Makkoli

Makkoli is a kind of cloudy white rice wine made in Korea. It kind of looks like nigori sake but tastes a lot different.

My partner likes makkoli, and we had some while visiting Seoul in 2022.

Two glasses of *makkoli*. Typically they don’t have this reddish syrup poured. It was just an extra garnish added.

A *makkoli* pitcher with syrup being poured

*Makkoli* being served. My attempt at a cinemagraph. Click to see a larger version or my first attempt (which was non-looping).

We visited a place in (I think it was) Hongdae. While just walking around, we saw a sign for makkoli, so we decided to check this place out. I think the name was either “느린마을” or “Human scale brew” , but my ability to read Korean is terrible, and that English might be their motto. There’s also English that says “Made Here”, but that’s definitely not their name.

A photo of the *makkoli* brewery we visited in Seoul. I think it was in the Hongdae district (map).

The place was both a brewery and a restaurant that served food (in fact, you had to order food). The guy that served us (shown pouring above) was also the owner of the place. He was pretty nice.