The Korean liquor that had emerged as a drink of the Korean nation in ancient times developed, centring on Pyongyang.
This is evidenced by the origin of the names of different places in Pyongyang related to liquor, including a legend of Mt Juam from the period of Koguryo (277 BC and AD 668), Hungbu-dong and Uiam.
Such renowned liquors as Kamhongno, one of the three choicest liquors in ancient Korea, were mainly distilled in Pyongyang.
Pyongyang soju, today’s national liquor, has come into being by carrying forward such historical tradition.
It is made from maize and polished rice as principal raw materials, and it is featured by gentle and sapid flavour as well as refreshing taste.
It is clean and gentle since refined water made by a cutting-edge technology is used along with ethyl alcohol of the highest grade produced by raising the quality of alcohol, the basic raw material of liquor, to the highest level.
Its savoury and refreshing tastes are attributed to the use of polished rice hard liquor made by reduced pressure distillation with the help of fragrant yeast and invert sugar made with organic acid as additives.
It has become national liquor not only because of its excellent flavour and quality.
It is the most popular alcoholic drink in the DPRK whose alcoholic content is 25 percent.
Its trademark depicts a picture of Korean ancestors distilling liquor in the old times against the backdrop of the Taedong Gate, a symbol of old Pyongyang, on a white and grey ground that goes well with the clear bottle.
Pyongyang soju with the Taedong River as the source of water supply was designated as the national liquor of the DPRK on June 24 2015.
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