Soju experience
Tonight my memory is failing me. What were the stages of a Soju experience?
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Not that anyone of us would have ever done something like that.
Been there done that, Soju will fuck you up!!!

I passed out in Seoul one night and woke up in Osan the next morning with no memory of getting there. Soju is a motherfucker.
I love that stuff!
Man up, drink an Ammo Bowl of the stuff then report back!
Seriously, worst hangover I ever had in my life was from So-Ju, worse then Moonshine!!!


Oh Lord, I grew up on shine. That Damn Soju is nothing but EVIL!
I did 15 months in Korea and crossed paths with Soju more than once. That stuff will mess you up. The last time I got messed up on some, I walked through the main gate at Osan, got my ID checked and then for some reason ran all the way from the gate to my dorm over by the Mustang Club. That had to be a couple of miles. I don't really remember why I did it and don't really remember much other than the stupid base patrol yelling at me to stop running. I was drunk as a skunk but everyone who saw me take off said I did it in style.
I also saw soju ruin alot of very good military careers while I was there. But thats the chance you take.
Originally Posted By DefensorFortis:
The last time I got messed up on some, I walked through the main gate at Osan, got my ID checked and then for some reason ran all the way from the gate to my dorm over by the Mustang Club. That had to be a couple of miles.
It's about 1.75-2 miles, depending on the route you took.
Originally Posted By DefensorFortis:
I did 15 months in Korea and crossed paths with Soju more than once. That stuff will mess you up. The last time I got messed up on some, I walked through the main gate at Osan, got my ID checked and then for some reason ran all the way from the gate to my dorm over by the Mustang Club. That had to be a couple of miles. I don't really remember why I did it and don't really remember much other than the stupid base patrol yelling at me to stop running. I was drunk as a skunk but everyone who saw me take off said I did it in style.
I also saw soju ruin alot of very good military careers while I was there. But thats the chance you take.
Used to get shots of Soju with lemon juice at The Wall.
Over at Humphreys we'd stay out too late and the damn post bus would stop running so we'd have to walk back to the barracks. We'd always stop to get a kimchi burger

on the way back to the gate.
Originally Posted By USAF_Hk:
Originally Posted By DefensorFortis:
The last time I got messed up on some, I walked through the main gate at Osan, got my ID checked and then for some reason ran all the way from the gate to my dorm over by the Mustang Club. That had to be a couple of miles.
It's about 1.75-2 miles, depending on the route you took.
Ahh the death march. It used to be a hell of a lot more challenging when there was c-wire all over, including in the benjo ditches. Osan has gone to hell now, it's like some bullshit stateside base there.
Originally Posted By Chairborne:
Originally Posted By USAF_Hk:
Originally Posted By DefensorFortis:
The last time I got messed up on some, I walked through the main gate at Osan, got my ID checked and then for some reason ran all the way from the gate to my dorm over by the Mustang Club. That had to be a couple of miles.
It's about 1.75-2 miles, depending on the route you took.
Ahh the death march. It used to be a hell of a lot more challenging when there was c-wire all over, including in the benjo ditches. Osan has gone to hell now, it's like some bullshit stateside base there.
It's soft as fuck here now. We have a Chili's on base.
I worked Town Patrol at Osan from 86-87. One night my partner and I came upon a passed our Korea lying in the middle of the street, he was drunk on So-Ju. We were prohibited from touching him since he was a Korean National so we had to radio the LE Desk to have them contact the interpretor to have him call the Korean National Police. All's we could do was make sure the drunk didn't get run over.
About 15 min after we called KNP shows up, they did everything they could to rouse the drunk to no avail. Finally they took 2 Ammonia Inhalants and shoved them into his nostrils and broke them. Man that drunk came off the ground screaming and cursing and had blood flying everywhere. Then KNP proceeded to beat the S*#T out of him for being a dumb a#* and took him away to be booked.

Originally Posted By Chairborne:
Originally Posted By USAF_Hk:
Originally Posted By DefensorFortis:
The last time I got messed up on some, I walked through the main gate at Osan, got my ID checked and then for some reason ran all the way from the gate to my dorm over by the Mustang Club. That had to be a couple of miles.
It's about 1.75-2 miles, depending on the route you took.
Ahh the death march. It used to be a hell of a lot more challenging when there was c-wire all over, including in the benjo ditches. Osan has gone to hell now, it's like some bullshit stateside base there.
I lost count how many times I fell into the Benjo ditches drunk, would wake up with road rash and no recollection how it happened!!!!!!!!!
Town Patrol, aka Thug Patrol. I couldn't stand those guys. They were fellow SF and all but those guys never could get it through their thick fucking heads that police work is about deescalation and helping people. As a desk sergeant I would cringe when some of those guys were working. I never saw more bullshit arrests in my life. They arrested a girl for lewd conduct because she did a body shot off a willing participant.

.
i'll never forget how their NCOIC walked up on a guy who had a cup in his hand and yelled right in his face that he couldn't have an open container on the street. The guy said it was only water. The TSgt slapped the cup out of the guys hand and cuffed him. The guy started snickering and said, "I bet you feel really stupid right now.". That just set the TSgt off. Turns out the arrestee was a Navy CPO and the cup was really full of water because he didn't drink. He was shopping for a mink blanket. Not to Monday morning quarterback it but the TSgt could have handled it all differently.
Curfew was another thing I thought was retarded there. I had a C130 crew come in late one night and for whatever reason, they gothotel rooms off base. We had just gotten crew orders off these guys and they left base to get their rooms. Next thing you know Town Patrol is apprehending these guys as theyre checking into the hotel. Later as theyre dragging these guys into the SF desk, the loadmaster says, "I guess this is one way to get crew rest."
I loved being in Korea, but the base was a lunatic asylum.
We used to make soju slushies in the barracks prior to hitting the ville. Damn.......... I was at Howze. Good times for sure.
One liter bottle for like two bucks? Yeah, I drank my far share. Camp Garry Owen/Camp Hovey 04-05
I had soju yogurt for the first time last weekend while I was hanging out at a Korean BBQ
1 Bottle of Soju
5 mini cups of korean yogurt
1 can of sprite
Absolutely amazing.
Originally Posted By DefensorFortis:
Town Patrol, aka Thug Patrol. I couldn't stand those guys. They were fellow SF and all but those guys never could get it through their thick fucking heads that police work is about deescalation and helping people. As a desk sergeant I would cringe when some of those guys were working. I never saw more bullshit arrests in my life. They arrested a girl for lewd conduct because she did a body shot off a willing participant.

.
i'll never forget how their NCOIC walked up on a guy who had a cup in his hand and yelled right in his face that he couldn't have an open container on the street. The guy said it was only water. The TSgt slapped the cup out of the guys hand and cuffed him. The guy started snickering and said, "I bet you feel really stupid right now.". That just set the TSgt off. Turns out the arrestee was a Navy CPO and the cup was really full of water because he didn't drink. He was shopping for a mink blanket. Not to Monday morning quarterback it but the TSgt could have handled it all differently.
Curfew was another thing I thought was retarded there. I had a C130 crew come in late one night and for whatever reason, they gothotel rooms off base. We had just gotten crew orders off these guys and they left base to get their rooms. Next thing you know Town Patrol is apprehending these guys as theyre checking into the hotel. Later as theyre dragging these guys into the SF desk, the loadmaster says, "I guess this is one way to get crew rest."
I loved being in Korea, but the base was a lunatic asylum.
I wasn't Security Forces but Security Police, Law Enforcement Specialist, and we didn't arrest people we apprehended them. When I was at Osan, 86-87, we spent most of the time calming down pissed off bar owners who wanted some drunk arrested by KNP. If we did apprehend someone they sure as hell deserved it.
Are Benjo ditches the same as Turtle ditches? I was at Casey and Stanley. At Casey we called the drainage ditches Turtle ditches.
Originally Posted By z-1:
Are Benjo ditches the same as Turtle ditches? I was at Casey and Stanley. At Casey we called the drainage ditches Turtle ditches.
That's what we called them. I seem to recall hearing about a drunk girl drowning in one right around the time I first arrived in country.
Soju... The only reason I ever made it to my apartment off post was the fact if I kept my right shoulder on the wall from Hooker Hill I would eventually get home. My friend kept iv poles and would run banana bags most mornings just to make it to pt.
Had some great times there, especially when soju got me a redheaded female. Never have been into Korean ladies, now Japanese....
96-98
Soju
4 oz of banana extract
12 oz sunkist
mix, drink, pass out.
ACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Soju experience.
TXL
Last time I drank Soju I was at MEC-P back in the early 90's and decided to go walking around in a typhoon. Not my most stellar moment.
Originally Posted By espantoonMP:
I had soju yogurt for the first time last weekend while I was hanging out at a Korean BBQ
1 Bottle of Soju
5 mini cups of korean yogurt
1 can of sprite
Absolutely amazing.
That's called a white dog. I make them at home regularly, since I can find all the needed ingredients locally.
Originally Posted By Chairborne:
Originally Posted By espantoonMP:
I had soju yogurt for the first time last weekend while I was hanging out at a Korean BBQ
1 Bottle of Soju
5 mini cups of korean yogurt
1 can of sprite
Absolutely amazing.
That's called a white dog. I make them at home regularly, since I can find all the needed ingredients locally.
The guy at the Kashmir (Mr. Pak?) used to make those non-stop every night. I once saw him kick an Air Force guy right in the jaw for trash talking his wife. Mr. Pak was a short dude and and the bar was close to chest height on him. He put both hands on the bar, hopped up, kicked the guy right in the jaw and went right back to spinning records and mixing drinks. Nobody talked trash to Mr. Pak's wife.

I got off the plane on December 26th and some guys from my unit picked me up at the turtle farm on Yongsan. They said they knew I would be thirsty so they had made a jug of Kool-Aid for me to drink on the way back to Red Cloud.
Fuckers...
We ended up doing my "Thunder Run" when we got to CRC and of course I don't remember any of it because I was out of it from drinking the Kool-Aid/Jungle Juice on the way back.
I lost 3 days of my life somewhere that I can't account for.
Thunder runs were great until the new BN XO decided he wanted to have a staff meeting 0700 on Saturday. Morale went to crap in a hurry. Hang 'Em High Frank killed all morale in the BN. Just because you were on a thunder Run did not mean you got wasted. I learned more about leadership from the poor leaders than I did from the good leaders.
Soju is ok, but Saki is the mother fucker that will talk you into doing something so monumentally stupid that when the MPs tell you about it in the morning you don't believe them.....until you see the video.
Anyone drink "Snake-Ju", clear shit with a snake inside??


Originally Posted By BuffLuver:
Anyone drink "Snake-Ju", clear shit with a snake inside??


Isn't that Habu Saki or something like that?
Originally Posted By DM1975:
Originally Posted By BuffLuver:
Anyone drink "Snake-Ju", clear shit with a snake inside??


Isn't that Habu Saki or something like that?
We had a bottle of it at my old unit. I'm not sure of the Korean name, but our translator called it "Adder Liquor".
Originally Posted By BuffLuver:
Anyone drink "Snake-Ju", clear shit with a snake inside??


Of course, who hasn't done the "snake shot". It's nasty as hell, but included a nice t-shirt.
Never had the opportunity to go to Korea, however, my first encounter with Soju was at a conference in Birmingham, Alabama in 2000. One of our crew flew in from Korea for the meeting and brought a couple of bottles with him.
Second encounter was in Albuquerque, NM. Kelly Liquors sold it and I took a couple of bottles back to GTMO. More

ensued.
Third and final was in Orlando in '04. Was at another convention when our group ran into some Koreans that had "juice boxes" of that devils brew. That night was definitely


.
It's been been 7 years, I might have to find some more.

That stuff is dangerous even in small amounts!!!

I still have a bottle at the house. Came home on leave and found the seal broken. Someone in my household tasted it but didn't drink any.

SOJU is the DEBIL!!!!!!!!
I drink it all the time, it's great stuff!
I avoid it. But then again, it ain't like Cass, Hite, or OB are very good either.
Originally Posted By Jimbo228:
I avoid it. But then again, it ain't like Cass, Hite, or OB are very good either.
I left Korea in July 87 and Bud licensed the Koreans to make Budweiser, man oh man was it NASTY!!
Originally Posted By BuffLuver:
Originally Posted By Jimbo228:
I avoid it. But then again, it ain't like Cass, Hite, or OB are very good either.
I left Korea in July 87 and Bud licensed the Koreans to make Budweiser, man oh man was it NASTY!!
Yeah, better stick with the OB
Originally Posted By hdhogrider:
Originally Posted By BuffLuver:
Originally Posted By Jimbo228:
I avoid it. But then again, it ain't like Cass, Hite, or OB are very good either.
I left Korea in July 87 and Bud licensed the Koreans to make Budweiser, man oh man was it NASTY!!
Yeah, better stick with the OB
Crown wasn't too bad.
Originally Posted By BuffLuver:
Originally Posted By hdhogrider:
Originally Posted By BuffLuver:
Originally Posted By Jimbo228:
I avoid it. But then again, it ain't like Cass, Hite, or OB are very good either.
I left Korea in July 87 and Bud licensed the Koreans to make Budweiser, man oh man was it NASTY!!
Yeah, better stick with the OB
Crown wasn't too bad.
Combat bottle of OB FTW!
I remember coming down from Camp Greaves 1/506 IN and hitting the soju at Hooker Hill in Itaewon. It was cold as hell and I was bad fucked up. I woke up in the back of a HMMWV at the Post Office next to the bus terminal rolled up in part of the back tarp I had cut off to make a woobie.
My other party spots were the park bench at the Dragon Hill lodge and the boiler room in the back of the bus terminal.
Grape flavored in Japan..
Originally Posted By ATACORION:
Been there done that, Soju will fuck you up!!!

First post wins!!!
Originally Posted By KY13FOX:
I remember coming down from Camp Greaves 1/506 IN and hitting the soju at Hooker Hill in Itaewon. It was cold as hell and I was bad fucked up. I woke up in the back of a HMMWV at the Post Office next to the bus terminal rolled up in part of the back tarp I had cut off to make a woobie.
My other party spots were the park bench at the Dragon Hill lodge and the boiler room in the back of the bus terminal.
hahaha. I remember a time a buddy and I were hitting the ville outside Camp Casey. We woke up at the bus terminal on post sleeping in the back of one of the buses. What woke us up was when we heard the next bus over start up. We hauled ass. Good times....
Originally Posted By BuffLuver:
Anyone drink "Snake-Ju", clear shit with a snake inside??


Seen it, would not drink it.
TXL
Remember drinking it in the Kettle club and waking up in the Grand Ol Opry this was back in 99. Holy fuck! My melon hurt for a week!
Originally Posted By elvis1974:
Remember drinking it in the Kettle club and waking up in the Grand Ol Opry this was back in 99. Holy fuck! My melon hurt for a week!
Had a buddy with us once down on Hooker Hill that refused to leave this one bar. Swore he was going to have sex with a drinky girl. Eventually we said to hell with him and left his ass there. He came dragging ass back in on Monday morning missing his shoes, jacket, hat, wallet, etc. He had been drinking soju when we left him there......

Not It !

I made it back with my wallet!

My first night out in Korea started at The Lab in the ville outside Humphreys. My buddy bought me an Evil Fuck You Up...three shot drink that included soju, among other clear liquors, that you drank in one shot. We then went to Enterprise where they would give you a free soju shot with every beer during certain times. My two buddies I was out with were pounding down the beers and passing me their shots. I lost count at 30.
I remember my face going numb...my friend slapping me off the stool when I told him that, and me punching him in return...I remember staggering to the bathroom and pissing in the urinal with my head braced on the wall to hold myself up...I remember getting an eggburger from Uncle's Burger/Momma's Place on the way back to the gate...I remember waking up the next day with a hangover that lasted for three days...good times!