Soju Yakult co*cktail (2024)

FAQs

Are soju and yakult good? ›

Yes! Soju and yakult are a great pairing and tastes delicious. It's sweet, tart, and fruity with a hint of whichever flavour of Soju you use.

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This is a layered drink, meaning there are 2 shot glasses inside of a beer mug. Start by putting the first shot glass in the mug and fill it halfway with cola. Place the second shot glass inside of the first and fill completely with soju. Finally, fill the mug to the top with beer.

Chateul Soorok makes soju in 12 flavours but green apple is arguably the most refreshing. Produced in South Korea using a natural bamboo charcoal purification process, it is best consumed chilled as a shot or mixed with beer.

It's considered “healthy.” It's also rooted in the minds of most Koreans through the “Yakult” ladies who would cart their drinks around the neighborhood and you could flag her down to get your little plastic bottle of probiotic goodness.

Upon the new year Korean ancestors consumed Soju to drive out disease and bad spirits, the word 'Soju' meaning a welcoming spring. One type of Soju is called Dosoju, made with medicinal herbs and refined rice wine. Alcohol consumption was also used to medicate both adults and children during illnesses.

Can 2 bottles of soju make you drunk? You'd have to DRINK the soju, but yes. Typical soju bottle is 375ml and 20% ABV. Do the math, and its about the same amount of alcohol as 1/4 of a 750 ml bottle of 40% ABV vodka, or 4 drinks.

Soju can also be mixed with fruit juices such as pineapple juice, orange juice, or watermelon juice to add a fruity twist. Additionally, mixing Soju with tonic water, iced tea, or even beer can create unique and enjoyable flavor combinations.

Soju is traditionally consumed straight, as a shot. Some individuals may choose to sip on their soju from their soju glass throughout a meal. If you are out drinking with friends, it's probably more likely that you will be drinking straight chilled soju from a shot glass throughout your time together.

How to Drink Soju. The most common way to drink soju is neat, chilled, and from a shot glass. Somaek, a portmanteau for soju and maekju (Korean for beer), is also a popular way to enjoy the spirit. Somaek is prepared by mixing a few shots of soju into a light beer (Hite and Cass are classic go-to's).

It's common (and fun!) to shake or twirl the bottle to create a whirlpool; This practice is a holdover from when soju bottles came corked, and the swirling would separate any falling cork material from the liquid.

Should soju be refrigerated? ›

Keep it cold. Soju tastes best when it's been refrigerated which mellows out that alcohol burn. I refrigerate it for at least an hour before consuming.

As soju contains only about half the alcohol in vodka, it makes co*cktails that feel and taste different. Soju straight up is easy to drink, mild and fairly neutral but a bit watery.

For avid soju drinker Dan Foley, a usual night out has him easily drinking two bottles. But it was on a night when he had three that pushed him over the edge. "The uniqueness of its hangover is this hyper-concentrated headache," he says. "It feels almost like a drill pressing above my left eye.

It's best to take probiotics as far away as possible from drinking alcohol. This spacing out allows the probiotic bacteria to reach the intestines and to reproduce there.

The amount of soju required to become drunk can vary depending on an individual's weight, tolerance, and other factors. Soju is a popular Korean distilled beverage, usually around 20-24% of alcohol by volume (ABV), which is stronger than beer (5% ABV) and wine (12-14% ABV) but less strong than whiskey or rum (40% ABV).

Drink water after every shot of soju. It will prevent you from getting dehydrated and lessen the killer headache you will definitely have the next day if you don't.