Korean Beer
Of course with Grilling Asian food or Korean food to be exact you must at least try to have your staple with you so why not try a Korean beer. It’s not your ordinary Budweiser taste. Korean beer has a very Asian flare to it.
The other popular drink in Korea is a tradional drink called soju which is a tasteless liquor similar to vodka or gin. There are other types of wines made from rice, plums, herbs and even chrysanthemum or ginseng that are also very popular.
Cass Breweries was taken over by Oriental Breweries in 1999 who make OB larger and Cafri premium larger. Cass is a 5.0% larger which is one of the 3 most popular beers in Korea. Sold bottled or on tap in Korea its a fairly pale larger reminiscent of many an Asian pale larger.
The Hite brewery is the largest of the South Korean brewers, brewing 9 different beers including Hite, Hite Prime, Hite Stout, Hite Exfeel (low cal beer) as well as being the local maker of Fosters and Carlsberg. The Popular 4.5% Hite is a micro filtered lager that has a fresh taste that also is the firt beer to include a thermometer mark on its label.
This 4.7% Lager has a light golden color and a flavor reminiscent of many Asian beers that use rice in the grain. Owned by Oriental Breweries there are 3 other types of OB including a 4.4% new larger and light (low cal) as well as a non alcoholic OB variety. Oriental also make the 4.0 % Cafri premium larger.