Move Over Vodka; Korean Soju's Taking A Shot At America

**Pete** · 09-22-2013, 17:07

Move Over Vodka; Korean Soju's Taking A Shot At America

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/201...hot-at-america

"Every year, the trade magazine Drinks International puts out a of the top-selling alcohols in the world, and in the category of spirits, there is one brand that more than doubles the sales of its closest competitor every year. Smirnoff, Jack Daniel's and Bacardi don't even come close.

That top-seller is South Korea's Jinro soju, a clear spirit traditionally made of rice. It's about 20-percent alcohol and has a light, slightly sweet taste. The reason you've probably never heard of it is because Jinro does less than 5 percent of its sales in the U.S. It makes up for that by dominating the market in South Korea, and doing brisk business in Japan and China........"

Never had it. Any comments from those who've been to Korea or Japan?

Dusty · 09-22-2013, 17:21

lol Reminds me of Foal Eagle. Still get headaches...

CDRODA396 · 09-22-2013, 17:31

I thought it was already here on taxidermist shelves all over the country..

Oldrotorhead · 09-22-2013, 19:20

Having had both Vodka and Soju in excess Soju is much worse.

**PRB** · 09-22-2013, 19:41

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Originally Posted by CDRODA396

I thought it was already here on taxidermist shelves all over the country..

Yeah, no shit.

**Peregrino** · 09-22-2013, 19:49

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Originally Posted by Oldrotorhead

Having had both Vodka and Soju in excess Soju is much worse.

Concur. Pure unadulterated swill. We were always told to pour off the top couple of inches of a freshly opened bottle to get rid of the formaldehyde (hence CDRODA396's comment about taxidermy shelves). Even that didn't help much. Cured me of drinking to excess at a very young age. The only things worse were Orange or Grape Oscar (in quantity - that shit was sneaky) and Makli (sp?). Course that's MOO, some of the hard core alcoholics I knew swore by the stuff. Personally I think that was because they could buy copious quantities of it in the vill' with the profit they made from their ration card transactions and stay blind drunk living high on the hog for the duration of a weekend pass. Cheap drink for cheap drunks.

Oldrotorhead · 09-22-2013, 21:06

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Originally Posted by Peregrino

Concur. Makli (sp?).

I sort of liked Mokli (sp) It was served in some cheap ass tea pot. In Chunchon is was at places that had grilled chicken and on the east coast with seafood. Soju on the other hand I NEVER drank unless we were with Koreans celebrating something and there was no reasonable way to refuse. They already knew I wasn't Baptist.

Dusty · 09-23-2013, 08:15

In Korean, "soju" means "bad juju".

(1VB)compforce · 09-23-2013, 14:16

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light, slightly sweet taste

*cough*BULLSHIT!*cough*

As a UP (Unit Police) at Cp Howze in '89, I can't begin to tell you how many times Soju was the downfall of a military career.

NurseTim · 09-23-2013, 16:06

Will mama sans soju tents be made available? I loved their bhan chan and mondu. I got tore up from the floor up ad puked on the side of the cab that took me home so I could grab my stuff for my flight out of Ulsan. Ah good times.

have_gun · 09-25-2013, 22:57

I mistakenly bought a bottle (plastic) thinking it was water on my way into the interior; I didn't trust the water. I found out about it when I rinsed my mouth after brushing my teeth. Lesson learned. I still have the bottle although the contents evaporated.

cbkb98 · 10-19-2013, 14:26

I will NEVER NEVER NEVER induce soju again...well maybe one.

Sdiver · 10-19-2013, 15:00

Yeah, well can Soju help you dance ???

cbtengr · 10-19-2013, 20:33

Too many JINRO Honchos at Camp Castle when I was there, it's consumption and Mokli was banned for all except the KATUSAS and that was only at the KATUSA watering hole there on the compound.

Divemaster · 10-21-2013, 20:46

Lesson learned when drinking soju on Hooker Hill. Start drinking at the top of the hill. It is much easier on your buddies to help you down rather than up.