Full recipe and photos and tips: http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/makgeolli

This recipe is also in my cookbook, Real Korean Cooking: http://www.maangchi.com/real

I'm going to show you how to make makgeolli, a traditional Korean alcoholic beverage made by combining rice, yeast, and water with a starter culture called nuruk.

It's milky-white, fizzy and refreshing. It's also called "nongju" which means "farmer liquor" because it's made with a lot of rice, it's full of carbohydrates and was traditionally served to farmers as part of a midmorning snack or with lunch, giving them the strength and energy to work the rest of the day.