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[Czarjorge]

Is there any? I know, I know, what a horrible reason to choose a place to live, but I must admit it is a priority. Guinness, Harps, Newcastle, Sam Adams, Samuel Smiths, most of what the Belgians offer up. Hell even Becks or Pabst Blue Ribbon. (re: 'Blue Velvet')

Where does one find this in South Korea? I'm leaning hard toward Busan. I'm not a beach goer, but the mellower weather sounds wildly more appealing than what most of you have to say about Seoul in summer, and I like rain, so the rainy summers don't sound that bad.

So, yeah, Busan sounds like the place to go. But, the beer, people, the beer.

[seoulsucker]

If you can find a Wa Bar, Texas Bar, or any other "Ice Beer Bar", they usually carry a decent selection of imports. Overpriced, but much better than the headache-inducing swill that Koreans down.

Most pubs in Itaewon carry a decent selection of imports as well.

Not too sure about Busan, though. Haven't spent much time there away from the beaches.

[RACETRAITOR]

They do have that weird little waeg area down there, Texas Street or whatever it's called.

[Adventurer]

[Bibbitybop]

[Czarjorge]

One of the reasons I'm so excited to go to Korea is the culture of drinking. I like drinking, but I'm a complete wuss about being hungover, so I've gotten good at doing, but not overdoing, it. I'm not worried about being an alcoholic, the smoking or fat will kill me first.

So, its sounds like Seoul is better than Busan, then? Input?

But, the weather...

As a fat man I don't much care for sweating.

[Bibbitybop]

[RACETRAITOR]

[kimchi story]

Talking about beer - I was heading out of the gym on Monday and thinking about sitting outside a GS25 and having a Cass red. The sun was going down so I thought maybe I'd try and find one with a bit of a view. I ended up at the west end of Bucheon and I wandered into the first GS25 around and found freakin' Hoegaarden!! (Meaningless if you don't like white beer - but c'mon, the stuff has been around for 500 years and I love it)

Man, some days you're the dog and some days you're the hydrant and that was a total 'I am the dog' moment...

[khyber]

[eamo]

I can't recommend enough the box of 12 European beers in Costco. 3 Hoegarden. 3 Leffe. 3 Beck's Dark. 3 Stella Artois. All for 25,000. If you're like me and find Korean beer to be undrinkable swill then this is a great buy.

[oxfordstu]

Well, I live in Busan and there are definitely alternatives to the swill that we're subjected to in the bars. There's an Irish bar called O'Briens that serves up Guiness and Kilkenney (I think), and there are several German beer halls. I know of one in Samyeon and another in Ocheonjang. They brew their own beer, German style, and it's pretty good. I've also seen Hoegaarden and Chimay in the bars, but it's really expensive. I've also seen Tsing Tao at Homever, and crappy American brews (bud, miller, etc.) everywhere. Check pusanweb for more details on locations.

[kimchi story]

[Yaya]

Cass Red has to be the worst beer I've ever had. I had half a bottle left, but after tasting it sober, I threw the rest out.

If you want foreign beers cheaper, try Sinchon or Hongdae and walk around to see the prices for foreign beers. I remember the chain "Geopoom (거품 meaning foam in Korean)" had a bunch of foreign beers cheap (though they probably did something illegal to get them that cheap).

[Juregen]

There is a Belgian restaurant in Itaewon, it's called Mignon.

Thney have a small collection of Belgian beers, and some Belgian/French delicatesse.

http://www.terracemignon.co.kr/contact_us.htm