Food
How to Make Somaek: The 3:7 Ratio, Glasses and Table Rules
How to make somaek: fill a beer glass about 30% with soju, top it with cold lager and give it a jolt. The ABV math, best pairings and table rules.
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Korean Drinking Culture
Drinking soju the Korean way is a group act: others fill your glass, you take it with two hands, and juniors turn slightly away from elders to sip. The guides here cover somaek, the soju-and-beer mix one person makes for the whole table at a 3:7 split and finishes with a chopstick tap, and why BTS V is now the face of the green Chamisul bottle abroad, where it sells under the JINRO name.
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