Stella Artois

Sorry Stella. 12 ounce bottle from Glenville beverage. Golden color was beautiful and I was pumped about trying this one. White head, looked clean and refreshing. Then I smelled it. Maybe it was a skunky bottle, maybe too much light got in. Or maybe not. Maybe it was just a bad beer. Tasted skunky. I barely could finish this one.

Crisp gold but I’ve come to prefer a little darker hue in even my lagers and pilsners. Taste is not reminiscent of Heineken at all and has this sourness. The sourness makes it inconsistent for me.

On tap at a hotel restaurant. Poured into a pilsner glass, bright golden yellow with a small head that left no lacing. Nice champagne bubbles rising to the top, though. Pungent aroma, skunky like a heineken. Flavor was less offensive - somewhere between cardboard and grains. Watery mouthfeel, nice carbonation (best part of the beer), and dry aftertaste. A place that serves this probably also serves more appealing alternatives - go for the alternative.

Draft - Gold with lacing formed a white head. some hoppy favor and aroma, but not too hoppy for style. Better then standard cheap beers. Good snappy finish. This may have been better because served on draft.

Standard plae lager, but overall more enjoyable. The appearance is true to the style, yellow, white foam. The aroma is not bad, grassy, not sign of corn or other adjuncts. The flavor has a grassy, earthy quality that sets it above others of the style (this doesn’t say much). Good bitter finish. OK overall.

Draught 0.35L glass at Belge. Pale white head had dissappeared when waiter carried it to the table. Bright pale golden colour. Grassy mild taste. Mild hoppiness at the end. MIld nose.

Not a bad tasting lager, you can do a lot worse, just not as reassuringly expensive as the adverts would have us believe

A decent enough lager. Refreshing and gows down easily, but it’s nothing special. I rarely order it anymore.