The Drinking Buddy Show - Craft Beverages & Artisan Snack Pairings

The Underground History of Korean Alcohol Brewing with Yong Ha Jeong, Founder of Yongha Brews

July 08, 2020 Frank Rodgers / Yong Ha Jeong Season 1 Episode 9
The Drinking Buddy Show - Craft Beverages & Artisan Snack Pairings
The Underground History of Korean Alcohol Brewing with Yong Ha Jeong, Founder of Yongha Brews
Show Notes

In this fascinating episode, Ms. Yong Ha Jeong, the Korean-American founder of Yongha Brews joins Frank to discuss 술 sool - Korean alcohol. A resident of K-Town in Los Angeles, Yong Ha studied ethnomusicology in Korea, and came upon a renaissance of sool making while there. She apprenticed under masters that were rediscovering a rich heritage nearly lost to Japanese colonialization and the struggles of a poverty-stricken country after the Korean War. Upon her return to LA, Yong Ha has taught classes on traditional makgeolli brewing using a wild fermentation method developed by women like her grandmother.