In the past couple of years the number of different imported beer in Korea has increased and has started to migrate from the specialty stores and bars to the supermarkets and corner stores. The main issue however was price, an imported beer would often be 50% more expensive than a Korean Beer. However recently a new and cheaper imported beer arrived with the simple name L. It comes in 3 different forms L Weizen, L Lager and L Dark. They are all imported from Germany and retail at around ₩2600 each.
We first saw them at Lotte Mart when they were on a super special price of just ₩1600 but they’ve now gone up to ₩2600. They have now also spread to be in some CU Marts and GS25s.
In our opinion they are slightly better than the regular Korean Beers, a bit thicker and stronger. However they aren’t at the same level as other imported beers such as Heineken and Becks. They are worth trying out and are well worth there small price tag.
Details of L
Producer / Brewer: Brauerei zum Schwarzen Adler
Origin: Wassertrüdingen, Germany
Alcoholic Content: 4.9%
Size: 500ml
Price: Between ₩2000 and ₩2700 ($2 to $3)
L Weizen
This is L Weizen, and as the name suggests it’s a Weizen style of Beer (Wheat Beer). It’s also known as Weißbier or White Beer.
L Lager
L Lager once again as the name suggests is a lager. A more gassy beer, similar to Budweiser or Cass.
L Dark
Finally we have L Dark, this is a dark beer or a Dunkel. Similar to Becks Dark or Hite Stout.
Finally
Here are a few other Beer related posts previously from Modern Seoul:
* Hite 0.00% – Korean Non-alcoholic Beer
* The Love of Beer is Strong in South Korea
If you have any questions or comments regarding L Beer or anything beer related please feel free to comment below or via our Facebook or Twitter pages.
Thank you and have a great day.
Tim
Modern Seoul
tim@modernseoul.org
I literally just saw this beer at a GS25 for the first time yesterday. I had tried them a few months ago from a Lotte MySuper though and was impressed. I agree with everything you wrote. They’re good and affordable.
So many more beers from around the world have become available in Korea the last few months. It has been such a delightful surprise! A lager-style beer from Portugal that I love called “SUPERBOCK” is now available at my local HomePlus. Yummy!
Strangely I remember drinking Super Bock about 10 years ago on a trip to the Algarve, in the south of Portugal. I will keep an eye out next time I’m at homeplus.
That’s awesome! My family is Portuguese, so I kinda grew up with this stuff around. Also, I lived in Spain for 2 years, and yes, definitely drank this in the Algarve as well. Awesome!
Just for you as information: The on the can printed brewery “Brauerei zum Schwarzen Adler, Wassertrüdingen” doesn’t exist.
It’s just a letterbox company of the brewery Oettinger.
Maybe not the best beer in Germany but of course one of the cheapest!!!
Holy crap, around 2€ for a can of Oettinger? If Asian beer is on sale in Europe (Singha, Tsang, Asahi etc…never a Korean beer unfortunately 😦 ) it’s sold for around 1€. An Oettinger should never coust more than half a Euro.
Oettinger is famous for producing the cheapest beer in Germany with a real “brand” printed on it, without any advertising. For German standards, the quality of the beer is pretty poor, but on the same level like Becks or Heineken (Becks is just everywhere and especially young people are used to the taste of Beck’s, since it’s sold in every club there). AFAIK, there is only one brewery in Germany and maybe in whole Europe which is able to compete with that price lever, but their beer is sold exclusively under fake names in “Aldi” and “Lidl” discounters (= standard quality, low price).
“Brauerei zum Schwarzen Adler” seems to be a fake name Oettinger uses for exports…in Austria I have seen 0.5l bottles of this beer sold for ridicilously low 0.49 Eur (~650 Won). For Austrians, this beer must taste horrible.
It’s funny to see that Oettinger is trying to sell their beer in black, red and yellow “Germany”-cans all around the world…in Germany, they are trying the same with their “0.5”-sub brand (0.5 because of the 0.5l content…how creative!).
The “Dark” or “Dunkles” is definitely NOT a stout 😉 AFAIK, “Dunkles” is not a real type of beer…this beer is a dark “Lager”. It could also happen that you buy a “Dunkles” which is a dark “Hefeweißbier”. 😉
If you can, try to get a “Tannenzäpfle”, “Flensburger” or “Augustiner” in a gourmet market. Especially Augustiner and Tannenzäpfle are sold in countries all around the world because they are more and more getting the status of an “insider” or “hipster” beer – no real reason for that though, but they’re tasting great! 🙂