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Did anyone else notice that stella taste different lately? Its not as good ever since they started brewing it in St Louis

>> No.19840633

>>19840629
>Did anyone else notice that stella taste different lately?
no, I don't think so

>> No.19840635

>>19840629
definitely and i heard they're giving half their assets to ukraine and, you won't believe it, the other half to israel!

>> No.19840638

Its been a bit shit since they knocked it down from 5.2% tbqhwyf

>> No.19840641

>>19840638
When was that

>> No.19840652

>>19840641
had to google it, 2008 here in blighty

>> No.19840656

>>19840652
Oh I wouldn't know then. I didnt start drinking stella til 2013. Couppe years ago they stopped importing it and started brewing it domestically and it's been a decline in quality ever since.

>> No.19840665

>>19840656
>>19840652
Stella is niet eens een fatsoenlijk bier, fieus.

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>>19840656
for whatever reason it was my fave in my youth. but yeah it was probably only ever good from strasbourg or wherever its from. like i've never tried pabst or miller but i bet the brit version is shite compared to burger original

anyway i'm currently drinking a sidecar - 2 pts cognac, 1 pt cointreau, 0.5 pt lemon juice. pretty nice, recommend if you like sweet n sour kinda stuff

>> No.19840684

i never liked it. these meme euro beers suck
give me something quaffable like sam adams

>> No.19840692

It tastes the same as it has for the last 5 years or so.
It's you who has changed. It happens to me with lots of commercial beers known for their consistency.
Drink it every day, every 2nd day, every week for 3 years and all of a sudden it tastes different. You can swear there's an earthy aftertaste, did it always have that nasty sweetness?

Part of life bro.

>> No.19840737

>>19840692
Cant be right. My dad says it taste different too.

>> No.19840740

>>19840737
Your father isn't immune to the passage of time either. You and he will come to realise this sooner than you would like.

>> No.19840779

>>19840740
No man, I'm pretty sure the flavor changed when they started brewing it domestically instead of importing it

>> No.19840802

it was never good
it's american stlye pisswater slop for people who want beer but don't like the taste beer

>> No.19840843

for me, it is canadian-brewed Sapporo

>> No.19840872
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19840872

I bought some Stella for the first time a few days ago, along with some Modelo Negra. Both decent beers but not as good as Yuengling (also they cost twice as much).

>> No.19840894

>>19840779
>the flavor changed when they started brewing it domestically instead of importing it
this is pretty common with big international drinks. it will be the change in water source that is affecting the flavour. this is why mcdonald's has such a robust water filter in all their stores, to ensure all drinks taste the same worldwide.

>> No.19840901

>>19840843
They started brewing it in LA and became disgusting

>> No.19840904

>>19840872
Cant get yuengling on the west coast

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>>19840904
My condolences anon

>> No.19840908

>>19840906
My dad went to Florida to see if he wanted to retire there. He said thats one of the best beers he's ever had. Feels bad man. Ive never been east of the mississippi

>> No.19840911

>>19840908
They have a brewery in Florida coincidentally. Hopefully they'll expand their distribution more in the future.

>> No.19840921

>>19840872
Also I realized the Yuengling in that pic is in a Stella Artois glass, lol

>> No.19840927

>>19840872
>>19840906
>lager
I gotta try a good lager some day, but honestly I'm extremely disgusted by "estrella damm" which I have drank liters and liters, fucking trash beer

>> No.19841212

Gonna bump

>> No.19841239

>>19840629
Man i thought it was just me, i got a bottle at a restaurant the other day and it tasted more like a Heineken. Wtf happened

>> No.19841267

>>19841239
Changed brewing location. Thats my guess at least. Americans cant brew for shit

>> No.19841302

>>19840629
If Stella ever tasted good (in America, anyway) it was a long time ago. Like, pre-2007. As long as I've been drinking, it's tasted noticeably worse than cheaper domestics. Perfectly willing to believe it's different in Europe, though.
>>19840679
Very nice. I'm jealous. I just finished a pisco sour. Bottled lemon juice rather than fresh lime juice, because that was what was on hand. I used what tasted like a decent quality pisco, and it reinforced my view that fresh juice is more important than top shelf booze for cocktail quality.

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>>19840629

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>>19840629
Come on, anon, "brewing under license" is perfectly normal. And it's actually more expensive for the company, since they have to ship huge supplies of water all the way from Belgium to America. I mean, surely they wouldn't change the beer's #1 ingredient, which every brewer knows is super important, right?

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>>19840629
Honestly if a brewery wants to pull this shit, they should follow the positive example of Guinness Blonde. Not only did were they up-front about it being brewed in Baltimore, but that actually became a selling point. It's only an issue when companies try continuing to charge a "premium" import price for something now made in your own backyard.

>> No.19841449

>>19841302
>noticeably worse than cheaper domestics.
Really? Like what?

>> No.19841467

>>19841449
Bud Light

>> No.19841477

>>19841467
Are you joking?

>> No.19841492

>>19840629
Couldn't tell - it's been shit since AB bought it.

>> No.19841655

>>19840629
I avoid beers that are brewed under license outside their country of origin.
You're just buying the brand, the product is essentially fake.
Buy local beers, or genuine imported beers if you want quality.

>> No.19841677

>>19841655
They used to be imported :(

>> No.19841695

If you refuse to drink the local brewed shit they will give up and just sell the imports. That's what happened here.

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19841710

This is reminding me of how rolling rock was apparently decent before it got bought out

>> No.19841908

>>19841710
How long ago was that

>> No.19841921

>>19841710
I last had Rolling Rock in late 2007, the Angry Nint...Video Game Nerd inspired the purchase, the label was painted on, I hear it's a sticker now....shame.

I remember it being extremely watery. I need to retry it now.

>> No.19841928

>>19840904
>>19840908
yuengling is decent but it isn't god's gift to man. with that said, it is interesting how american amber/reds are way more of a thing east of the mississippi than they are west of it... yuengling, brooklyn lager, eliot ness, abita amber are all popular examples of the style that you can't get over here.

>> No.19842015

>>19841928
Oh gross, red ales suck

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>>19842015
not a red ale, an amber lager. (red and amber are used interchangably for the american style.) it's more similar to a vienna lager than anything

>> No.19842144

>>19840692
>t. Anheuser-Busch spokesman

>> No.19842149

>>19840629
anyone remember those old /b/ threads where you could get custom engraved Stella chalices? i got like 3 of them made, i still have 2 of them, gave one to my friend but he said it broke this year when he moved :(

>> No.19842161

>>19841928
>yuengling is decent but it isn't god's gift to man
At the rate that decent beers are disappearing, it is.

>> No.19842362

>>19840665
Beter dan de Carapils (rouge) die je waarschijnlijk drinkt, europoor

>> No.19842523

>>19842362
Cara is voor studentjes die niet weten hoe ge zat moet worden op een budget, derdewereldling.

Cara Rouge heb ik wel nog nooit geprobeerd. Het zou me fatsoenlijke kriek kunnen zijn voor de prijs.

>> No.19842604

>>19841908
In 2006 when they got bought out

>> No.19842863

>>19840872
I'll never understand the hype with this caramel coloring, corn adjunct meme beer. I feel like normies end up thinking it's good just because of the reddish hue it has from the artificial coloring. You guys know that doesn't come from the malt right?

>> No.19843017

>>19842037
Ive had American made vienna "style" lagers. I havent liked them. But my interaction with them has been limited

>> No.19843033

I can not remember the last time I bought Stella. Can't even remember the last time I saw it advertised.

>> No.19843057

>>19840908
Yuengling isn't the beer to end all beers but its price to quality ratio is basically unbeatable. It's cheap as fuck and surprisingly good for the cost.

>> No.19843493

>>19843033
Thats odd. Am I the only person who likes stella?

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19844051

Bump?

>> No.19844052

>>19840629
Like /b/, it was never good.

>> No.19844120

>>19842863
Sorry you have shitty taste bro. I don't care what fucking color it is btw.

>> No.19844334

>>19840629
Huh, I am Belgian and yes Stella is one of my favorite beers. I checked the can it is 5.2% here.
>>19840665
STFU RETARD I was going to comment on pretentious people saying this is a shit beer but restrained myself and then I see this shit comment. Go have your fancy beer created by the monks oh wait it is not oh wait I know several people who work and own some of the biggest beer companies in the world actually the current owner of Boon put my PC together way back in 2007 when we were bros. So go suck a dick you pretentious boring homo. Go have your Duvel or Geuze you fucking midwit retard.

>> No.19844352

>>19844334
Now Duvel is shit, have to say. Would rather a stella any day. Is stella frowned upon because it's seen as the budweiser of europe or something? I don't understand why everyone on /ck/ turns their nose up to it.

>> No.19844385

It has been shit for a long time now in the UK. At least a decade. I'd take it over most other supermarket swill, but that's not saying much

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19844417

>>19843493
No everyone does. And it tastes way better out of a bottle and preferably 25cl over 33cl right? Working class people like Jupiler because of it's association with big soccer and pretentious middle class people like abdij beer or whatever. So they decided Stella must be shit since you know it is sold worldwide so "popular" and "commercial" it must be really shitty then. I'm sure there are plenty of Japanese soy guys working in a microbrewery or something who think commercial beers like Asahi suck for no other reason than to be elitist losers lol.
>>19844352
Yup, I fucking hate Duvel with a passion. It is the choice drink of degenerates who pretend to be cultured. It is extremely acidic and taste wise there is nothing special going on well not in the good sense of the word anyways. In short: Stella is frowned upon because it can be found anywhere and Belgians love nothing more than to hate on anything that is successful, popular, and widely available. It is common for people to have an oddly strong and vocal dislike for McDonalds for example. But they will still go to a shitty Frietkot to have food that is much worse taste and healthwise.

>> No.19844439

>>19844417
>I'm sure there are plenty of Japanese soy guys working in a microbrewery or something who think commercial beers like Asahi suck for no other reason than to be elitist losers lol.
Asahi does suck though. Worst Japanese megabrew by far.

>> No.19844449

>>19844385
UK version is 4.6% ABV apparently? Wikipedia says the original is 5.2, and in the US it's 5.0

>> No.19845310

>>19844449
Macros in UK have been steadily lowering their ABV, partly for 'health' reasons, and partly to keep up with tax increases.
Same thing for spirits, big brands recently dropped from 40% to 38%

>> No.19846330

>>19844334
>the current owner of Boon put my PC together way back in 2007
and I'm unironically a close relative of the guy who's running Westmalle.

Stella is in the decent half of the Jupiler, Maes, Cristal tier of regular pils, but I absolutely fucking hate their pretending to be high-end international marketing; and the fucking kelkglazen.
Boerekes are shit too BTW. Those ribbed ones were exactly what it needed.

>>19844417
Duvel is indeed complete shit, but I dislike Stella because it's pretending to be something it's not; and Jupiler is slightly better imho, even though I don't watch soccer.

>> No.19846602

>>19844334
>oh wait I know several people who work and own some of the biggest beer companies in the world actually the current owner of Boon put my PC together way back in 2007 when we were bros.
Like what the fuck does this have to do with anything? I swear to god butthurt vlamingen are hilarious. Such class insecurity(worthy of americans) and victim mentality.

>> No.19846835

>>19840629
>they started brewing it in St Louis
Let me get this straight. They brew it here but we still get charged import beer prices for it?