Makku transforms traditional Korean makgeolli into a modern beverage for today's market. If you’ve never heard of makgeolli, you’re not alone. The alcohol, usually described as “Korean rice wine,” is ...

"Is soju the same as Japanese shochu?" This is a question I am asked almost every night at the counter of Korean Bar Sarang. While you might see green bottles in convenience stores these days, what ...

Tired of hazy IPAs and cloudy natural wines? The answer: Makgeolli, a 2,000-year-old knuckleball of a drink from Korea. “Makgeolli is an alternative to craft beer, natural wine and sake,” Alice Jun, ...

The name of almost every Korean booze ends in the suffix –ju, which unsurprisingly translates to “alcohol.” Beer is maegju, whiskey is yangju, and soju is well, soju. There’s also nongju, which ...

Kim Kyung-seop recalls going to cheap bars after class with his friends, where they binged on as much makgeolli as possible. “You know the saying, ‘alcohol consumes men?’ It was like that.” Makgeolli, ...

You might be familiar with green-glass bottles of soju from long nights out in Koreatown, or maybe you’ve ventured further afield and enjoyed some plastic bottles of fizzy white makgeolli at the same ...

In a nondescript building near the banks of Seoul’s Han River, friends Koh Sung-yong and Lee Sang-woo tend to stainless-steel vats topped by cloth covers. Inside, steamed rice is bubbling, scenting ...

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