Hansan Sogokju
An 18% ABV yakju by Master Woo Hee-yeol, brewed in Hansan-myeon, Seocheon, South Chungcheong, using a secret recipe handed down from Baekje and aged for 100 days.
The brewery's story
Hansan Sogokju is a liquor brewed across three generations in Hansan-myeon, Seocheon, South Chungcheong: Kim Yeong-sin, who received Intangible Cultural Heritage designation in 1979; Woo Hee-yeol, Korea Master Food Artisan No. 19, who succeeded her; and Na Jang-yeon, the heir to the craft. Using only glutinous rice, nuruk and domestic secondary ingredients, the brewery makes a base mash (mitsul) and a second mash (deotsul), ages the liquor in jars for 100 days, and keeps to the method of adding little water to reach 18% ABV. Bulsogokju, distilled from this liquor, and the lower-ABV Baekje Sogokju carry on the lineage.
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Visit & experience
The brewery is at 1118 Chungjeol-ro, Hansan-myeon, Seocheon-gun, South Chungcheong, across from Hansan Mosi Hall (한산모시관). It was selected as a Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs "Visiting Brewery" (찾아가는 양조장) in 2014, and as of a September 2024 press report it has a sogokju experience space at its production facility. Official information on the experience's booking method, duration and fee, and on the shop's opening hours, could not be confirmed, so please call 041-951-0290 before visiting. The liquor can be bought by mail order through the official website.