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I usually drink wine. Some beer but mostly wine and port. I also drink Japanese sake (some very fine stuff) as well as Korean soju. Japanese soju is okay depending on the source material (rice okay; for me, most others bad). Nigori sake is okay. I tried Korean Makkoli. Kook Soon Dang brand draft makkoli. DID NOT LIKE. Yech. The front of the label looked okay and sounded okay. Draft Makkoli. Bought a bottle. Shake gently before stirring. Hmmmmm, it's carbonated and all over my counter now. Thanks for the up front warning. Tastes artificial. Yup, artificial sweeteners and a couple of ingredients I'm not familiar with. It seems like a popular drink in Korea. I'm going to go this year. I'd like to find a brand or bottle I like before I go. So far, strike one. Definitely a 'do not buy again' product. "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book | ||
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I've had it in Korea. Yuck. It was explained to me as "the poor man's drink". I've only seen old men drinking it. Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride! ~Hunter S. Thompson | |||
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Spent a number of nights drinking Ginro Soju back in the day. Very warming on a cold night riding a freight train across the Chosun. Good times. Gotta go back someday. Watching the sun rise over the Port of Pusan through the glass windows of the topaz dealers..... | |||
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I think that makkoli is supposed to be a drink it and get very drunk fast drink. I don't know what it tastes like, but I don't think that I want any. I do enjoy Korean beer, and some soju and sake. "Ride to the sound of the big guns." | |||
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So it's the MD 20/20 of Korean dranks? Ugh...(shudders) Clarior Hinc Honos BSA Dad, Cheer Dad | |||
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When I was in Korea in '88 (olympics, but I was a soldier in the 2D ID) we had OB beer, and kettles of Soju. OB beer tasted like formaldehyde and I don't remember drinking any kettles of soju. Mind you, I drank a lot of soju, just don't remember it. Can't see how beer got better in Korea so I'm with you on this one. ___________________________ He looked like an accountant or a serial-killer type. Definitely one of the service industries. | |||
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Start with an OB, finish with soju. You won't remember the beer anyway. | |||
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