makgeolli

The isolated communist regime's "Dear Leader" bought five bottles of "makgeolli," a milky Korean liquor, and other drinks, said the Choson Sinbo, a Tokyo-based paper considered a mouthpiece for the North Korean government.

Toronto Sun 2009

Fresh makgeolli can be found in the refrigerated sections of Korean markets.

Korean feast: impossible food-wine pairing?!? | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010

Blue Star is a snug shrine to makgeolli -- the milky, rustic, and homey rice wine, roughly as alcoholic as beer, whose fermented tang has become a fad not only in urban Seoul but throughout Asia.

Barry Yourgrau: Finding Seoul Between a Hipster Bar and a Night Market Barry Yourgrau 2010

Blue Star is a snug shrine to makgeolli -- the milky, rustic, and homey rice wine, roughly as alcoholic as beer, whose fermented tang has become a fad not only in urban Seoul but throughout Asia.

Barry Yourgrau: Finding Seoul Between a Hipster Bar and a Night Market Barry Yourgrau 2010

Tibetan prayer flags Choi is a Buddhist keep company with a large poster of Wong Kar-Wai's Days of Being Wild, a B&W snapshot of the young Beatles, and a photo portrait of a local bygone poet who was a prodigious fan of makgeolli.

Barry Yourgrau: Finding Seoul Between a Hipster Bar and a Night Market Barry Yourgrau 2010

Tibetan prayer flags Choi is a Buddhist keep company with a large poster of Wong Kar-Wai's Days of Being Wild, a B&W snapshot of the young Beatles, and a photo portrait of a local bygone poet who was a prodigious fan of makgeolli.

Barry Yourgrau: Finding Seoul Between a Hipster Bar and a Night Market Barry Yourgrau 2010

Tibetan prayer flags Choi is a Buddhist keep company with a large poster of Wong Kar-Wai's Days of Being Wild, a B&W snapshot of the young Beatles, and a photo portrait of a local bygone poet who was a prodigious fan of makgeolli.

Barry Yourgrau: Finding Seoul Between a Hipster Bar and a Night Market Barry Yourgrau 2010

Blue Star is a snug shrine to makgeolli -- the milky, rustic, and homey rice wine, roughly as alcoholic as beer, whose fermented tang has become a fad not only in urban Seoul but throughout Asia.

Barry Yourgrau: Finding Seoul Between a Hipster Bar and a Night Market Barry Yourgrau 2010

Tibetan prayer flags Choi is a Buddhist keep company with a large poster of Wong Kar-Wai's Days of Being Wild, a B&W snapshot of the young Beatles, and a photo portrait of a local bygone poet who was a prodigious fan of makgeolli.

Barry Yourgrau: Finding Seoul Between a Hipster Bar and a Night Market Barry Yourgrau 2010

Blue Star is a snug shrine to makgeolli -- the milky, rustic, and homey rice wine, roughly as alcoholic as beer, whose fermented tang has become a fad not only in urban Seoul but throughout Asia.

Barry Yourgrau: Finding Seoul Between a Hipster Bar and a Night Market Barry Yourgrau 2010

Makgeolli, the oldest alcoholic beverage in Korea, is a milky-looking rice wine.

Will 2021's alcohol of choice be makgeolli? The A.V. Club 2021