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RachaelRoo · Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Location: Anywhere but Ulsan!

so...ummmm....what's the difference? Both are fermented potatoes, clear liquid, same alcohol content........am I missing something here or are they basically the same thing?

trevorcollins · Joined: 02 Jul 2004

diablo3 · Joined: 11 Sep 2004

Soju is from sweet potatoes whereas vodka is from potatoes.

Soju has 21% alcohol while vodka has a different percentage (correct me if I am wrong)

Anyway, despite soju having only 21% alcohol, it burns me the most. Soju and I just do not mix. I can more easily cope with the 38% to 40% spirits though.

indytrucks · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: The Shelf

Same alcohol content? Not even close.

Zark · Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:51 pm Post subject:

No contest.

Vodka: Ambrosia of the Gods. Soju: Garbage.

Good vodka (I don't mean the cr*p they sell in E-mart) will NOT give you the monster headache that soju will.

pegpig · Joined: 10 May 2005

Vodka is usually used with a mix.

Soju, on the other hand is downed straight-up by alcoholics - and tastes like crap. No self-disrespecting Korean ajoshi would tarnish the vile-tasting crap by making lemon or cherry soju (which I rather enjoy although I am rarely allowed to mix it when around Korean males because of the reason I stated earlier).

Zark · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 12:07 am Post subject:

I put either lemon or orange zest in my vodka (or gin!) and let it sit for a few days - mix with water only.

Yummy

babtangee · Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 1:16 am Post subject:

Has Rachael ever even tasted soju?

billybrobby · Joined: 09 Dec 2004

funplanet · Joined: 20 Jun 2003 Location: The new Bucheon!

Vodka is definately the nectar of the gods......nothing goes down smoother than an ice cold shot of v.....

soju is for the peasants with peasant tastes Very Happy

RachaelRoo · Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Location: Anywhere but Ulsan!

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

skconqueror · Joined: 31 Jul 2005

Vodka is a great mix, but wouldnt do shots of it. That is reserved for tequila. I would do shots of soju though

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

I don't know what's in Soju but it's something unusual.

I've been doing extensive research into Soju for the last 5 years. After just 3 bottles of the stuff in quick succession I'm liable to dance on restaurant tables, take off my clothes, be horribly rude to strangers and my friends and other terrible behaviour. The next morning I won't even know how I got home or why I'm wearing my underwear over my trousers.....

Basically, not a lot of Soju puts me into la-la land.

On the other hand, for example, last weekend I stayed home with my sick girlfriend on saturday night. To make the night go with a bit of a swing I got a bottle of decent Irish whiskey (Jamesons, very reasonably priced at 28,000 in Walmart). That's 40% booze. Almost twice the strength of Soju. By 1am I found to my complete shock that I had drank the whole bottle!!! A full 700 ml of 40% whiskey. That equals to about 6 bottles of soju!!!! However, unlike the soju horrors, I was in complete control, coherent had a shower then tottled off to bed. No trauma and complete recollection the next day.

I tell ya......there's something wierd in soju. Other drinks don't hit me half as hard as soju.

Wrench · Joined: 07 Apr 2005

I got the ultimate Vodka.. I bought it in Japan for a whoping 1300 yen. Smile

Its made in Poland (My home) Name: Spirytus Rektyfikowany.. Its only 500ml but it is 192 percent proof.. Yeah baby its 96 percent alcohol by volume. How many Soju bottles is that?

I also picked up bottle of Absinthe.. Funny thing is that I even declared these when I came back from Japan and the customs just let me right through.