Wine is a fermented alcohol with a long history that often appears in the Bible, Christianity's global expansion and massive capital make it became plays the role of a "second language" comparable to English today.
As recorded in the history of many civilizations in the world, grape wine was a fine liquor that was mainly enjoyed by royalty and aristocratic families.
The oriental civilization zone where one of the world's longest-lived civilizations, also has a deep history that is difficult to discuss except for alcohol.
Like Chinese kaoliang Liquor which is made by distilling various herbal medicines into plain crops, Sake which is the Japanese version of cheongju, Tanduay which is a philippine version of rum, it has many symbolic traditional liquors that represent each country in the world wide, but unfortunately, almost no known Korean traditional liquor.
Actually, there are quite a lot of world-class artisan and Intangible cultural assets that make specialty liquor by using the traditional casting method that has been passed down since ancient times in each region of Korea, but in reality, the public response is slight.
It may be due to a lack of public relations and sales channels, but the main reason is because of the “aspergillus flavor” unique to Korean peninsula liquor.
The basic mechanism of liquor which is fermentation, it is the use of various by-products that yeast excretes after eating sugar.
For example, sour-flavored yogurt, kimchi, cheese, etc. use “excrement of lactic acid”, and “excrement of acetic acid” is vinegar, and alcohol as so-called “pure liquor”.
For Europeans accustomed to yeast fermented liquor for the past centuries, the “aspergillus flavor” of Korean peninsula will be as heterogeneous as Swedish surströmming.
"Hosanchun" which Hwang hee's who is the prime minister of the ancient oriental dynasty enjoyed, and "Gayagok-wangju" have deep sweetness and softness, making them ideal for "aspergillus allergic patients".
In particular, “Gayagok-wangju”, famous for being manufactured at the parents' house of Queen Min's, has a refreshing citrus scent and apple scent reminiscent of Gewurztraminer, and even can enjoy for a daily dessert.
If tasting the scent of this liquor once, the refreshing scent as if lying in the middle of a green bamboo forest in summer can be an amazing experience to make it become a snack by itself.
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