need to get out more and try one of the, oh, 1,000 beers in the world that are light years ahead of a cheap bottle of Tsingdao. And of course Korean beer is one small step up from cold urine. |
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bondjimbond
Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:39 am Post subject: |
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I recently bought a six-pack of something simply called "Black Beer Stout", and while it's not a patch on a real stout, it's actually tolerable. I'll take it over Cass or Hite any day. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 5:58 am Post subject: |
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bondjimbond wrote: |
I recently bought a six-pack of something simply called "Black Beer Stout", and while it's not a patch on a real stout, it's actually tolerable. I'll take it over Cass or Hite any day. |
It's actually a Hite beer. You're the fifth person in this thread to mention it. |
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roscoe2000
Joined: 24 Oct 2007
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 6:44 am Post subject: |
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cass and korean beer are all pretty flavourless, but i don't think tsingtao is any better. do what i did when i was stuck in poland complaining about the beer. invite a few friends over, buy a variety of beers, korean and imported, and have a blind taste test party and get hammered doing it.
you'll probably be surprised with the results. we were. |
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