Is Stella Artois crap to anyone else?

[nos33]

I just bought a couple of these from my Liquor Store just to see what all the hype was about. After they were cooled in my fridge (liquor stores are not allowed to keep anything in the fridge around here) I popped one open and poured it into a glass. Had a very strong skunky smell and tasted like crap. It tasted like a rotten Heinekin that was left out in the sun for too long. And the next day (about an hour ago) I had a movement that smelled the exact same as the Stella.

sorry for the rant

 

[FlatcapBrew]

sounds about right for stella ... its BMC of europe

 

[CompassBrewing]

I typically stay away from anything in a green bottle as they always come off skunky to me

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I'd take a draught Stella in Europe over any American BMC on draught......But not by too much. It's fairly decent IMO.

 

[boo boo]

I'd take a draught Stella in Europe over any American BMC on draught......But not by too much. It's fairly decent IMO.

I drink them from time to time, but the ones I buy are in a can. I think they are decent aslo.

 

[beerloaf]

I'm not a fan of it personally however do enjoy some of the German pilsners.

beerloaf

 

[bovineblitz]

costs way too much for being just a half step above budweiser

 

[thunder]

I just bought a couple of these from my Liquor Store just to see what all the hype was about. After they were cooled in my fridge (liquor stores are not allowed to keep anything in the fridge around here) I popped one open and poured it into a glass. Had a very strong skunky smell and tasted like crap. It tasted like a rotten Heinekin that was left out in the sun for too long. And the next day (about an hour ago) I had a movement that smelled the exact same as the Stella.

sorry for the rant

LOLOLOLOLOL !!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah it's crap to me too!!

 

[Irrenarzt]

I'm not a fan either. Much rather have a German or bo-pils any day.

 

[Malticulous]

It's alright for what it is, a premium American style lager. It's not a European Pilsner

The real problem is you don't know how long it was on the shelf under florescent lights. You really need to get them out of the box, or better a can.

 

[cjb]

Yeah, I wouldn't call it crap, but it's nothing special. Either here or on the other side of the pond - it's the basic go-to beer for the college kids in Leuven when they're out at the clubs.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

It's alright for what it is, a premium American style lager. It's not a European Pilsner

I wouldn't call it American style. It has more flavour than that.

 

[jbsg02]

There's nothing too special about it, I actually had one a couple nights ago cause they seemed to be out of everything else I wanted.

 

[Malticulous]

I wouldn't call it American style. It has more flavour than that.

The BJCP says it is and it has corn in it.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

The BJCP says it is and it has corn in it.

The BJCP is an American institution with American members and geared towards an American base. It's American.

What I say is only an opinion based on drinking different beers in various locales.

 

[SwampassJ]

I don't like it but I have never had it fresh or in a can.

 

[Brandonovich]

I love Stella, y'all are crazy

 

[smalliewader]

I love Belgian beers, but Stella is the Busch of Belgium. Nasty stuff.

 

[blkandrust]

I consider it Euro mass produced swill.However,I will take one over a BMC product.

 

[pauljmccain]

Wait, so you bought it warm from a liquor store, without knowing how long it was there, and you're complaining it tasted skunky? Shocker!

 

[danorocks17]

i will drink them, but i dont prefer them. I don't know if I would ever pay for one hahah

 

[Malticulous]

I found some Organic Ur Pills at a local DABC. It comes in a solid half liter brown bottle and is one of the best German pills I've had.

 

[alexdagrate]

I like the glasses. If a place only has BMC or Stella on draught, I'd take the Stella.

 

[Beezy]

Umm Stella is BMC.

I just cant get into pilsner no matter how hard I try. It could be the best pils in the world it still wouldn't do anything for me tbh.

 

[usafbeach]

Being stationed overseas, I've had my share of them. Personally I like them. As a hop head I do lean on IPA's and the like, but I wouldn't consider them garbage. And I recall places in Bulgaria where Stella was the only beer you could get besides the crap they sold in plastic 2 liter bottles.

 

[pm5k00]

its drinkable, but im pretty sure its the same recipe as this...

YES, i think stella taste like mickeys. deal with it.

 

[DylansDad]

And this is why I love you guys. We can (for the most part) agree that Stella tastes like crap.

 

[WhoDey78]

My brother was drinking like it was the best beer out there, so I tried one and felt it was pretty lousy. Wouldn't buy another.

 

[weirdboy]

Charlie Bamforth shared a story at the NHC this past week.


Being from the UK, where there are no skunks, he had never smelled a skunk in his entire life until he moved to California to take the job at UC Davis. Soon after getting to the US, he and his wife are driving around when they smell that odor and he turns to her and says, "My God, Heineken have opened a brewery here!"

 

[DylansDad]

My brother was drinking like it was the best beer out there, so I tried one and felt it was pretty lousy. Wouldn't buy another.

My boss swears by the stuff. I can't stand it unless it is on tap an hasn't seen the light if day. Even then it's only tolerable.