Story of The Booth Brewing Co.(“The Booth”) began in May 2013 as a small pub in an alleyway off of Gyeonglidan, founded by Korean medicine doctor Heeyoon Kim, financial analyst Sunghoo Yang and The Economist correspondent Daniel Tudor. The three friends had a simple philosophy: find your fun and be the best at it. And that fun was beer.
Fast-forward to today, we became the first Asian brewery to take charge into the world’s largest craft beer market. Our mix of fun-based philosophy, unique artwork, and fresh Humboldt-made beer has started to excite many Californians, as well as the tastebuds of many beer judges.
Since then, we have been breaking industry boundaries: from hosting the largest craft beer festival in Korea to pioneering 100% cold-chain distribution to launching Mikkeller-collaborated Tae(dong)gang Pale Ale, a challenge to North Korea’s national beer. We collaborate with artists, musicians, and diverse brands that share a similar passion for fun, across all industries including sports, fashion, coffee, and arts. We also created Korea's first and only pro-LGBT beer last year, a part of Seoul Pride Film Festival.
Draft. A golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, straw, hops, and spices. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw, malt, spices, leading to a bitter finish.
Bottle in Seoul. Smooth fresh floral nose. The beer starts fruity fresh, hints of grain. The floralness is great, the beer is round and fresh, smooth with an aromatic floral grainy finish. Nice with a low bitterness.
Bottle in Seoul. Great floral nose. The beer starts fresh and mild. Hints of grain in the body, smooth with sweetish hints and lots of hop flavour. Round, smooth with not a too long aftertaste.
Bottle in Seoul. Nice floral nose. The beer starts mild, slightly bitter fresh. The hops are not too intense floral, more bitter. Fresh and mild bitter grainy with a floral bitter aftertaste. Nice but not too intense fresh floral.
Taster at Mikkeller Seoul. Pours amber with little head. Good smell of wheat, and the flavour is that of a classic wheat beer, with perhaps a more bitter finish than you’d expect. It’s a good beer but it’s not pushing any boundaries even a little.
I believe this was brewed at Ka-Brew and just the Raspberry Stout is brewed at their new brewery in Pangyo so far. On tap at The Booth Gyunglidan. Booth bills pale ale pours a deer orange copper with w thick creamy beige head. Damn knocked it over! The nose is a fruity prickly pine. Medium bodied with a dry finish. The taste is piney graham crackers with a mild fruity piney hoppiness. Solid.
Raspberry stout 6000 won on tap at The Booth Haeundae, contract brewed by them. Deep black with a roasted oats & chocolate aroma with hints of raspberry. Medium bodied with a sharp carbonation. The taste is somewhat acrid black patent malt, some lactose like sweet chocolate and just a bit of raspberry sweetness in the finish. They claimed not to know where it was brewed... As it warms the tart raspberry comes through more as does a chocolate sweetness but it is still a tad too acrid for me.