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The Story of Jiran Jigyo Makgeolli: How 200 Days Of Patience Took A Small Town Brewery To The President's Blue House
February 6, 2026
Founders of the brewery, Lim Suk-ju and his wife Susanna Kim (Source: Chosun) In a modest fermentation room in Sunchang, a mountainous county fa...
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Alice Jun Is Helping A World Outside Korea Unlearn Soju And Relearn Sool: In Brooklyn New York, Hana Makgeolli Is Bringing Korea's Historic Sool Back
August 13, 2025
Korea's national drink Makgeolli and Soju (which together are collectively known as Sool, which is a broad catch-all term for Korean alcohol, al...
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The Story of Jiran Jigyo Makgeolli: How 200 Days Of Patience Took A Small Town Brewery To The President's Blue House

Alice Jun Is Helping A World Outside Korea Unlearn Soju And Relearn Sool: In Brooklyn New York, Hana Makgeolli Is Bringing Korea's Historic Sool Back