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Canucksaram
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 Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 6:58 am Post subject: Korean Soju Brand "Cham Ee Seul"--different qualit |
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Folks, anybody out there knowledgable about the "Cham-Ee-Seul" brand of soju?
It comes in normal-sized glass bottles (355ml or so of 22% alcohol, right?), as well as smaller all-plastic 200 ml bottles that are roughly shaped like a flask (20.1% alcohol).
I am wondering if the smaller plastic bottles contain a purer distillation of alcohol. Anybody know?
-Canucksaram |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 7:30 am Post subject: |
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Nah, same stuff, different packaging.
One thing, though. That brand is the first soju to have been distilled twice before being bottled. Yes, the other stuff is only single distillation...hence the harsh taste and the harsher hangover. |
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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 4:25 am Post subject: |
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"But therein lies the contradiction in Korean's soju consumption: even the most fastidious intellectuals, whose taste buds can discern a Gran Cru from a Cru (classifications of French wine), remain faithful to what connoisseurs readily dismiss as a cheap, low-grade vodka designed for desperate alcoholics."
It's Grand Cru. If you put a gun to my head and told me to drink soju, any brand, I'd pick Andong soju. Good stuff...and it comes in a beautiful bottle, too. |
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stat
Joined: 22 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 4:36 am Post subject: |
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| Hollywoodaction wrote: |
Nah, same stuff, different packaging.
One thing, though. That brand is the first soju to have been distilled twice before being bottled. Yes, the other stuff is only single distillation...hence the harsh taste and the harsher hangover. |
isn't it triple distilled through 숱/숯 (sp?) (charcoal?)
edit: yep, seems so...
대나무숯으로 3번 걸러 깨끗한 소주
translation - a clean soju, filtered three times through bamboo charcoal
(can someone better than me check the translation? - is 걸러 filtered or distilled?)
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| In 1965, the government, concerned about the country's insufficient rice crop, banned the use of rice for making soju, and distilleries turned to sweet potatoes and tapioca to make the alcohol base ― then used water and additives to dilute it. The ban was finally dropped in 1999. |
Aha! The age-old mystery answered at last! What is soju made from? The answer? Anything!! |
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coolsage
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: The overcast afternoon of the soul
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| A 'high quality' soju? An oxymoron indeed. I wouldn't shampoo my dog with that turpentine, or what passes for grape wine, either. I don't think that I'll live long enough to see Korea develop a wine culture (the climate is here, but the people are not). |
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animalbirdfish
Joined: 04 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 4:46 pm Post subject: Re: Korean Soju Brand "Cham Ee Seul"--different qu |
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| Canucksaram wrote: |
Folks, anybody out there knowledgable about the "Cham-Ee-Seul" brand of soju?
It comes in normal-sized glass bottles (355ml or so of 22% alcohol, right?), as well as smaller all-plastic 200 ml bottles that are roughly shaped like a flask (20.1% alcohol).
I am wondering if the smaller plastic bottles contain a purer distillation of alcohol. Anybody know?
-Canucksaram |
Those little plastic bottles make good gifts if you're headed back to your home country. They're easy to pack, don't break, and - if you have friends like mine - strange new alchohol is always well-received. |
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rothkowitz
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Available in lunch pack form too. |
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