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When you think of countries that make great beer, Germany and Belgium might come to mind.
Probably not North Korea.
Turns out, North Korea’s state-run beer distillery actually makes a decent brew, at least according to some of the reviewers who have actually been able to visit the hermit kingdom and try it out for themselves.
Reuters went inside one of the factories back in 2008. Keep reading to see what a North Korean distillery looks like and what the beer tastes like.
Back in 2000, North Korea decided to acquire an old British brewery plant that had ceased operations.
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It cost £1.5 million — nearly $3 million at today's conversion and inflation rates — to purchase and was shipped to and rebuilt in the capital city of Pyongyang.
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The factory was up and running by 2002. By 2008, the factory employed 350 North Koreans.
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Source: Reuters
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