Stella Artois

Brewed by InBev Belgium
Style: Pale Lager
Leuven, Belgium

Nothing truly special -- in the same league as Coors light & Budweiser.

I think everyone finally realized that Stella is just a Belgian silver bullet. It has all the same qualities of an American Light.

Bottle. Pale coluor, skunky aroma. Grassy hops in taste. Standard euro lager

Pretty bad, cheap-tasting lager. In my opinion, Stella Artois is about on par with most American macro lagers. There’s very little to recommend it. The color is a pale, drab yellow. The small white head dissipates very quickly. There’s little aroma, except for a muted cheap malt note, overly sweet and more reminiscent of corn than barley, although I don’t believe that adjuncts are used. The flavor is similarly dominated by a cheap, overly sweet malt flavor. There are some hops in there, I guess. The beer is not entirely without crispness when cold. Still, the feel is rather thin, even for a lager probably based on a pilsner style. Overall, I’m not a fan of Stella. The flavor is unclean, which is a pretty big problem for me in a light lager.

Sour metallic vinegar veneer quickly gives way to boisterously cloying finish which remains acidic but with an off-putting syrupy sweetness reminiscent of over-fermented apples. Strong sour chemical sensation throughout, including morning after. The headiness of the alcohol is apparent from the first taste which isn’t a good sign. Actually it tastes even more alcoholic than it is. Not a very enjoyable drink- Aggressively marketed; Expensive, and not reassuringly so.

Stella. Drink all the time if it’s on tap. In the last few years has become an american staple. My fallback beer. Sweet, grassy, malty and better then other macro alternatives. If I am at a bar I will take this over a yuengling unless of course they have specialties or seasonal’s.

Poured pale yellow, slight skunk, clean, smooth, grassy, little malty, little grainy.

Bottle. Boring but not disturbingly bad pale lager. KInd of like the smell of it, it´s a bit more hoppy than your standard pale lager.