Goundal Baekja
A 52% distilled soju made from Mungyeong omija.
About this drink
Goundal Baekja is a top-tier distilled spirit that distills the 36 years of brewing expertise of master Lee Jong-ki, Korea's first whisky master blender.
Description source: Traditional Liquor Information, Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (Public Data Portal of Korea)
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How it's made
Fermented from omija (Mungyeong) (per government open data)
The brewer
Ominara is a winery and distillery at the entrance to Mungyeong Saejae in North Gyeongsang, on the site of an old inn (jumak). CEO Lee Jong-gi, a former whisky master blender, makes wine from omija (five-flavor berries), a Mungyeong specialty, then distills that wine again into Goundal (고운달), a 52% ABV brandy. Omija is a demanding fruit — its first fermentation alone takes more than a year — and the winery works with it through 18 months of aging in the bottle, a hand-hammered bangjja copper still, and maturation in oak barrels and white-porcelain (baekja) jars.
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