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Soju Halle — Sool | A Guide to Essential Terms, Origins and Culture

Sool | A Guide to Essential Terms, Origins and ...

Soju Halle

전통주 · jeontongju | the whole world of Korean drink in one page Sool is the single native Korean word for all fermented and distilled drink, and everything in this...

Sool | A Guide to Essential Terms, Origins and ...

Soju Halle

전통주 · jeontongju | the whole world of Korean drink in one page Sool is the single native Korean word for all fermented and distilled drink, and everything in this...

Soju Halle — A Story Nearly Lost

A Story Nearly Lost

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1909 → 1965 → 1999 | colonial ban · rice ban · revival For most of the twentieth century, Korea very nearly lost its own drinking heritage, and the story...

A Story Nearly Lost

Soju Halle

1909 → 1965 → 1999 | colonial ban · rice ban · revival For most of the twentieth century, Korea very nearly lost its own drinking heritage, and the story...

Soju Halle — Korean Rice | The Foundation of Sool

Korean Rice | The Foundation of Sool

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쌀 · ssal | Mepsal (non-glutinous) · Chapsal (glutinous) Korean brewers speak about rice the way French winemakers speak about grapes, because in Korea the variety, the region and the...

Korean Rice | The Foundation of Sool

Soju Halle

쌀 · ssal | Mepsal (non-glutinous) · Chapsal (glutinous) Korean brewers speak about rice the way French winemakers speak about grapes, because in Korea the variety, the region and the...

Soju Halle — Nuruk | The Soul of Korean Fermentation

Nuruk | The Soul of Korean Fermentation

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누룩 | saccharification · fermentation · flavour, all at once If rice is the body of Korean Sool, nuruk is its soul, a wild grain cake that no factory yeast...

Nuruk | The Soul of Korean Fermentation

Soju Halle

누룩 | saccharification · fermentation · flavour, all at once If rice is the body of Korean Sool, nuruk is its soul, a wild grain cake that no factory yeast...

Soju Halle — Terroir | The Land Behind the Bottle

Terroir | The Land Behind the Bottle

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70% mountains | one small peninsula, many microclimates Korea is a country of mountains, and that single fact shapes almost every Sool that Soju Halle pours. About 70 percent of...

Terroir | The Land Behind the Bottle

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70% mountains | one small peninsula, many microclimates Korea is a country of mountains, and that single fact shapes almost every Sool that Soju Halle pours. About 70 percent of...

Soju Halle — Samyangju & Fermentation | Building Sool in Stages

Samyangju & Fermentation | Building Sool in Stages

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삼양주 · three-step brewing | danyangju | iyangju | samyangju The greatest Korean rice wines are not brewed once but built up in stages, feeding the ferment again and again...

Samyangju & Fermentation | Building Sool in Stages

Soju Halle

삼양주 · three-step brewing | danyangju | iyangju | samyangju The greatest Korean rice wines are not brewed once but built up in stages, feeding the ferment again and again...