Slow City Light Makgeoli offers a taste that is unique and fresh, and both sour and sweet, along with its bubbly carbonation.
The milky white of rice beer, or makgeoli, fills the cup.
The soft flavor, clean and light, leads to another pour.
The key to its unique taste is the harmony between the sour and sweet taste and the carbonation.
This is Slow City Light Makgeoli (느린마을 라이트 막걸리), made from rice and water sourced solely in Haenam, Jeollanam-do (South Jeolla Province). It uses no artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame, and its sweet taste is thanks to a special malt that creates a high amount of glucose: 15 times higher than that of other ordinary rice beer malts.
This naturally-brewed makgeoli uses malt made from fermenting microorganisms. It is advised to drink the beer within 15 days, a relatively earlier-than-normal expiration date than those found on other makgeolis. Most rice beers use artificial sweeteners to extend their expiration dates in an unnatural manner. Unlike ordinary makgeoli varieties, however, Slow City Light Makgeoli offers an opportunity to taste the fresh taste of rice beer as created by microorganisms and living yeast. Customers can also taste the changing taste and flavor of the rice as the level of fermentation increases as the 15 days go by.
Thanks to its soft and clean taste, the Baesangmyeon Rice Liquor Brewery received favorable responses from drinkers when it first launched Slow City Makgeoli a few years ago. As the beverage at first contained a large amount of rice, some people complained that just a few cups of it made you full. For this reason, the Baesangmyeon Rice Liquor Brewery developed a new “light” version of its drink after conducting research to find out the perfect level of rice content.
Slow City Light Makgeoli offers the fresh scent and taste of makgeoli naturally brewed and fermented using yeast and microorganisms.
Slow City Light Makgeoli recently won first place in the fresh makgeoli division at the 2015 Korean Liquor Contest, hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. It can be purchased wholesale anywhere in the country and at pubs run by the Baesangmyeon Rice Liquor Brewery itself.
By Yoon Sojung
Korea.net Staff Writer
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