The weekend is a good time for enjoying makgeolli but why does Tuesday get neglected? Well, no longer thanks to the Makgeolli Yurangdan Event. With the aid of Korean celebrities (no information on who beyond the pictures on the poster), this event aims to promote traditional Korean alcohol and food. Here are the details: Time: Tuesday, May 31st 6:20-8…
Only have a short time in Seoul and want to try all the best and tastiest traditional booze the city has to offer? You’d be hard pressed to find better tour guides than the fine people at Makgeolli Mamas & Papas Korea (MMPK). Their Korean Traditional Alcohol Tasting Tour will whisk you away to three excellent joomak…
As makgeolli pushers try to reach a younger, hipper demographic, you see a lot of joomak offering different types of fruit makgeolli. But, it’d be a stretch to call these infusions. They’re more like the caramel macchiato frappuccinos of the makgeolli world: concoctions of market makgeolli blended with ice shavings and fruit (if your lucky) or…
What would makgeolli sound like if it were a song? What if it were being sung about in Japanese? By Japanese girls in hanbok? What even is this? Watch this bemusing video and find out (maybe). Thanks to the Korean Makgeolli Association (사단법인 막걸리협회) for sharing this live performance.
What’s in The Hankyoreh’s lengthy article entitled Searching for “Pure” Makgeolli? A little bit of everything, it turns out. It starts with a description of Jipyeong Brewery—a fan favorite as it has been around since 1910 and even achieved the appellation of Cultural Artifact No. 594. But then the article digresses into a discussion of Germany’s…
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