written by Gray66 on 07/09/2019
I recently bought cans from my local spar i always drink Stella but This seems to be flat no taste i seem to be wasting my money has anybody else noticed the change in the taste of this product
written by ShyannO'Connor38 on 02/05/2019
I'm sorry Stella Artois, but this is the worst beer I have ever tasted. I poured the entire 6 pack down the drain. Just terrible, really! It also has an after taste as if you were given dental numbing medication. I'm not exaggerating, this beer is horrible and definately non-refereshing!! Don't waste your money.
written by O'Donnelljf488 on 15/11/2017
Bitter and cheap tasting. Leaves an after taste that is hard to get rid of! Wouldn't drink this swill if it was free. Avoid at ALL costs!
written by McCormack20 on 18/06/2016
Lets be honest, this beer tastes like garbage. Now I am just trying to get the taste out of my mind and memory. Horrible
written by Emmap271 on 22/11/2014
First they finished the destruction of Budweiser that AB started by dilution and now Stella. Local draft product tastes pretty good but the bottled product is pretty much water. There must be be a water cut after kegs are filled! Was Gruber their consultant ? Miller Lite is now a better tasting beer that Stella or Bud ! Good rule of thumb...if it's an INBEV product keep shopping!
written by thejapplasterer on 17/03/2014
I have not bothered to drink stella for over a yr because the taste was totally different from previous times. Decided to try again for watching the rugby wales v scotland why oh why did i bother its still got that horrible tang to it I should have known better when I saw it in asda for £3 for a 4 pack perhaps its noit selling due to the taste and this is supposed to be a premium lager total joke. Anyway back to drinking a real true nice tasting lager its called warsteiner its brill. Stella if you want people to buy it go back to the old recipe and back to 5.2. No stars!
written by on 18/09/2013
Since INBEV started reducing alcohol content in its premium beers, I've had to look elsewhere for the taste that I enjoy from a premium strength lager. I can remember stella being 5.4% at one point and now it's 4.8%. It no longer tastes like stella and is more like generic , tasteless UK lagers. In fact it's vile.
written by superseven707 on 02/06/2013
After seeing two strength reductions from 5.2% to 5% and 4.8% last year Stella Artois is now a pale imitation of its former self. It has lost its distinctive taste and smell and will eventually lose market share as people realise they are being ripped off as it's even more expensive despite the reduction in strength. I now go to Aldi's or Lidls and get their genuine German lagers and pay much less for more taste and a strength of 5% or more. Inbev you deserve to lose money now for trying to rip off the British public, don't forget Stella remains the same strength and taste on the continent.
written by PeterJSav on 11/04/2013
I used to be a regular Stella drinker until a couple of years ago the brewers changed this most refreshingly enjoyable beer to one that resembles the likes of Fosters or Carlsberg. Over the last few years I've been trying out alternatives as I just won't drink Stella in its present form. In the end, I settled on San Miguel. Now, don't get me wrong this is a very nice drop of beer, especially when enjoyed on Summer evenings. But, I really miss the unique taste and flavor of the 5.2% Stella. I always drank it from the bottle (I just find beer tastes better from the bottle) When I used to crack a bottle I loved the smell. To me it always smelled like good quality green (for those who like a smoke) being burned. It was very unfortunate that this got the "wife beater" name, because this beer never made me violent or aggressive. On the contrary, it made me feel relaxed and very happy and that all was well with the world. I think those people who used to get violent after drinking a few Stel's are the type of people who'd get violent and aggressive after a couple of Supermarket own brand beers! I hope someday the brewers restore this once great beer back to its former glory. Now that would be a day to celebrate with a (5.2%) Stella!
written by on 20/03/2013
This lager is no better than average in any respect. On a par with carlsberg, fosters, hofmeister and carling. Once it was a great drink now its cheap swill and I avoid it.
written by Lager_Lover on 30/12/2012
Stella Artois has always been an acquired taste. However, love it or loathe it Stella had an aftertaste that was unique. A classic after work on a Friday lager that could leave you relaxed and refreshed yet drink too much and you could ruin your evening! A great, great lager nonetheless, so long as you were careful! Unfortunately, since InBev's UK tax avoidance policy to reduce the volume from 5.2% to 5% it has tasted like watered down stella, yet you pay the same price. Another reduction to 4.8% makes the drink unrecognisable to how it's meant to be. An awful drink that dies in the mouth and leaves you craving for water . 4.8% is rough stuff and I would recommend everyone to avoid this terrible version of a fine drink! Don't buy it unless you're outside the UK!
written by on 28/05/2012
What have they done! All us wife beaters will have to turn to San Miguel. Stella used to be one of the best but it'll never see the inside of my fridge again. I'd now struggle to tell the difference between it and Carlsberg or a pint of p_I_ss. Never buy ever, Stella. Never buy ever Stella.
written by Toolm8kr on 10/05/2012
I have been drinking Stella religiously for ten years. I don't know what happened but for the last few months it has deteriorated into a complete waste. First their cans turned cheap. When they made this new "chalice can", all the tabs pulled off and didn't open the can. Every can was all wrinkled and mis shapen. They havent much better since either They took away the nice embossing they used to have on the can too. It used to be a classy can. Now it's just like a cheap, thin, foil like pos. Now the beer itself has become undrinkable. It is not the same beer. It tastes awful. Did they think that they could trick me and I was too stupid to notice? Thanks a lot Stella for ruining my favorite beer. I am never buying Stella again after a decade of patronage. L
Written on: 05/09/2012
Hi, I agree. I have drunk Stella for around 15 years and never had a problem with it. Having done a lot of experimentation with food I stuck with Stella because of it's purity. Over the last 6 months the quality has plummeted. Not a great shock with huge companies wanting more profit for less quality hiding behind a "quality" brand. I don't know for sure but I strongly suspect they are using genetically modified grain which, for me, is deadly. I can drink the stuff, it never makes me violent, or angry (that for me is a "how you are" thing, alcohol just magnifies how you are feeling) instead now I feel "dull" inside the next day and when drinking it I don't get that merry feeling I used to get. I always knew exactly where I was with Stella when drinking it, it was an honest beer which you could measure how p*ssed you could get. Now the more I drink the worse I fel without the euphoria! I have tried it in every type of tin and bottle, no different. I used to say that for some reason the 500ml cans were the worst and stopped buying them, now it is all of it. All I have to do now is find a new gem!
written by richardcllewellyn on 02/04/2012
Just how the makers of " stella artois " have the nerve to print belgiums original on the can these days is a mystery to me. first of all, it is now brewed in the uk and tastes nothing like the original,and the alchohol content has now been reduced for the second time. shame on them, they have ruined on of the great beers, in the pursuit of higher profit. I wouldnt use it to flush the toilet now,and pray that all lovers of good beer will refuse to buy this abomination labeled"belgiums original".
written by on 20/02/2011
it does not the deserve the notoriety is has created for itself. It simply isnt good enough to make that claim.
no stars not offered.
written by LLucan on 13/03/2008
Brewed at Magor near Newport, South Wales. Full of additives, that's its danger.
Written on: 05/09/2012
I agree, they have changed it and I now think they are using GM products. Has badly slipped downhill in the last 6 months. I have drunk it for 15 years and enjoyed (non aggresively) it I stopped drinking it now, terrible stuff. Like all manufacturers, take a good brand, over market, reduce quality and then sell "cheap" in big piles. Been done on plenty of other products.
written by djeva1 on 13/12/2006
Stella Artois beer, has got to be one of the the most doctored beers in in the whole of beerland. It has an appalling aftertaste similar to the chemicals used to clean draught beer pipes with, i am sure that could be the reason as to why Stella gives headaches and causes me to throw up. It is a disgusting beer and i cannot understand as to why it is so popular but i would not go to the extreme to say that Stella beer encourages aggression all that boils down to the mood and state of mind at a particular time
Written on: 14/05/2008
Interested in djeva1's comments. I drink a few pints of beer in the pub with no side effects but get a bad headache after just one can of Stella at home. I did find another comment on the net about headaches from canned beer but it did not specify which brew it was.
Written on: 05/09/2012
Been drinking Stella for 15 years. Not anymore. I am certain that they are using GM products. In the last 6 months the quality has plumetted and instead of a euphoric high I get dulled down and the next day I feel battered. I have never got violent on booze just a little daft. Now I just get a little low and hurt something Stella used to do. Here's my theory...Big brand, over market it, use cheap ingredients, sell in big piles cheap! I am looking for another tipple any ideas, quality is way more important than quantity!!
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Peterjsav's Response to Lager_Lover's Review
Written on: 11/04/2013
I miss the good 5.2% stuff so much I'm prepared to buy from overseas. Do you know if they still sell the good stuff in other countries.