There are numerous alcoholic beverages popular in Korea aside from its traditional liquor soju. The top 3 popular beers (mek-ju) are Cass, Hite and OB Lager.

Cass
Cass Breweries was taken over by Oriental Breweries in 1999 which the company makes OB larger and Cafri premium larger. Cass is a 5.0% larger which is one of the 3 most popular beers in Korea. Sold bottled or on tap in Korea, it’s a fairly pale larger reminiscent of many an Asian pale larger.

Hite
The Hite brewery is the largest of the South Korean brewers, brewing 9 different beers including Hite, Hite Prime, Hite Stout, Hite Exfeel (light, low cal beer) as well as being the local maker of Fosters and Carlsberg. The popular 4.5% Hite is a micro filtered lager that has a fresh taste which also is the first beer to include a thermometer mark on its label.

OB Larger
This 4.7% Lager has a light golden color and a flavor reminiscent of many Asian beers that use rice in the grain. Owned by Oriental Breweries, there are 3 other types of OB, including a 4.4% new larger and light (low cal) as well as a non alcoholic OB variety. Oriental also makes the 4.0 % Cafri premium larger.