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Jon Tupper
Junior Member
Username: Jon_up_north
Post Number: 30
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 04:59 pm: | 
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Last night I sad down with a 6 pack of Stella (having run out of my own goods). I love Stella.
What would your best guess be as far as starting and finishing hops on this fine fine beer? |
Doug Pescatore
Senior Member
Username: Doug_p
Post Number: 1330
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 05:02 pm: |
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Jon,
I don't know about the hops but that stuff gives me the same headache as Bud when it is on tap. Recently I had 2 in one night with no other beers and I woke up feeling like a drank 15 beers.
I do like how it tastes on tap though.
-Doug
(Message edited by doug_p on April 25, 2005) |
Paul Edwards
Advanced Member
Username: Pedwards
Post Number: 672
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 05:13 pm: |
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I've never had a bottled Stella in the states that wasn't skunked. I've given up on green bottled beers shipped from Europe.
Only had it once on tap in Belgium. Only a so-so lager, IMHO. Esp when faced with all the other fabulous beers in the country.
Hops are Saaz. I'd guess slightly more than Bud for bitterness, maybe 20 IBU's tops. |
Craig Henry
Member
Username: Sail
Post Number: 201
Registered: 04-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 05:46 pm: |
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And I thought that I was the only one who loved Stella. I need to get together a pilgrimage to Leuven. You have to love a country where Stella flows like water, where chocolate is outstanding and waffles smothered in ice cream and chocolate syrup for an afternoon snack are the norm.
The trick to good Stella in bottles lies in the fairly light-tight 12 pack. The six packs ARE a a bad idea and often skunked. Out of the tap it is under served and probably coming from dirty taps which may encourage bad hangovers.
I think Dave Miller had a clone using Saaz but I doubt you could reproduce the stuff. Any better clones out there? |
Jon Tupper
Junior Member
Username: Jon_up_north
Post Number: 31
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 05:48 pm: |
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I was wondering if the finishing hops were fugles. It has just a slight nutty nose on the finish which I like. Good malty body as well. |
Craig Henry
Member
Username: Sail
Post Number: 202
Registered: 04-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 05:48 pm: |
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check out this link
http://www.freewebs.com/stella-artois/members.htm |
Craig Henry
Member
Username: Sail
Post Number: 203
Registered: 04-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 02:55 pm: |
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Funny you mention nutty Jon. I have often thought that as well.
Has anyone reproduced a decent clone of Stella? |
JimTanguay
Intermediate Member
Username: Pizzaman
Post Number: 441
Registered: 02-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 03:33 pm: |
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Is it just me? I'm not all that impressed with Stella... and fuggles |
Hophead
Senior Member
Username: Hophead
Post Number: 1420
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 03:38 pm: |
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I had stella on tap last week and didn't care for it much, sort of like their version of budweiser, which may explain DP's headache phenomenon...  |
Herman Holtrop
New Member
Username: Iluvhops
Post Number: 4
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 05:16 pm: |
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quote: http://www.stellaartois.be/nl/brewery/b_31.asp Stella Artois selecteert enkel de fijnste soorten hop. Die halen we in België, Duitsland, Tsjechië, Slovakije…
Stella uses only the finest hopvarieties. Which we get in Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia. |
Bill Pierce
Moderator
Username: Billpierce
Post Number: 2934
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 07:01 pm: |
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Stella Artois is getting to be common in these parts. The local brewpub/bistro has it on tap, along with both Leffe Blonde and Brune, and Hoegaarden, as well as four of their own beers. The bartender tells me it's shipped by air now and we get it within a few of weeks of leaving the brewery, so it's relatively fresh.
I had a Stella the other night; it was the only import on tap at a local Thai restaurant. I thought it was all right for a Euro lager, if hardly spectacular; my wife said it actually tasted like beer compared to her bottled Singha. You could taste both malt and hops, about 20 IBUs to my palate. I would have said Saaz and Hallertauer were the varieties, although there could have been a touch of Fuggle-like flavor, perhaps from Styrian Goldings, which are a continental variant of Fuggles. |
Paul Erbe
Member
Username: Perbe
Post Number: 125
Registered: 05-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 07:44 pm: |
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Stella is a beer my wife likes, I would say its the Belgian BMC. If I was going for that type of beer I would rather have a Stiegl. Not Belgian but Stella is not what I would consider a good belgian beer either.
(Message edited by perbe on April 26, 2005)
(Message edited by perbe on April 26, 2005)
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Beerboy AKA The Jolly Brewer
Advanced Member
Username: Matfink
Post Number: 667
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 11:09 am: |
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Stella in on every tap in every pub in the UK. It's horrible stuff IMO, tastes horrible, gives you horrible hangovers and makes people act crazy. It is known as 'wife beater' here, and with good reason. Eurgh! |
Craig Henry
Member
Username: Sail
Post Number: 204
Registered: 04-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - 12:30 pm: |
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I must say after consuming it in the UK (in some quantity) I would swear it had some extra kick not found in the US. Almost a hallucinatory effect or THC.
So I wouldn't disagree with the stuff served in the UK. I don't believe it is identical to the product in the US. That extra special ingredient seems absent here. |
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