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Somaek (Korean : 소맥) is a South Korean beer cocktail made with soju and beer. [1] [2] The beer used is typically a lager-style.
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| Served | Straight up: chilled, without ice |
Somaek (Korean : 소맥) is a South Korean beer cocktail made with soju and beer. [1] [2] The beer used is typically a lager-style.
It is a syllabic abbreviation of two Korean words, soju (소주) and maekju (맥주, "beer"). [3]
The ratio varies liberally. [1] There is no consensus, but it is widely suggested that the ideal ratio is three parts soju to seven parts beer. [4]
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