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[pootle]

Local supermarkets don't have anything. If I go to Seoul, where can I get some?

[alphakennyone]

E-marts sometimes have Oettinger for pretty cheap (or did when I was there a year and a half ago). German stuff.

Homeplus (?) has Tesco beer, which I haven't had but is apparently repackaged Grolsch.

[soviet_man]

In the Mongolian building in Dongdaemun stadium (near exit #10) you can often get imported Russian (and Mongolian) alcohol of various types: beers, vodka etc.

But it might be too gopnik for your pallette however?

[andz22]

It's impossible to get cheap nice euro beer in korea.

[JungMin]

...unless you make it.

[ekul]

[b-class rambler]

Generally, most of the big chain hypermarkets (homeplus, e-mart, lotte mart, gs mart etc) will have something of a selection of European beers, even out in the sticks.

Obviously "good" & "cheap" will be a matter of opinion. Becks and Heineken are pretty widely available, usually between 2000-2500won a bottle, not that I'm much of a fan of either. The Tesco lager available at homeplus is sometimes also packaged as "Bavaria Lager", which is the Dutch (NOT Bavarian) company that brews it.

Having lived in Japan before, where even big supermarkets had nothing but Japanese beer (which isn't any more varied than Korean) I like it that big Korean supermarkets usually have at least a few foreign beers, and homeplus, in particular, has something approaching an impressive selection. But I am getting pretty bored with what's available and I haven't seen any new additions for quite a long time.

[JungMin]

[ZenMoto]

Costco

[Integra]

[b-class rambler]

[coralreefer_1]