Get out your cups of good cheer because Sool Christmas is right around the corner. The Jarasum Makgeolli Festival, easily the biggest, baddest makgeolli event in Korea, will once again take over the idyllic Gyeonggi-do venue for the first weekend in September. Details in English are scant but I did learn a few things by…
KOREAN NAME: 술아 순곡주 (겨울) REVIEW: From an outsider’s perspective, Soolawon does everything possible to set their brews apart from other premium sool producers. Yes, they make makgeolli and cheongju and they also attend the big events but that’s about where the comparisons stop. Soolawon, from website to product, takes great care to craft a refined, stylish,…
So much has been written about The Sool Company (formerly The Makgeolli Mamas & Papas) but it’s still a treat to see them spreading the good word of Korean alcohol to other corners of the world, in this case Singapore. From a recent article in The Straits Times:
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