Stella Artois

Pros: Easily quaffable; Non- offensive
Cons: Typical mass- produced lager; Skunky smell

When most beer lovers think about Belgium beer, they conjure up images of delectable Belgian abbeys with their distinct and complex flavors and aromas. But among Belgium’s best selling brews, a few of them are not abbeys but lagers- brewed in a style ...

Pros: Decent hops, nice malt body, very enjoyable beer.
Cons: Green glass. Skunk. Arrrggghhhh!

Among all the many charming and idiosyncratic countries of Europe, perhaps no other is as charming or as idiosyncratic as tiny Belgium. The Belgians have their own unique and devil-may-care attitude when it comes to life, and it may well be that ...

Pros: Says "beer" on the label
Cons: American beer quality at import beer prices!

Belgium is the most delightful country I've ever visited --- full of charm and warmth and a sense of true humor and humanity. It's a country where life seems to revolve around chocolate and beer, and you'll have to forgive me if I can find no fault ...

Pros: decent brew at times
Cons: green bottles and only average despite marketing

Those who get into craft beer learn that Belgium produces an inordinate amount of great brews. The brewers in Belgium are quirky and very adept at their craft. It is startling to conceive that they could also produce some average or sub-par beer. ...

Pros: Taste, Price, relaxing, cool name.
Cons: drink to much and you wake up with a bad headache.

I was first introduced to Stella Artois 4 years ago, when I first reached an age where I could buy my own beer. I picked Stella because of one factor, an absolutely ingenious ad campaign that describes Stella Artois as "Reassuringly Expen ...

Pros: Cheap, refreshing and all too readily available
Cons: It's OK

Midsummer's day. It conjures up all kinds of images of pagan celebrations, doesn't it? No it doesn't for me either.
What it does mean to me is that this is the longest day of the year. Today, in my part of the world, it doesn't really get dark - it...

Pros: Easy drinker, nice character, lots of memories
Cons: Green bottles

Sometimes the quality of a beer is worth so much more than the contents of the glass. Many in the know will tell you that Stella Artois is little more than an average lager. At RateBeer.com, Stella Artois averages 2.79 (out of 5) based on 271 ratings. In...

Pros: Can't swing a dead cat without hitting a Stella tap
Cons: Takes tap space away from more deserving Belgian beers

The things I do sometimes. My first experience with Stella Artois came almost seven years ago. I was at the Kinsale Tavern on the Upper East Side, a lovely Irish pub with a couple of dozen uninspiring taps; that night I could not stand ...

Pros: Clean, light, easy to drink.
Cons: Nothing special.

Over the weekend, I went to Brooklyn to the “D.U.M.B.O Art Under the Bridge” festival, DUMBO, being the cute, and self-depreciating acronym for “Down Underneath Manhattan Bridge Overpass”, a former waterfront industrial area located in between the...

Pros: higher alcohol content, easy to drink
Cons: bitter after-taste, expensive in USA

I made my first trip to a U.S. liquor store the other day to pick up something to bring to a party. I'd been back in the States for two whole weeks before purchasing alcohol? you ask with shock and horror? Well, the answer is yes, because I've...

Pros: creamy head and initial taste; smooth finish; light body
Cons: flavor is mostly dry, bitter, bland and watery after the first few swigs

I’ve travelled to many different countries and I’ve noticed the most popular beers are usually some of the least impressive. In the USA we have Budweiser, Miller and Coors and Europe has Carlsberg and Stella Artois. Stella is definitely a ...

Pros: very nice smell and taste; pairs great with a variety of foods
Cons: bitter - not a Con for me but many people want a smoother beer

Belgian's imported Stella Artois beer has been catching on quickly in America. Many restaurants and bars now have this beer, much to my delight. Stella is a pilsner first brewed in the 1920s as a Christmas brew. It has a lovely golden color with a ...

Pros: Spicy, resinous hoppiness. Clean aftertaste.
Cons: There are so many pilsners on the market, they can become boring.

Sebastien Artois opened his first brewery in 1717, but northern Europe didn't have the pleasure of this fine pils until 1926.

A pils is a northern (usually Dutch) style pilsner beer. And another fact for fellow beer...

Pros: Refreshing and easy to drink pilsner lager.
Cons: Not much character; could use more hops.

My wonderful wife gave me a 6-pack of Stella Artois, and so this is what this famous beer is like. Oh yes: Stella Artois is available as draught beer in UK, but I have found it to be a very bland and uninteresting beer, whereas the bottled stuff is much...

Pros: smooth
Cons: too pricey?

The date given on the label for when STELLA ARTOIS' brewery was established is in the mid 1300s, but only in the last few years has this Belgian beer become really popular in Britain and throughout Western Europe. I would say that STELLA has a...