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Found an amazing makgeolli on coupang. It's a porridge base to start the fermentation and then they add more steamed rice 3 days later and again 3 days after that. Boozy, a little thicker and the perfect tartness. Well, well worth the 10 000W. (it's 12.5%. You'd easily spend that on a cheap red wine, don't let the fact that it's "JuSt MaKgEoLli" discourage you)

https://www.coupang.com/vp/products/50478124?vendorItemId=3425335980&isAddedCart=


Couple more honourable mentions:

This one has a final stage in its bottle conditioning. Crack the cap and watch the show inside the bottle. Great experience.
https://www.coupang.com/vp/products/233607924?isAddedCart=

This one is a solid sippable mak (and you get two bottles, the price is right.
https://www.coupang.com/vp/products/218520947?isAddedCart=

I can’t open the age verify. Does the first makgeoli have aspartame??

I can’t open the age verify. Does the first makgeoli have aspartame??

It does not.

How do they keep it from continuing to ferment in the bottle, then?

How do they keep it from continuing to ferment in the bottle, then?

They don't. It's alive. hahha That's why you can't store makgeolli on its side, the cap always is a little open, to let gas escape. It's also why the taste changes over the weeks, it's never truly finished.

However, when you do filter it, a lot of the yeast and stuff comes out with the rice sediment so it does slow down quite a bit. Also, it's then refrigerated.

It's alive and it's fermenting but at a fraction of what it would be in the fermentation vat.

Ferm vat --> 18-21 degrees

Fridge ---> 4 degrees.

Ah, I see. That makes sense.
Is this pretty common? I'm not sure if I've ever seen unsealed makgeoli in the grocery store.

Ah, I see. That makes sense.
Is this pretty common? I'm not sure if I've ever seen unsealed makgeoli in the grocery store.

It's sealed in the sense that when you open it, the plastic ring comes apart, but there's a huge wad of cotton plastic under the cap that sits around the rim of the bottle that lets gas escape.

Leave a cheap bottle on its side for ten minutes and you'll see. 

Expensive bottles are usually aged for months so they can be selaed pretty well. The plastic bottles at Emart and 7-11 are fermented and bottled quickly, that's why they're 1300W and fizzy.

It's sealed in the sense that when you open it, the plastic ring comes apart, but there's a huge wad of cotton plastic under the cap that sits around the rim of the bottle that lets gas escape.

Leave a cheap bottle on its side for ten minutes and you'll see. 

Expensive bottles are usually aged for months so they can be selaed pretty well. The plastic bottles at Emart and 7-11 are fermented and bottled quickly, that's why they're 1300W and fizzy.

For sure. I once got a few cheap bottles and stuck them in the fridge on their sides, what a mess to clean up a couple of hours later.

2 year anniversary today.

Love you, Yeonju.

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