What kinds of Korean wines are there?

There are many brands of wine in Korea. Traditionally, there are turbid wine, medicated wine and soju, but also limoncello, white wine, azalea wine, rice wine, pear ginger wine, beer, kiwi wine, papaya wine, cider, ginseng wine, soju and beer.

1, Korean sake

Sake, as its name implies, is a kind of clear and transparent rice wine brewed from grains. Sake in different parts of Korea has its own characteristics. For example, a kind of sake called "French wine" is produced in Gyeongju, South Korea.

2. Korean shochu

Korean shochu is an alcoholic beverage with sweet potato (sweet potato) as raw material, and its alcohol content is generally around 20 degrees. Korean shochu is the most consumed alcoholic beverage in Korea, with fresh taste, low alcohol content and low price. Korean shochu is considered to be the best liquor in Europe and America, and its reputation can be comparable to that of French red wine. In 2008, the famous American Webster's Dictionary officially included the word "Soju" in Korean shochu.

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Korean fermented rice wine, also known as "Nongjiu" and translated as "Magli" in Chinese, is a kind of Korean fermented rice wine with 6-8% alcohol content and sweet taste. Magli is produced in the pear blossom season and has the taste of pear, so it is called "pear wine". Koreans usually drink Magli while eating mung bean cake or scallion cake.

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Rhododendron wine: alcoholic beverage brewed from the petals of Rhododendron in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea, with an alcohol content of about 265,438+0% and a sweet, greasy and yellowish brown taste. Rhododendron wine is the No.86-2 important intangible cultural heritage designated by the Korean government.

5. beer

Beer is called "ale" in Korea, and it was introduced to the Korean peninsula by Europeans in the early 20th century. There are many beer producers in Korea, among which Hite Beer is the largest beer producer in Korea. Koreans usually drink beer when eating Korean fried chicken. Koreans also have the habit of mixing spirits with beer, called cannonball wine.