Stella Artois

Brewed by InBev Belgium
Style: Pale Lager
Leuven, Belgium

As everyone else has said, this beer is skunky. I completely agree. Nice fluffy head, but the beer looks straw like in color, just like every other pale lager. I like darker pale lagers. Slight pilsner aroma/taste, but other than that, there is nothing much to this beer. Not a bad texture I must say. 22 oz. bottle from Greens on Ponce De Leon.

anyone smell that? oh yeah, its skunk alright. if you can get past that lovely aroma, its not bad, for 2 or 3.......

Smelled a bit skunky, and tasted so as well, with some breadiness. Overall not bad, but I wasn’t reaching for another after finishing.

My work had a little get together and someone picked up a sixer of this. I was surprised to see I hadn’t had it yet. I was pleasantly surprised. Crisp, skunky taste with a refreshing finish. Not too bad at all.

Pale yellow with a thick white head. Skunky aroma. The flavor was kind of malty with just a bit of bitterness to balance it out. Not too bad.

Tap. Pale amber pour with a small white head. Bread aroma with some grainy malt. Very faint (lacking). Some light grassy hops. Plain bready flavour, again with a tiny hint of grassy hops. Light body. Reasonable.

Bottle. Pours a crystal clear pale yellow color topped by an inch thick, rocky white head that slowly settled to a thin head and left some spotty lacing. Aroma of pilsner malt, a light graininess, dough/bread, and some light grassy hops. Smooth, crisp entry with some light maltiness and light hints of dough that transitions into a a light fruitiness (orange) paired with some soft, grassy hops that linger into a lightly bitter finish that reveals faint hints of sweet honey. Soft carbonation and light, prickly mouth feel. Overall, a non-offensive lager that is pretty dang drinkable and seems to avoid that overt skunkiness present in many foreign pale lagers. Not bad.

Stella is great! Always reliable and never on the shelf long enough for the cursed green bottle effect. Poured out the usual large white rocky head the is retained just above beer level. Ample messy lacing, nice bright clear gold colour. The first smell that hits is lemon followed by bready malts, grains and low floral scents. Always has a faint skunk but I’m used to it in this style so no biggie. Taste is always refreshing but never exciting. Grains, slight fruit, middle to end bready malts and average bitterness. Light to light medium bodied. Smoothly carbonated. Goes down smooth and dry with little bit of bitter / dull aftertaste. Probally nearer to average than I rated it but tough titties.