Seven festive drinks that are easy to make and impossible to forget.

Makgeolli is a combination of the Korean words mak (meaning "roughly done" or "a moment ago") and geolleun ("filtered"). While the name first appears in "Gwangjaemulbo," an encyclopedia presumed to ...

The first time Big Star bartender Maria Carlin tasted makgeolli­—an alcoholic Korean beverage made from fermented rice—she was about eight. Her grandmother, Ok Sun, used to make it. “She would invite ...

At Boksoondoga brewery in South Korea, makgeolli — an alcoholic fermented rice beverage that’s milky, effervescent, tangy, and sweet — is hand-brewed with a lot of tender loving care. As owner Park ...

People holding glasses that contain soju. - Kriangkrai Thitimakorn/Getty Images Anyone who's into Korean movies or dramas has probably seen characters sipping from bottles of soju. The incredibly ...

Kim Kyung-seop recalls going to cheap bars after class with his friends, where they binged on as much makgeolli as possible. “You know the saying, ‘alcohol consumes men?’ It was like that.” Makgeolli, ...