Soju is Korean Firewater: Al-Kee-Hol
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Date: 2020-05-17
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CLARKEa100
I went to work in Korea in the 80, s andafter a year I was ready to come home so our Korean partners in the project arranged a night out for me, a dinner with lots of Soju and they were trying to get me drunk, so after the dinner it was two options a karoke bar or a strip joint i chose karaoke, but thank god they had no English sub titles on the tape. I cant sing for shit but the koreans all sang like birds. next thing I know the owner of the karaoke bar had sent someone across the city and we ended up with english subtitles all this time we were drinking soju. I invited them back to my hotel were I had several bottles of Smirnoff blue label behind the bar that I got from an American navy base in Chinae. I asked the hostess to bring a couple of bottles and she said Alan no the Koreans cant drink this so I said thay have been trying to get me pissed on Soju all night now I need to repay the favour. wel next day when i went into the office they were all destroyed. I was fine as being a hardened vodaka drinker the soju didnt affect me.
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I went to work in Korea in the 80, s andafter a year I was ready to come home so our Korean partners in the project arranged a night out for me, a dinner with lots of Soju and they were trying to get me drunk, so after the dinner it was two options a karoke bar or a strip joint i chose karaoke, but thank god they had no English sub titles on the tape. I cant sing for shit but the koreans all sang like birds. next thing I know the owner of the karaoke bar had sent someone across the city and we ended up with english subtitles all this time we were drinking soju. I invited them back to my hotel were I had several bottles of Smirnoff blue label behind the bar that I got from an American navy base in Chinae. I asked the hostess to bring a couple of bottles and she said Alan no the Koreans cant drink this so I said thay have been trying to get me pissed on Soju all night now I need to repay the favour. wel next day when i went into the office they were all destroyed. I was fine as being a hardened vodaka drinker the soju didnt affect me.
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eMiLy
I'm from Belgium Flanders where drinking is part of the culture here and I recently bought a bottle of soju and a few bottles of flavored soju for the first time and I was so excited to taste it and when I drank it it didn't even had a strong taste I let my friends taste it and they tought the same but the flavored ones taste so good but we don't consider it as a strong drink it's flavored water and we don't get drunk by it lol but we still love to drink it cause it jist tastes good
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I'm from Belgium Flanders where drinking is part of the culture here and I recently bought a bottle of soju and a few bottles of flavored soju for the first time and I was so excited to taste it and when I drank it it didn't even had a strong taste I let my friends taste it and they tought the same but the flavored ones taste so good but we don't consider it as a strong drink it's flavored water and we don't get drunk by it lol but we still love to drink it cause it jist tastes good
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Dan
I've been living in Korea for about 2 years now and I understand why they drink so much. The competition is here is sky rocket. Education, business, fashion, everything is competitive here. NY (where I came from) is super chill compared to this country. So people drink away to relieve stress. So years and years of drinking to relieve stress has made this drinking culture. Now they can't have fun without drinking which is kinda sad.
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I've been living in Korea for about 2 years now and I understand why they drink so much. The competition is here is sky rocket. Education, business, fashion, everything is competitive here. NY (where I came from) is super chill compared to this country. So people drink away to relieve stress. So years and years of drinking to relieve stress has made this drinking culture. Now they can't have fun without drinking which is kinda sad.
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Charles
Wow, I didn't know it was the food shortages in the late 60s and 70s that caused the reduction in alcohol content. Is this why rice and other grains were dropped in favor of sweet potato and possibly just sweet potato peels? As I understand it, soju these days is made from sweet potatoes and tapioca. -If anyone has better info on this, feel free to chime in.
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Wow, I didn't know it was the food shortages in the late 60s and 70s that caused the reduction in alcohol content. Is this why rice and other grains were dropped in favor of sweet potato and possibly just sweet potato peels? As I understand it, soju these days is made from sweet potatoes and tapioca. -If anyone has better info on this, feel free to chime in.
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Ben
I spent a week or so in Seoul last month. One night I went to sleep after a night of relatively heavy drinking; call it 2am or so. I woke up the next day at 7am and went outside - there were South Koreans everywhere who were still out from the night before. Eating, drinking, laughing; it was great. I bloody love that place.
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I spent a week or so in Seoul last month. One night I went to sleep after a night of relatively heavy drinking; call it 2am or so. I woke up the next day at 7am and went outside - there were South Koreans everywhere who were still out from the night before. Eating, drinking, laughing; it was great. I bloody love that place.
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Sam
having lived in korea from 1996 to 1999, i really missed korea watching this video. it is so much more social and friendly than north America, as my korean friend once said to me after a night of dancing and eating -all we have in life is our love and our friends. and a good bottle of soju-.
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having lived in korea from 1996 to 1999, i really missed korea watching this video. it is so much more social and friendly than north America, as my korean friend once said to me after a night of dancing and eating -all we have in life is our love and our friends. and a good bottle of soju-.
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Ferdinand
While in South Korea I was introduced to it and the barkeeper recommended with pineapple juice. The drink when you get enough you-ll want to fight Superman and believe you strongly you are going to whip his ass. Oh yea everyone is different.
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While in South Korea I was introduced to it and the barkeeper recommended with pineapple juice. The drink when you get enough you-ll want to fight Superman and believe you strongly you are going to whip his ass. Oh yea everyone is different.
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Chester
I guess people in Korea would think of me as quite trustworthy! --EDIT: I remember having a few bottles of that once, at a Korean restaurant. It was the weaksauce 20% version though (and it was totally overpriced.
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I guess people in Korea would think of me as quite trustworthy! --EDIT: I remember having a few bottles of that once, at a Korean restaurant. It was the weaksauce 20% version though (and it was totally overpriced.
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SeriouS
25 % is nothing, few days ago i was drinking some kind of vodka, i bet you dont know but its called chacha, and it was more then 50% (str8 bomb i swear. its european georgian national drink. way better than soju.
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25 % is nothing, few days ago i was drinking some kind of vodka, i bet you dont know but its called chacha, and it was more then 50% (str8 bomb i swear. its european georgian national drink. way better than soju.
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swapnesh4u
Its really good to see people enjoying in South Korea. Cant imagine what it would be like in the North. Hope someday all the pain and hostilities strip away as it does with a bottle of soju. Peace.
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Its really good to see people enjoying in South Korea. Cant imagine what it would be like in the North. Hope someday all the pain and hostilities strip away as it does with a bottle of soju. Peace.
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