Korea has a wide variety of liquor brands. Traditionally, there are turbid wine, medicinal wine and soju, but also lemonade, white wine, cuckoo wine, rice wine, pear-ginger wine, beer, kiwi wine, papaya wine, cider, ginseng wine, soju and beer.

1. Korean Sake

Sake, as the name suggests, is a clear, transparent rice wine made from grain. Sake is produced in different parts of Korea, such as the Gyeongju region of Korea, which produces a type of sake called Haju.

2. Korean Soju

Korean soju is an alcoholic beverage made from sweet potatoes (sweet potatoes), etc., and its alcohol content is generally around 20 degrees. Korean soju is the most consumed alcoholic beverage in Korea with a fresh taste, low alcohol content and low price. In Europe and the United States, Korean soju is considered to be the best of white wines, and its fame is comparable to that of French red wines. In 2008, the famous Webster's Dictionary in the U.S. officially included the word "Soju" in Korean soju.

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Korean shochu, also known as nongju, which translates to "maguro" in Chinese, is a kind of Korean shochu brewed from fermented rice and wheat. It has an alcohol content of 6-8% and a sweet flavor. Magari is produced during the pear blossom season and has the flavor of pear blossoms, hence the name "pear blossom wine. Koreans usually drink maguro when they eat mung bean cakes or green onion cakes.

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Azalea Wine: An alcoholic beverage made from the petals of azalea flowers in the Chungcheong Province region of South Korea, with an alcohol content of about 21 percent, and a sweet, sticky, pale yellowish-brown flavor. Azalea wine is designated as Important Intangible Cultural Property No. 86-2 by the Korean government.

5. Beer

Beer, known as "mulled wine" in Korea, was introduced to the Korean peninsula by Europeans in the early 20th century. There are a number of beer producers in Korea, of which Hitech Beer is the largest beer producer in Korea. Koreans usually drink beer with Korean fried chicken. Koreans also have the habit of mixing spirits and beer, called cannonball wine.