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yuiyoshida

(41,838 posts) Tue Oct 13, 2015, 01:29 PM Oct 2015

Soju is Korean Firewater: Al-Kee-Hol

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Soju is Korean Firewater: Al-Kee-Hol (Original Post) yuiyoshida Oct 2015 OP

I love soju geardaddy Oct 2015 #1

I haven't had any in almost thirty years MrScorpio Oct 2015 #2

I had some in Korea, 1977 Jack Rabbit Oct 2015 #3

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

1. I love soju

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 05:29 PM

Oct 2015

It's much milder than Chinese Mao-tai or Gaoliang.

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)

2. I haven't had any in almost thirty years

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Thu Oct 15, 2015, 05:27 PM

Oct 2015

I'll get ya drunk.

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)

3. I had some in Korea, 1977

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Fri Oct 16, 2015, 01:20 AM

Oct 2015

I had a beer-and-wine drinking dad, whom I never saw drunk. With that kind of model for alcoholic consumption, it shoukld be no wonder that I kept my experience with soju to a minimum. By the way, to me it tasted terrible, but your mileage may vary.

One day the commanding officer read an announcement to the morning formation warning us some bad soju circulating in the local GI bars. "Remember, the greater part of soju is formaldehyde," he said in conclusion. "So if you die drinking that stuff, you're already embalmed."

I don't know where the captain got the idea that soju is made from formaldehyde. At the same time, I never disputed it.

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