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 ...

Alice Jun, inside the brewery of Hana Makgeolli. Photo: Caroline Tompkins Alice Jun, inside the brewery of Hana Makgeolli. Photo: Caroline Tompkins Alice Jun is getting ready to walk Chapsal, her ...

For makgeolli, this is jeon, a Korean savory pancake made by frying meat or vegetables in seasoned flour batter. "A cool sip of makgeolli after a bite of savory scallion jeon acts as a palate cleanser ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Irene Yoo Credit: Irene Yoo You may know of soju, the green bottled clear liquor often found at Korean barbecue ...

Once the most consumed alcohol in the country, makgeolli suffered as younger generations of Koreans turned away from the “drink of peasants” and toward foreign specialties like beer. But earlier this ...

Tucked away amid the phalanx of high-rise apartment complexes that have overrun western Seoul's Ahyeon-dong, there's a narrow corridor cutting through the area that still bustles with foot traffic ...

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, ...

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 ...

Despite the increasing international availability of Korean food and drink, there is one traditional product best sampled when visiting South Korea – makgeolli. With significant amounts of ...

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, ...