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rac118



Joined: 23 Feb 2009

PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:36 am    Post subject: Then why are you in this country? Reply with quote

Then why are you in this country?


because it accommodates my level alcoholism.





youre welcome kids.
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Robot_Teacher



Joined: 18 Feb 2009
Location: Robotting Around the World

PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yuck. One time drinking soju is one time too many. One time getting drunk on Hite beer is one time too many. The alcohol blows whole circuit boards here. It's crap. Not to knock Korea, they make the worst quality of drink while they make great cars, microchips, cell phones, and monitors. Korea is terrible at making anything you put in your mouth, but best at electronics and hardware manufacturing.

I want good beer like German brew or microbrewery brew, but a selection of choices seem to be absent as a pink sky. Alcohol and drugs have to be the most boring in this isolated land that doesn't know anything about what good brewing is.
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jkelly80



Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?

PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dae Tong Ju is fantastic, as is makkeolli.

Dae Tong Ju plus beer is a revelation, but a horrible horrible headache waiting to happen.
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rac118



Joined: 23 Feb 2009

PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Robot_Teacher wrote:
Yuck. One time drinking soju is one time too many. One time getting drunk on Hite beer is one time too many. The alcohol blows whole circuit boards here.



youre carrying this robot thing a little bit too far.


is this you?

http://www.amoeba.com/dynamic-images/blog/Job/SmallWonder_16018_0001.jpg
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Bibbitybop



Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maekkoli suuuuuuuuuuuuuucks, as does 90% of the alcoholic drinks produced in this country. It says a lot about the tastes as nation when North Korea's beer tastes 100 times better than any beer South Korea produces.
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RyanInKorea



Joined: 17 Jan 2008

PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am just going to say it, but the beer in Korea, particularly Cass/Cafari, is not overly terrible. It is comparable to the lower end beers in Canada, like Labatt Blue or Canadian, for anyone who knows about that. Really sheite beer can be found in Thailand or Vietnam, where you can't even really finish it.

Anyone can site the best beers in the world and say everything else is piss. Of course German beers are awesome. Most Western countries pride themsleves on their beers. South Korea has way better beer than the U.S.A. For the leaders of the free world, they sure do have sheite beers. Natty Ice, Old Milwauks, Bud? Those beers are sheite. Don't even get me started on Bud Lite...

Ryan
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Underwaterbob



Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito

PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bibbitybop wrote:
Maekkoli suuuuuuuuuuuuuucks, as does 90% of the alcoholic drinks produced in this country. It says a lot about the tastes as nation when North Korea's beer tastes 100 times better than any beer South Korea produces.


To each his own, I love makoli, and dong dong ju. Two bastions of traditional Korean liquor left in this nearly completely corporate country.

Regarding soju: if you buy an expensive bottle that's not some mass-manufactured crap, it's actually not bad. It's supposed to be hard liquor, not the 26% overly-sweet, antifreeze-tasting crap that comes in a green glass bottle. What do you really expect for 75 cents a bottle?
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LydiaSarah



Joined: 02 Jul 2008
Location: Bucheon, South Korea

PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is comparable to lower-end beers in other countries. The difference is, there really is nothing better that those here unless you pay more for something imported or the rare microbrew. Sure the U.S. has terrible low end beers, but it has become the country of micro-breweries.

As for Vietnamese and Thai beers, I'd drink Chang (Thailand) or Saigon/Hanoi beer any day over any of the Korean stuff.
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michaelambling



Joined: 31 Dec 2008
Location: Paradise

PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Robot_Teacher wrote:
Korea is terrible at making anything you put in your mouth, but best at electronics and hardware manufacturing.


Quote of the week.
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coralreefer_1



Joined: 19 Jan 2009

PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RyanInKorea wrote:
South Korea has way better beer than the U.S.A. For the leaders of the free world, they sure do have sheite beers. Natty Ice, Old Milwauks, Bud? Those beers are sheite. Don't even get me started on Bud Lite...

Ryan



This must be a joke! The beers you list are only the commercial beers, which I agree are crap. However America has literally thousands of small microbreweries all around the country. In most medium sized cities, there is usually at least 1 "specialty" store that sells anywhere between hundreds of different microbrews. Personally being from Raleigh, NC..I'm quite partial to our local brewery(Holly Springs) which produces the fine "Carolina Pale Ale", and a newer beer "Carolina IPA".along with a fragrant Nut Brown Ale, but even in a small city Raleigh, I can think of at least 3 stores within a short drive with a huge selection (700-800) of Microbrews.

On another note, my home state lies in the bible belt and up until 2004, the legal limit for any beer sold in NC was 6% alcohol. Since then though the law has been changed to 15% I believe, which means literally thousands more beers are now available.

I'm not sure what the microbrew scene in here in Korea, but as far as selection..Korea has nothing on the US.

ohh...What I would give to have a 6-pack of the "Snake Dog IPA" from the Flying Dog brewery...
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Xuanzang



Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang

PostPosted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheong ha or Andong soju is better than Lee Hyori soju.
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