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Soju vs Shochu - What's the difference?

soju | shochu |

As nouns the difference between soju and shochu

is that soju is a Korean distilled alcoholic beverage, similar to sake while shochu is a Japanese alcoholic beverage, most commonly distilled from barley, sweet potato or rice. Typically it is 25% alcohol by volume, making it weaker than whisky, but stronger than wine and sake.

soju

English

(wikipedia soju)

Noun

(-)
  • A Korean distilled alcoholic beverage, similar to sake.

    • See also

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    shochu

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A Japanese alcoholic beverage, most commonly distilled from barley, sweet potato or rice. Typically it is 25% alcohol by volume, making it weaker than whisky, but stronger than wine and sake.

    • See also

    *sake *awamori