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asmith
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
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 Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject: Getting drunk in Korea |
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Drinking is such a huge part of the culture. It's nothing for me to down a couple bottles of soju with the evening meal. Dinner--for me and many Koreans--is nothing but anju.
It can't be healthy. But it sure is fun. |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Obvious post is obvious. |
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balzor
Joined: 14 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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| welcome to Korea. |
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andz22
Joined: 08 Jun 2008
Location: Wales
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:35 am Post subject: |
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| Thats what I loved and hated at the same time when I first went to korea, foreigners who think they were "in" with the locals by drinking that bottle of pi$$ soju. |
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OnTheOtherSide
Joined: 29 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:59 am Post subject: |
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Soju is nasty.
Back home, would you buy a bottle of vodka with dinner? Or maybe gin? Probably not huh?
They need to get some more herb in Korea, cause the alcohol sure is gross. |
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climber159
Joined: 02 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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| cause the alcohol sure is gross. |
But it's cheap. And, that counts for a lot in a country whose average per capita income is less than $20,000/year (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2009/01/123_38369.html); especially if you're part of the half that pulls that average downward. Go to the affluent parts and you'll see people sipping on overpriced wines, cocktails, Erdingers, and such. |
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OnTheOtherSide
Joined: 29 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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| climber159 wrote: |
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| cause the alcohol sure is gross. |
But it's cheap. And, that counts for a lot in a country whose average per capita income is less than $20,000/year (http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2009/01/123_38369.html); especially if you're part of the half that pulls that average downward. Go to the affluent parts and you'll see people sipping on overpriced wines, cocktails, Erdingers, and such. |
I was just down in Columbia, Ecuador and Peru, and they had good beer and other drinks at dirt cheap prices down there.
Beer...... dark, light, pale, stout, whatever you want, a huge beer for a buck or two. Fifty cents in many places.
They also had really cheap hard alcohol of all types, whisky, clear, tequilla, etc. It is an alcohol lovers paradise. I'm not really a huge drinker though so I wasn't super impressed.
They also have a lot of that evil weed, marijuana. You all are lucky you're in Korea where they have eradicated this awful plant. Because it is a scurge to society that turns men into beasts, and brings communities into the gutter  But yeah, they had a lot of it down there, and it is soooooooo cheap, that's what my friend told me at least..... |
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climber159
Joined: 02 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Check out the crops that are grown in South America vs. what are grown in Korea. Beer is made from barley and hops; whiskey is made from barley, wheat, and maize; and, tequila is made from agave. None of these crops are widely grown in Korea due to the very limited arable land. Soju is made from rice and/or sweet potatoes. Both of which are well suited for Korea. |
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OnTheOtherSide
Joined: 29 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| climber159 wrote: |
| Check out the crops that are grown in South America vs. what are grown in Korea. Beer is made from barley and hops; whiskey is made from barley, wheat, and maize; and, tequila is made from agave. None of these crops are widely grown in Korea due to the very limited arable land. Soju is made from rice and/or sweet potatoes. Both of which are well suited for Korea. |
I know. And Korea doesn't want to import the good stuff because it will have a negative effect on their local economy. Thus the problem. |
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asmith
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| There's nothing wrong with soju. In fact, it's quite delicious. Jinro Original is my brand. I'll accept no substitute. |
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OnTheOtherSide
Joined: 29 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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| If you're into clear alcohols like that i'm sure it tastes good. Lot's of people like me can't stand Soju, Vodka, Gin, etc. |
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asmith
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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| OnTheOtherSide wrote: |
| If you're into clear alcohols like that i'm sure it tastes good. Lot's of people like me can't stand Soju, Vodka, Gin, etc. |
To me, soju is like a powerful drug which mixes well with beef and pork dishes. I'm married with kids, so I get drunk Korean style. I do it at dinner in my apartment. |
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earthbound14
Joined: 23 Jan 2007
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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soju does taste better than gin, but it makes horrible gin and tonics....lemon soju is great though.
I prefer the expensive stuff, the real soju. It eliminates my fears that I'm drinking something synthetic.
Korea has many great drinks, makoli, dong dong-ju, baek-sae-ju, mae-hwa-su, rice wine, plum wine, rasberry wine (bok-bun-cha). They range from very sweet to very 'crisp'...the only thing I can think of.
And all cheap becuase they love to drink so much. My Korean friends don't understand why I need to stop drinking because I need to work later that day. |
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halfmanhalfbiscuit
Joined: 13 Oct 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Anyone done a brewery or distillery tour in Korea? |
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Sector7G
Joined: 24 May 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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| asmith wrote: |
| There's nothing wrong with soju. In fact, it's quite delicious. Jinro Original is my brand. I'll accept no substitute. |
I agree, though I only recently came to this conclusion(after almost 2 years in Korea). Before I only drank it socially when some one offered a toast, and I blamed it for the massive hangover I would have the next day. I found out it was the cheap beer doing that to me.
Now I can't drink it for another reason- it get's me into trouble because I like it too much!!! |
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