Brewing Love starring Kim Se-jeong and Lee Jong-won aired episodes 1 and 2 on November 4 and 5, respectively, on ENA. Brewing Love is about a woman named Chae Yong-ju depicted by Kim Se-jeong, a former special forces military member, who now works as a salesperson at a liquor company Likey. Chae Yong-ju is known for her physical strength and mental strength and keeps her real emotions hidden despite her bright and energetic personality.
Chae Yong-ju has worked for 6 years continuously contributing to the growth of Likey in Busan and earned the title of the best salesperson in the region. However, a crisis at Likey links her fate to Yun Min-ju played by Lee Jong-won. As the Busan branch is on the verge of ceasing, Chae Yong-ju goes on a mission to bring Yun Min-ju on board to create a new beer for Likey.
Yun Min-ju is an up-and-coming brewing master, the CEO of a small brand, In My Name. He is a sensitive person, who can easily sense people's emotions through his psychic abilities. Notably, Chae Yong-ju's job gets difficult as Yun Min-ju prefers to live in a silent countryside area with fewer people where he can focus on his work.
Episode 1 of Brewing Love created a foundation for the characters and their backgrounds, while in episode 2, Chae Yong-ju successfully reached out to Yun Min-ju.
Brewing Love ep 1-2 recap: Yun Min-ju rejects Chae Yong-ju’s business proposal
Brewing Love episode 1 began with Chae Yong-ju catching a manufacturer doing illegal business with Likey Liquors. She was hit in the stomach during the fight, but she was successful in stopping him from doing business. Meanwhile, the chairman of Likey learned about a new beer called In My Name, which had a better taste than his brand. The Likey chairman wanted his executives to either acquire the company or bring their brewing master to make a new liquor collection altogether.
On the other hand, Oh Chan-hwi (Baek Sung-chul), a free-spirited young man came across In My Name beer and decided to visit its factory. Although he planned to check out the beer and take some for his friend, he ended up asking for an internship at In My Name. Yun Min-ju hired him because he sensed that he was a good person. Later, Oh Chan-hwi took some beer cans for his friend Chae Yong-ju and she was amazed by its taste.
Yun Min-ju called Oh Chan-hwi to look after his cat Poto while he visited his stepbrother Yun Min-ho’s (Choi Ja-yoon) birthday. He had an argument with his father Yun Chang-suk (Lee Ki-young) who seemingly tried to pressure Yun Min-ho to fulfill his dreams. Yun Min-ju took his young brother Yun Min-ho to an amusement park to celebrate his birthday.
Chae Yong-ju just learned that the Busan branch was going to be shut down. This was because Likey wanted to collaborate with a new company In My Name by Yun Min-ju and closing down the Busan branch was the only option to save Likey.
By the end of Brewing Love episode 1, Chae Yong-ju also goes to the amusement park and indulges herself in the shooting game, where she meets Yun Min-ju for the first time. In Brewing Love episode 2, she overheard Yun Min-ho getting a big teddy bear as a birthday present, but to win it, one must get 700 points. Chae Yong-ju gets that teddy bear for Yun Min-ho.
Chae Yong-ju received an offer to join the Likey Marketing team in Seoul to save the Busan branch from shutting down. She accepts it without hesitation, but her job is to bring Yun Min-ju on board with Likey. On the other hand, the Likey planning team lead, Bang Ah-reum (Shin Do-hyun), tried her best to contact Yun Min-ju but failed as he ignored her messages and calls. She visited his factory with her colleague and was finally able to meet him. However, Yun Min-ju rejected her offer to join Likey as he did not want to work with a big company.
Later in Brewing Love Episode 2, Chae Yong-ju met Yun Min-ju for the second time and they were surprised to see each other. As Yun Min-ju was firm in his decision to not work with Likey, he immediately left the place and did not bother listening to Chae Yong-ju's proposal. She followed him outside and could not wear her shoes.
Chae Yong-ju tried to talk to Yun Min-ju, but he didn't listen to her. Given Yun Min-ju's psychic abilities, he was bothered by Chae Yong-ju’s true emotions as she seemed very desperate. Despite their chaotic conversation, he noticed she was not wearing her shoes, so he helped her wear slippers. Before leaving, he suggested she visit the hospital, pointing at her stomach. Chae Yong-ju was surprised at how he knew about her pain.
Yun Min-ju went home and started meditating in a closed room with multiple scented candles as he found himself getting bothered by Chae Yong-ju’s emotions. Chae Yong-ju followed him to his factory, which is near his house. She met Oh Chan-hwi and other employees of In My Name. As they stood outside his house discussing ways to reach out to him for a conversation, one of his employees noticed smoke coming out of his window and believed it was fire.
Since there were no stairs inside the house to reach the second floor, Chae Yong-ju showcased her physical strength by reaching the window by descending from the rooftop. Chae Yong-ju was relieved to see it was just scented candles and not fire, but Yun Min-ju was in shock as to how she reached there. She promised to return for a proper discussion about creating a new type of beer, but he told her not to come back.
By the end of Brewing Love episode 2, the next day, Yun Min-ju saw Chae Yong-ju working in his field with his employees and was in shock. Notably, Chae Yong-ju won the hearts of the village head and his employees to reach out to him.
Viewers may tune into Brewing Love every Monday and Tuesday on ENA at 10 pm KST and later on Viki to learn what happens next.