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[Pyongshin Sangja]

Whereas,

Beer is a popular beverage in all countries.

Beer should be made with high-quality ingredients.

Beer should not contain preservatives or adulterants.

Beer should not have an after-taste like old sewage.

Beer should be judged relative to beer from other countries.

Beer is unpopular in Korea due to its low quality.

Korea has shown a commitment to high-quality manufacturing.

Korea has yet to make a beer that meets international standards.

Korea and good beer could be beautiful together.

Korea's largest brewery is 50% owned by a Belgian company.

This company makes good beer everywhere but Korea.

We the undersigned are tired of complaining about the poor quality of Korean beer and want to help Koreans to reach new heights of enjoyment of high-quality beer.

We intend to present this petition to your manufacturers, OB/Cass (owned by Interbrew) and Hite/Jinro breweries and work with them to manufacture a high-quality, frosty beverage that will bring a smile to the faces of Korean schoolchildren every morning.

Sincerely,

[Draven]

Draven (does this qualify as a signature?)

Great idea, btw.

[jaganath69]

I'm with you all the way on this one bro!

[coolsage]

Amen to that. Where do I sign? (I just cracked a 1.6L plastic of Cass and it smelled like it had been sitting in the sun for hours.) And while we're at it, perhaps we could encourage Jinro to make a grape wine that is good for something besides shampooing the dog.

[Paji eh Wong]

I'm down for this but ...

[Pyongshin Sangja]

Fear not, young Paji, the soju demon can be beaten.

[thorin]

Hey, don't knock Mekong.

[PaperTiger]

It HAS actually been sitting in the sun for six or more hours, chief...have you seen how Koreans transport EVERYTHING? Crappy Little Bongo trucks that offer the very minimum in product stability and protection!

I'm sure some efficiency expert at Jinro/Oriental Breweries/Hite (Urine Bottlers of Korea) would insist that skunking beer vastly improves its flavor and there is absolutely no necessity for refrigerating beverages in transit...because alcoholics (the only target market here in Korea) would drink moldy beer, beer with a dead mouse in it, or carbonated water that just TASTES like beer as long as it makes them black out and vomit in public places.

I don't think you can make any appeal regarding an optimal olfactory drinking experience to people who deliberately let vegetables and fish "ferment" (read: decay) because that's what they consider tasty. People who enjoy those things AND soju probably don't care what anything tastes like.

I think the connoisseur market for booze is virtually non-existant in a country where Heineken (Dutch bottled urine) and Jack Daniel's (American drain cleaner) are considered the pinnacle of good drinkin.

You're wastin your time.

[itaewonguy]

what about those microbrewries? they bad too?

[Pyongshin Sangja]

No, they're pretty good but I'm talking about a land where good beer can roam free. Where people can enjoy a fine brew without trekking to a micro-brewery. As for being unable to change the market, I firmly believe that Dynamic Korea can do it.

[Freezer Burn]

[turtlepi1]

Like my Corona that is brewed in Belgium?
Or the Guinness that is nothing like that in the UK?

"Import" beer (especially on tap) is a load of crap...

Hite & Cass are no worse, no better than American Budweiser or Australian Budweiser (Fosters). They are what they are. The cheap go to blue collar beer.

Beer snobs are weird anyway. Enjoying a couple of pints, sure a good beer is important. Drinking more than a few pints and it doesn't making what shite you are pouring down your gullet.

**Don't mind me I am just bitter because the only beer I can drink these days is Corona. Everything else makes my sinuses explode after the first half pint. Such a travesty.

[Hollywoodaction]

[jaganath69]

[Hanson]

Mekong whiskey = morning headache. End of story.