In life we seem to blame anyone or anything for all sorts things that go wrong, but there’s one culprit who probably gets more than his fair share of blame. The Stella.
Lets be honest lads it’s happened to us all; a few pints of Stella the night before somehow turned that thing lying next to you on the Sunday morning into Kylie and to save face you tell her that the front door is [honestly] damaged, and that she really does have to leave via your bedroom window and slide down the drain pipe. Having said that, a few pints of the stuff the next weekend will result in you finding her even worse mate looking just as ‘beautiful’ come closing time.
Any bloke that says this hasn’t happened to him is either a liar or even worse looking that the girl and got knocked back.
With an alcohol content of 5.2%, Stella Artois is one of the stronger beers on the market, hence the hangover and limited memories from the night before!! Originally designed as a special Christmas brew in 1926, the beer has since become one of the worlds biggest selling beers and is now available in over eighty countries. In almost eighty years of brewing, the beer has always been brewed in the same way; water from the well below the brewery, malt, Bohemian hops, barley and a unique Stella Artois yeast. The beer is actually brewed for longer than most others on the market and this is another factor deemed to influence the crisp, fresh taste.
The thing that I like about Stella is that it doesn’t give as bitter an after taste as so many of its competitors. Not only is the taste so refreshing but it remains this way throughout the pint, and the next one, and the…oh, you know the story! The beer is a transparent golden/auburn colour and is available in bottles (250ml, 330ml, 660ml, 1 litre), cans (440ml, 500ml, 568ml), a five litre barrel (I have only seen these at Asdas and they are a must buy, even only for the uniqueness and to impress your friends!) and of course through the tap in many a local pub.
If you can handle the high alcohol content then your only other worry will be the price. Whilst bottles and cans vary greatly and often have special offers in the supermarket, you are always looking to pay around £2.30 a pint in the pub. This is the one thing that puts me off as many pubs offer other beers at a much better price that counteracts against the superior taste. In most pubs now you will also find that they stock the latest glass from Stella as well, which is uniquely designed to make the drinking experience better. Around the top of the glass it curves slightly outwards which not only helps maintain the head but also encourages you to hold the glass further down which helps keep it cooler for longer. The recommended temperature for drinking Stella is between 4 and 6 degrees Celsius.
For those of you even more desperate, you can win a years supply through this link: http://www.dgm2.com/m/datalocator/b.asp?A=12117&I=8583&C=spctpg8 which I found (and of course entered!!) whilst researching for this opinion.
Apologies if anyone was offended by my opening comments, as any lad will tell you, we’re sure she had a nice personality.
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Advantages: Tasty, clean crisp flavour, Moorish, can drink it all night Disadvantages: Expensive, can remain over the limit for driving for the whole of the next day
Advantages: Tasty, clean crisp flavour, Moorish, can drink it all night Disadvantages: Expensive, can remain over the limit for driving for the whole of the next day
Nov 20th, 2003
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