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Hana Makgeolli - Yakju Rice Wine
Price: $29.99
| Producer | Hana Makgeolli |
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| Country | United States |
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| Region | New York |
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| Type | Sake |
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| Sku | 597893 |
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| Size | 750ml |
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Alice Jun and her business partner John Limb launched their brewery/brand, Hana Makgeolli, in December of 2020 in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. A long-time home brewer and a passionate champion of sool, traditional rice-based Korean alcoholic beverages, Alice decided the time had come to introduce American drinkers to real, authentic makgeolli, as opposed to the mass-produced stuff in the green plastic bottles. For those not yet familiar with it, makgeolli (or takju) is a milky rice drink sometimes compared to nigori sake and sherry, and which can taste a bit like creamy kombucha. For her brews, Jun sticks to wild fermentation and forgoes any additives, resulting in a remarkably complex beverage. In fact, Hana Makgeolli employs just three ingredients: water, rice, and nuruk — a unique Korean fermentation starter. Yakju is a naturally fermented rice wine made using traditional Korean brewing methodologies. Historically reserved for the noble class, Yakju is the precious clarified portion of a brew that captures the essence of sool in its purest form. It is bone-dry with refined notes of melon, barley, bright with naturally occurring lactic acid.
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