ScreamingEagle
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BBC News - Satellites uncover North Korea
"The North Koreans, like the Japanese, like their beer," says Dr Smith who is Professor of Resilience and Security at Cranfield University. But as sanctions have taken their toll, the key ingredients for brewing are not always available. "The chaff from the harvest is used in brewing. Nothing is wasted," says Dr Smith.
Curtis Melvin says he located the brewery "after a tourist sent in a picture of the entry gate which is a very unusual shape. From the air it looks like a large M which I matched to a photograph from an official publication."
He says the lager he tried when he was last in Pyongyang "had a full flavour" but others are less palatable. "Ryesong beer is pretty awful, leaving a distinct metallic taste," he says, adding: "In the capital, they drink a lot of beer but outside in the countryside, they prefer their traditional spirit drinks."
North Korean television recently broadcast an advert for Taedong River Beer. Dubbed the "Pride of Pyongyang", the advert showed young women in traditional Korean dress serving trays of beer to men in western suits. Kim Jong-il visited the brewery in 2002 where he "(watched) good quality beer (come) out in an uninterrupted flow for a long while," according to North Korea's state news agency.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3GQkCzJygU]North Korean Beer Commercial - YouTube[/ame]
that is the most boring long beer commercial i've ever seen.....but at least they HAVE beer commercials....
but sure don't stand a chance against ours......even the old ones.....anybody seen the old Rainier Beer commercials.....?
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz-WuLQz_ns&list=PL61A93D8D7C77B8FD]Motorcycle - YouTube[/ame]
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