Jeonju Traditional Wine Museum

Jeonju Traditional

The small traditional wine museum within (전주 전통술박물관 - Jeonju jeon-tong-sul bak-mul-gwan). While not particularly worth visiting on its own, it’s a decent exhibition of some traditional Korean alcohols and the processes that created them. It isn’t as comprehensive as, say the Liquorium in Chungcheonbuk-do

  while the kettles on the bottom are just that - 술주전자 (sul-ju-jeon-ja, literally ‘alcohol kettle’).

 The many steps required to make nuruk (the starter for makgeolli), soju, and other distilled liquors.

 There’s plenty of regional alcohols around Korea, and quite a few of them got a nice boost in the years leading up to the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

The panel on the left names the local alcohols that received some official support / funding in the 1980′s (including Andong Soju)

Address: Jeollabuk-do, Jeonju-si, Wansan-gu Pungnam-dong-3-ga 39-3
Korean address: 전라북도 전주시 완산구 풍남동3가 39-3
Directions: Get to the Hanok Village – from Jeonju station, take bus 79 or 119 to the Jeondong Cathedral (전동성당). Walk away from Pungnammun (the southern gate) along the village’s main road for about 500 meters. Just before you reach the main road, take a left and walk about 200 meters.
Hours: 9am-6pm
Admission: free
Phone: 063-287-6305