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Yaya · Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Location: Seoul

Anyone try these new beers?

Cass Ice Light is only 4.2 percent alcohol as opposed to 4.5 percent for regular Cass.

OB Blue is brewed and fermented at low temperatures.

Smee · Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Location: Jeollanam-do

As far as Korean beers go, I kind of liked the old, normal OB. But that new OB Blue is horrible. I don't like the new Prime, either. I'm stuck having to buy Hite.

Hater Depot · Joined: 29 Mar 2005

OB Blue has been around for at least a year, hasn't it?

Yaya · Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Location: Seoul

Woland · Joined: 10 May 2006 Location: Seoul

Yeah, OB Blue has beeen around the 7 months I've been here. While not complete swill (like Hite - too sweet), it is a step down from the old OB. I remember when they changed to that formula 9 years ago - it made me switch from Cass to OB then. I think of OB Blue as the New Coke of Korean beers.

Thumbnail Postermonkey · Joined: 24 Jul 2006

As one who likes to drink a litre or 2 after work 3 times a week, I personally enjoy the "Olde English 800" aftertaste that Prime Max carries with it....in no way is it anything like "Olde English 800" but it'll do when I need to wash my brain in stupid juice after a long day playing tiddlywinks with the gaggle of Koreans I have to deal with on a regular basis.

Nambucaveman · Joined: 03 Aug 2006

Cass is the only Korean beer I can stand. OB and Hite are terrible.

buster brown · Joined: 26 Aug 2005 Location: Seoul

OB Blue is the worst excuse for beer that I've ever tasted! This is coming from a guy who's had his share of Milwaukee's Beast and other random cheap US beers. I'd rather take a beating than drink any more of that stuff!

europe2seoul · Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Location: Seoul, Korea

When Prime came to market in 2003, it was advertiset as being made by the german purity law for beer and it was even written on the label. Beer was OK -I mean, a classic lager by the book - nothing exciting. However, sales were low....Now the label was changed and I guess the recepie and it sucks.

Why, oh why, they don't make a normal beer in this country?

The only good ones are those microbrews....I do not mind the price (that much Smile

)- atmosphere is usually good as well as anju. For example Castle Praha near Gangnam station.

coolsage · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 8:51 am Post subject:

Just what this country needs: beers that are even blander and more tasteless than the original brews.

shifter2009 · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Location: wisconsin

tiger fancini · Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Location: Testicles for Eyes

Tiberious aka Sparkles · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!

Smee · Joined: 24 Dec 2004 Location: Jeollanam-do

OB Blue ain't the Sound of Vitality, that's for damn sure.

ChopChaeJoe · Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: Seoul

The blue is average Korean brew, the ice is almost undrinkable. Cass isn't too bad.

That ice light is really, really nasty. Don't go there.