Traditional Brewery Visit & Lunch or Dinner with Magkeolli

What a cool way to learn about magkeolli. Veronica and Ms. Kwan were both extremely knowledgable and willing to share. The tasting was a very nice experience and the food afterwards was excellent. Thank you!

We booked this tour as a private tour for the 5 of us. We were pleasantly surprised that the soju brewers place was in the Bukchon Hanok Village. Such a lovely, peaceful area to walk around in the evening. Our guide, Veronica, was friendly and knowledgeable. The dinner afterwards was delightful.

Our guide veronica on top all the places snd course she promissed gave us historical explanations on our wsy and we enjoyed it very much.The tasting wss of 4 differanant alchol and the woman shoed ud sll the proces so detail. The dinner se ate with veronica sss so big with a lot lot lot of mackoly. We rste it as the best wind rice tour.

It was very fascinating to learn about how each traditional alcohol is made and we enjoyed our trip to the brew master’s workshop. The dinner was very interesting, and although it wasn’t really our taste, it was still interesting to try the traditional seafood dishes.

We really enjoyed the tasting and the opportunity to see how traditional Korean alcohol is made. We loved how cozy our little group felt. Our guide Veronica made sure not only that we had a great dinner, but she also showed us around the neighbourhood and made great suggestions for things to do. We highly recommend this tour to any traveler who likes having a good time while also learning new things!

A great traditional introduction to Korean alcohol and great guide with great experiences and good food.

We thoroughly enjoyed the discussion with the Brew Master at Bitdam and our dinner with Veronica. I am sure you will find a very different approach to Korean food compared to the usual spicy/in your face commercial food flavour profile.
While I am a drinker, my friend is not but both of us had fun. Thank you for an informative night.

My father and I had a great time! Veronica was a very knowledgeable guide who made us feel welcome. I learned a lot about Korean cultural food practices outside of just magkeolli and rice wine, too. Her company (Gastro Tour Seoul) offers a lot of other tours that I wish I had known about before I booked such a short trip to Seoul. I’d absolutely recommend this trip to anyone interested in Korean food and drinks and all the culture and history that’s made it the way it is.

Having heard good things about Veronica Kang who suns Gastro Seoul, we booked an evening of learning about Soju with dinner; and she certainly did not disappoint. Being in the hospitality industry prior to organising food tours, she was very knowledgeable and passionate about the culinary delights Korean food had to offer.

We started with a visit to a local recognised Soju Master Brewer and had an informative briefing of the process of making it followed by tasting and sampling of the high quality Soju. Having 10 shots of Soju varying in strength and flavours was truly an enjoyable challenge.

We then walked a short distance to a local restaurant where we had a most delicious dinner of streamed rice with several local side dishes (banchan), a generous serving of fresh oysters, broiled pork slices and spicy Korean noodles. The portions were most
generous and served with a sweet rice wine (Makgeolli).

We had a delightful evening with Veronica filled with not only good food but also an educational insight into the intricacies of Soju and Korean food.

Very knowledgable and personable tour guide. The Brew Master truly was masterful in his craft. Great traditional Food afterwards.

My husband and I took the traditional brewery tour and absolutely loved it. It was such a unique experience getting to go into the brew master's workshop and try some truly one of a kind liquors (we learned a lot too!) Dinner after was also fantastic... highly recommend!

I booked a tour a few weeks ago with Veronica during a brief two day stopover in Seoul. Unfortunately my taxi got caught in traffic (the annual pride march) and I was running so late that we weren't able to meet up.

Veronica was super helpful and sympathetic to my mistake - she ended up running a separate special-edition tour just for me. I learnt a lot about traditional Korean gastronomy and culture, all while having a great time (and spilling moreish brown sugar pancake all over myself).

Highly recommend as a great way to experience a different side of Seoul. A must-do Korean activity.

ps. don't trust traffic predictions on apple maps in Korea - use the subway instead! :-)

We participated in the tour on 10 December 2018. As it turned out, my wife and I were the only ones on the tour so we got the personal attention from Veronica.

Though we have visited Korea many times, this was the first time for us on such a tour. It was very informative and we learnt a lot from Veronica. Only unfortunate thing was that we did not get to meet the Master Brewer. However, his apprentice was awesome.

Before the tour, soju to me was just the normal bottles we can get from convenience stores. After the tour, we have developed a deeper appreciation for soju. The one with 71% alcohol content was amazing.

Dinner was delicious and somehow the bean paste stew tasted different from the rest we have tasted before.

I strongly recommend this tour to all. Thanks Veronica!

Highly recommend the Brew tour. Veronica was a wonderful guide!.

We learned alot about traditional Korean liquors and got to try some really great liquors. then we went to a traditional Korean restaurant to sample homemade makgeolli and a full Korean dinner. Really great food and a great night out!

Veronica is a fun guide. It was fascinating wandering the streets of the Bukchon Hanok Village and learning a bit about it's history and some of the craft classes you can take there (we went back the next day to check some out!). Veronica also pointed out several restaurants of interest as we wandered around. It was an honor to meet the Master Brewer, he was so humble and gracious in teaching us about the process of making and distilling soju. I definitely gained an appreciation for traditional Korean liquors as well as the home brewing culture in Korea. You get to sample quite a lot of some pretty serious liquors, so be prepared!

Our second stop was at a traditional Korean restaurant to sample homemade Makgeolli and a full Korean dinner. The food was amazing and plentiful. Each dish was interesting and tasty, but the fish was especially good. Veronica was able to explain everything to us and translated the owners description of his home brewed Makgeolli.

It was a great night out!

This tour was led by Veronica who is very knowledgeable of the area having grown up in Korea but also lived outside Korea. Veronica still led the tour with just 2 people. After meeting at the subway stop ( FYI, gate #1 is on the street not in the subway tunnel). Involves walking and the hills of Seoul. The first part is the Korean booze tasting. Plenty of different samples to try. However, the high alcohol types soju are not for me, taste like grappa. Still entertaining, even met the master brewer. The workshop manager explained in Korean and Veronica translated. Even did some chemistry and distilled some soju. Then off to dinner at a kinda hidden place. There was so much food. Now the makgeolli was good. Rice wine kinda, served cold. Veronica explained everything and the neighborhood. And living in South Korea. Small spaces, extra people, high property costs. Oh yeah don’t forget the neighbor to the north.

<p>Wonderful evening! Our guide Jay was attentive, knowledgeable and spoke very fluent English. I'm a homebrewer and my husband is a professional brewer. For us, the opportunity to meet Mr. Kim, the brewmaster, and talk with him was very special. He and his assistants seemed to enjoy our enthusiasm for their various beverages and answered our many questions with corresponding enthusiasm. It was an experience we will remember for many years.</p>