Subsidiaries
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
11.2 oz. clear bottle bought at Total Wine - Melbourne, FL. Pours a crystal clear gold color with a tight white head and good retention. Virtually no lacing. Sweet corn malt aroma. Sweet corn malt flavor to match the nose. Lightly crisp mouthfeel. Very clean and smooth. A little less grainy than your average macro lager. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2020
at 00:14
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Noticed this bottle at my local Métro store. Pretty sure last year they had a nice bottle, but was the same old Stella. This time, 6.5% ABV. Cork and cage. Pours a light golden colour with a creamy-frothy white cap, kind of warm, with good retention and some creamy thick lacing. The bubbles look smaller. A little skunk in the nose, but not much. Slightly richer cereal malts. Refreshing mouthfeel, but a little heavier than the regular Stella. Still, a decent pils-like hoppy finish. I don't mind this one to celebrate the end of 2018.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2018
at 04:53
5/10
Tried
on 20 Mar 2016
at 21:24
2.8/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 2
Pours a hazy pale yellow-lime color, toppe dwith no real head to speak of. Mild fruity aroma, and very sweet, sugary fruity taste. No beer-like qualities to be noted, really. Not even a radler.
Tried
on 04 Apr 2015
at 08:01
2/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 1
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
Designer drink in between lemonade and beer rather than a real beer, already developed in the nineties by Labatt but now produced by AB InBev. Called a ’malternative’, this drink is purely marketing and represents the beery one in a series of lemonade-like alcopops (which got a lot of bad attention later for allegedly leading youngsters to alcohol). Loose, unstable foam, colour a lemonade greenish. Very sweet and very artificial, lemonade-like taste with loads of sugar and ascorbic acid, lemon extracts as well, no finish. It feels weird to rate this as a ’beer’ because although made from malt and even (indiscernible) hops, there is litterally nothing beery about this anymore; for me this belongs to the fringes of what can still be called beer, which makes it at least philosophically interesting. Was tested on the Belgian market some years ago and fortunately I haven’t come across it since.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jul 2014
at 13:41
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
A reddish brown schwarzbier with a thin lacing brown head. In aroma, sweet caramel malt, light corn syrup. In mouth, a sweet watery mess, reminiscent of other Argentina darks, cloying and not good. Bottle from Mercado Economico, Colonia, UY.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2014
at 14:04
2.4/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Bought in Albania. Muffig herb-würziger Antrunk, dessen Aromen sich im Mittelteil kaum anders verhalten. Muffig, billig, trocken, irgendwie einfach falsch, dabei dürftig und billig hellmalzig. Etwas herber Ausklang. /4/4/4/6/4
Tried
on 08 Sep 2011
at 09:34
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Originally rated May 2010. I forgot this brew in my fridge because I waited for the right moment to test it. Comes in a Champagne looking bottle. Tried it in a Champagne glass at first and then rated it in a lager glass. Pours a yellow-golden colour with a big white creamy head that stays a long time and leaves decent lacing. The cork lists 7 (then a cymbol) and 11. The best before date says 07.09.08. The nose is warm with alcohol and the malt is grainy with hints of honey and bananas. Creamy mouthfeel but still not much stickiness. The higher alcohol percentage does not burn. The flavours reminds me of the aromas, with grainy malts, notes of bananas, alcohol, mild hops and a metallic touch. This is like a creamier and stronger Stella Artois, but still nothing too amazing (or close to Champagne - even with the bubbles). Was nice to celebrate the 640th anniversary of Stella (which will never happen again... ha, ha).
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2011
at 14:46
3.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
[Courtesy of Cellar] Clear golden with tiny white head. Sweet grainy aroma with cardboard notes. Flavor likewise and somewhat watery.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2008
at 07:20
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Green bottle, 750 ml, best before 06.09.08, purchased at deVine & Wines, savoured on August 16 2008; eye: golden, clear, champagne-style white head that falls rapidly but leaves a sheet of head on the beer, light effervescence, lacing; nose: malt, grain, caramel, corn, light hops; mouth: malt, syrupy, rather sweet, layer of caramel throughout the sip, corn, finale in big caramel with presence of malt, cloying, medium body, slightly grainy texture, average carbonation; overall: disappointing FRANÇAIS Bouteille verte, 750 ml, meilleure avant 06.09.08, achetée chez deVine & Wines, savourée le 16 août 2008; œil : dorée, claire, mousse blanche style champagne qui tombe assez rapidement et se transforme en une couverture, légère effervescence, dentelle; nez : malt, grain, caramel, maïs, léger houblon; bouche : malt, sirupeuse, plutôt sucrée, couche de caramel durant toute la gorgée, maïs, finale en gros caramel avec une présence de malt, toquante, corps moyen, texture légèrement granuleuse, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : déçu
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2008
at 16:50