Korean alcohol has three main ingredients; rice, water, and nuruk. Everyone knows rice and water but nuruk can still be a bit of a...

Cheon Bi Hyang is a yakju and goes through a 5-step fermentation process that takes 100 days. It is aged for 3 months before bottling and...

Last year I wanted to experience the whole process of making alcohol from rice to cup. Luckily, my husband knew a farmer from Farm Woo Bo...

This past weekend my husband and I picked up one of our good friends and traveled about an hour south of Seoul to one of our favorite...

Here are four common methods for preparing the first stage of fermentation, or mitsool.

It’s spring! And that means flowers are blooming and it’s time to make some flower sool! In this video we are going to go through the...

This past weekend we went to Sansawon (산사원) in Pocheon. Sansawon is a museum to Korean alcohol run by Bae Sang Myeon Brewery (배상면주가). The...

This is a commercial 15% alcohol yakju/cheongju from Songdohyang Traditional Korean Brewery in Incheon. It has gone through a 3-step...

This alcohol is a 17% cheongju made with glutinous rice, homemade nuruk, and Korean sweet pumpkin. If you’ve ever been to Korea you know...

청명주 The name of this alcohol, cheong myeong, means “clear day” so you could call this Clear Day Brew/Alcohol. But, cheong myeong is also...

To celebrate the New Year here is a traditional recipe that is supposed to be made on the first three pig days of the year. See the...

To celebrate the New Year here is a traditional recipe that is supposed to be made on the first three pig days of the year. See the...

Sam Hea Ju 삼해주(三亥酒) Sam Hea Ju 1- Juk Method https://www.makgeollilab.com/home/sam-hea-ju-juk-method Sam Hea Ju 2 - Easy Juk Method...

To celebrate the New Year here is a traditional recipe that is supposed to be made on the first three pig days of the year. See the...

To celebrate the New Year here is a traditional recipe that is supposed to be made on the first three pig days of the year. See the...

Materials 1.3kg Whole wheat grain 300mL Water Cotton cloth Circular mold Newspapers Hay or mugwort grow vessel - carboard box, hangari,...

솔송주 This yakju is 13% alcohol and made with rice, nuruk, water, and pine needle extract. It is made by Korean Master Brewer no. 27 Heung...

If a recipe is called a ‘gwahwaju’ it means that it was prepared in a special way using soju. First, godubap(steamed rice) is prepared...

Three years ago I made my first video about how to make makgeolli. Since then I’ve learned so much more about korean alcohol, its...

*This is a modified version of my Master's thesis introduction. Traditional alcohol is widely consumed throughout the Korean peninsula....

*Originally published in 2015 Often makgeolli recipes will suggest adding 효모 or yeast to the brew to ensure it’s success. Adding beer or...

*Originally published in 2015 Recently a farmer from Jagheung County donated some of his rice with request that it be made into...

Why it’s good to know your SP. Rice is composed mainly of starch and when you’re making makgeolli it’s the nuruk’s job to break that...

Steamed rice is used in many different recipes. It is typically used as the last step in a multi-step fermentation recipe but it can also...