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[Mightyfire89]

Originally Posted by Cappy

I live in a condo with a concierge. I have never had a delivery issue once.

Look at Mr Monopoly guy here. Deliveries of monocles and top hats, presumably.

[Cappy]

Originally Posted by Mightyfire89

Look at Mr Monopoly guy here. Deliveries of monocles and top hats, presumably.

Spoiler!

All kidding aside. Porch pirates, missed deliveries, all that crap. never had to deal with it. such a relief.

[fotze2]

I say!

[Swift]

Hadn't had Stella Artois in a few years and picked up a six pack this evening. Tastes awful. Checked the label and noticed it's now brewed in Canada. Turns out that happened a few years ago and there are plenty of reddit posts complaining about the taste now.

So frickin skunky. A good beer ruined.

[curves2000]

Originally Posted by Swift

Hadn't had Stella Artois in a few years and picked up a six pack this evening. Tastes awful. Checked the label and noticed it's now brewed in Canada. Turns out that happened a few years ago and there are plenty of reddit posts complaining about the taste now.

So frickin skunky. A good beer ruined.

I can't believe what I just read!! You are right! I always loved Stella and I noticed it just doesn't taste as crisp and premium as I recalled. Now I know why, it's just another random lager but with a premium price.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by curves2000

I can't believe what I just read!! You are right! I always loved Stella and I noticed it just doesn't taste as crisp and premium as I recalled. Now I know why, it's just another random lager but with a premium price.

Premium


Hahaha

[Brendone]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Premium


Hahaha

But… gold rim glass… scraping foam off the top… must be premium?

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Wait until he finds out about Grey Goose

[Locke]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Wait until he finds out about Grey Goose

Hey! You shut your mouth! As soon as people find out I make that in my bathtub my sales are going to tank! Thats my retirement you're messing with! Not cool dude! Not. Cool!

[curves2000]

Well Stella was for sure a 100% higher end premium European beer. A mainstream beer that was sold globally as a great Belgium beer. Are there better tasting beers, more exclusive beers, smaller brewery beers? Ya 100%. I love a properly poured Stella but recently thought something was different and now I know why.

Goose is Goose. A different style of vodka but made for North American palate with their verison of the premium marketing too. It's like Calfornia Cab, all robust, fruity/sweet as a 2023 wine.

[Whynotnow]

Originally Posted by curves2000

Well Stella was for sure a 100% higher end premium European beer. A mainstream beer that was sold globally as a great Belgium beer. Are there better tasting beers, more exclusive beers, smaller brewery beers? Ya 100%. I love a properly poured Stella but recently thought something was different and now I know why.

Goose is Goose. A different style of vodka but made for North American palate with their verison of the premium marketing too. It's like Calfornia Cab, all robust, fruity/sweet as a 2023 wine.

Stella is to Belgian beers as Molson Canadian (or Pilsner)is to Canadian beers.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Premium


Hahaha

Originally Posted by Whynotnow

Stella is to Belgian beers as Molson Canadian (or Pilsner)is to Canadian beers.

Yeah I’m blown away by this discussion.

My family in the UK calls it “wife beater”

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Whynotnow

Stella is to Belgian beers as Molson Canadian (or Pilsner)is to Canadian beers.

Testament to good marketing. I think, after successfully marketing it as a “premium” beer in NA (which clearly worked as some people are super susceptible to marketing) they tried the same thing in Belgium and got entirely rejected as Belgians were already too familiar with it.

In the UK it’s known as “wife beater” because the perception is that it’s drunk by the type of guys who binge drink and beat their wife.

Molson Canadian is probably the best example brand wise. But taste wise you could “properly pour” Coors Light into the gold rimmed glass and you’d fool 90% of Stella drinkers.

[SilverKast]

I got laughed at in Australia for having Stella and thinking it was premium years back. Didn't realize that outside of North America it's thought of as piss. Although they come here and seem to think Moosehead is premium so fair's fair.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Testament to good marketing. I think, after successfully marketing it as a “premium” beer in NA (which clearly worked as some people are super susceptible to marketing) they tried the same thing in Belgium and got entirely rejected as Belgians were already too familiar with it.

In the UK it’s known as “wife beater” because the perception is that it’s drunk by the type of guys who binge drink and beat their wife.

Molson Canadian is probably the best example brand wise. But taste wise you could “properly pour” Coors Light into the gold rimmed glass and you’d fool 90% of Stella drinkers.

Not a chance. Stella tastes like a literal skunk. It's disgusting.

Coors Light tastes like lightly flavoured water. I know this because - much to my chagrin - I've become a Coors Light drinker over the past couple years. Started just to have fewer calories, then kinda liked how you could have a few without a hangover, and now it's my go-to.

I'm just saying flavour-wise a Coors Light drinker will immediately flag a Stella as gross since we are used to a very mild taste.

[Titan2]

Between Sliver and his coloured water and Locke with his mayonnaise hot sauce, we got some real sophisticated palates here!

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Not a chance. Stella tastes like a literal skunk. It's disgusting.

Coors Light tastes like lightly flavoured water. I know this because - much to my chagrin - I've become a Coors Light drinker over the past couple years. Started just to have fewer calories, then kinda liked how you could have a few without a hangover, and now it's my go-to.

I'm just saying flavour-wise a Coors Light drinker will immediately flag a Stella as gross since we are used to a very mild taste.

Stella only tastes that way when you get it in the bottles, since for whatever reason those seem to go skunky super fast. From the tap it’s about as bland and inoffensive as any beer available. Maybe CL was a stretch, but a PBR or Miller for sure.

And man, there’s something nice about spending all day in the sun drinking 24 Coors Light and maintaining the perfect buzz. No shade at Coors Light at all, it’s better than Stella.

[Fuzz]

Green and clear bottles can make skunky beer. Never buy anything not in a brown bottle that's sitting anywhere near sunlight.


Decades ago I was in China, and their beer was in 750ml bottles, and it was the same two brands everywhere. The bottles were re-used, so stores always had mixes all clear, white and brown. Exact same beer, but we learned quickly to only buy the brown bottles.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Originally Posted by curves2000

Well Stella was for sure a 100% higher end premium European beer.

It never was. Maybe commercials with a narrator who had a vaguely European accent convinced you that it was this, but it wasn't. Actual "higher end premium European beers" are not as accessible to the market - they're not just more expensive, they're less drinkable for the average person who isn't into fancy beer. So actual "premium European beers", even the ones that are actually produced by large corporations like Inbev or AB (Leffe Blond for example) don't get put on an Earls menu.

Stella Artois is Budweiser. It's McDonalds. Same as Heineken. The most basic marketing assumption for "premium" goods is if someone went to the trouble to bring it all the way from Europe, it must be good enough to be worth that effort. Nope.

[Roughneck]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Decades ago I was in China, and their beer was in 750ml bottles, and it was the same two brands everywhere. The bottles were re-used, so stores always had mixes all clear, white and brown. Exact same beer, but we learned quickly to only buy the brown bottles.

Could be worse