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Stella Artois is garbage - Somehow now StarbucksChat (1 Viewer)

Evilgrin 72 said:
Come on, you're not going to shotgun Cigar City Jai Alai, even though it's crisp and smooth on a hot summer day.  There have to be beers for funneling too.  They all have their place.
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Some truth to this -- but if the object is simply to get as effed up as possible as quickly as possible, beer is not the best choice to begin with.

 
Did this just become a contest to name the most obscure regional beer you can think of? 

I refuse to drink anything but Pigfart Tripel brewed 2oz at a time in retired ashtrays from eastern airlines 747s using 4lbs of noble hops that have been soaked in yeti urine. 

 

 
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Evilgrin 72 said:
What if it's to get close to as effed up as possible, but over a moderate amount of time?
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In my case, I can get way more effed up from drinking fewer higher ABV beers (relatively) quickly.  Sixer of Hopslam or something over an hour or so for example.  Pounding lite beer just typically results in feeling bloated and like $hit long before I'm wrecked.  And for just getting wrecked, shots >>> beer IMO.

 
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Coeur de Lion said:
Some truth to this -- but if the object is simply to get as effed up as possible as quickly as possible, beer is not the best choice to begin with.
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if I start drinking at lake early I can't drink 10-15 craft/fancy beers over the coarse of the day, the taste would wear on me. Coors/bud light fit that category perfect for me if we are talking an 8-10 hour sitting of beer drinking

 
tonydead said:
Yeah WA changed the law a couple years ago, but, to get it passed taxes went way up.  So, I don't think it's any better than walking out the grocery store, turning the corner and walking into the liquor store.  Plus all those Asians and Indians lost their jobs.

Lots of states you can buy beer just about anywhere, Louisiana and Nevada come to mind.   In New Orleans there are drive through (fast food type) daiquiri shops and you can buy beer or daiquiris in the food court at the mall or at the movie theater.  Drinks to go, just have to put it in a plastic cup.  
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I was joking. I've also lived in OH, WV, MD and VA so I know my home state is the oddball on this.

 
If your goal is to drink 12-24 beers, make sure they are super tasteless and really light and low ABV just drink water. Never got the 'shotgunning' all day light beer drinking. 

But...if that's your goal I can think of 20 beers better than Stella. Like any major American mass produced beer, several Mexican ones etc...

 
mozzy84 said:
if I start drinking at lake early I can't drink 10-15 craft/fancy beers over the coarse of the day, the taste would wear on me. Coors/bud light fit that category perfect for me if we are talking an 8-10 hour sitting of beer drinking
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Drinking beer over an 8 to 10 hour period? It's almost as if you were drinking for a session. 

 
Wait,  some people can't buy beer in a grocery store? Here in Ohio we have to go to a state store for hard liquor (anything over 42 proof) but beer and wine are available at almost any grocery store,  carryout,  or even Walgreens/CVS. 

 
[icon] said:
I DO enjoy pacifico in a bottle with a lime (heresy to some, I know) when hot out as well. 

I think drinking an IPA when the heat index is above 100 degrees should be a punishment reserved for Gitmo residents. 

A Chelada is an underrated summer beer drink, IMO. Not to be confused with a Michelada which disturbingly adds tomato juice. 
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Pacifico is by far my favorite Mexican beer. 

And does a PBR with ice and a ####load of lemons in it classify as the white trash version of a chelada?  If so.... :homer:

Affectionately called "trailer park tea" at my favorite watering hole here.  :D

 
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my sink was all backed up yesterday night so i poured about half a bottle of stella artwat in there and it freed up the clog in about 20 minutes that stuff is super good at dealing with grease and hair clogs take  that to the bank    bromigos 

 
SWC said:
my sink was all backed up yesterday night so i poured about half a bottle of stella artwat in there and it freed up the clog in about 20 minutes that stuff is super good at dealing with grease and hair clogs take  that to the bank    bromigos 
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Glad you found it useful gb. 

 
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I refuse to drink anything but Pigfart Tripel brewed 2oz at a time in retired ashtrays from eastern airlines 747s using 4lbs of noble hops that have been soaked in yeti urine. 

 
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Yeah, this is a good one. Though I prefer the Lower Tibetin yeti urine versus the Highland Bhutan yeti urine. Much more earthy in finish.

 
MikeIke said:
Wait,  some people can't buy beer in a grocery store? Here in Ohio we have to go to a state store for hard liquor (anything over 42 proof) but beer and wine are available at almost any grocery store,  carryout,  or even Walgreens/CVS. 
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I live in Cincinnati & my local Kroger has a liquor store. They also just opened a craft beer bar.  :yes:

 
Buzzbait said:
I live in Cincinnati & my local Kroger has a liquor store. They also just opened a craft beer bar.  :yes:
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one funny thing is that your name makes me think about bass fishin and that is quite the quinky dink because i would rather lick a bass from the ohio river for a half an hour instead of drinking a stella artwat so man it is crazy how we were on the same thinking wavelength like that take that to the river bank

 
Ministry of Pain said:
As you age Sir Tony it gets a little harder to keep drinking heavy craft beers...unless you are satisfied with 1...I am now but I used to down 6-7 craft beers in a night...I lived down the ally from FO in Santa Monica, the stories I could tell about us closing that place many times.
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Complete opposite for me.  I was strictly a Miller High Life/Budweiser guy forever.  Started getting into amber beers about 5 years ago and that's all I drank for a few years.  Started dabbling in IPAs and now that's all I can drink.  Someone bought me a Bud Select at a ball game last weekend and it took effort to get it down.  

 
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I'm not sure how anyone can get Bud, Coors, and beers like that down when there are so many better choices now. I'd rather drink water, no schtick. Those just taste like watered down ### to me.

That being said different strokes for different folks.

 
skycriesmary said:
I'm not sure how anyone can get Bud, Coors, and beers like that down when there are so many better choices now. I'd rather drink water, no schtick. Those just taste like watered down ### to me.

That being said different strokes for different folks.
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:goodposting:

If getting drunk is so important to you then just take some shots.  Stop drinking this ####ty beer. 

 
Since this discussion has steered towards good, cheap beers you can drink all day, I'll throw Yuengling Light Lager out there.  Beats the pants off of any other mass-produced light beer.  Take that to the bank of port-a-potties, brewhans. 

 
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ClownCausedChaos2 said:
My grandfather drank Yuengling when u was a kid.  And he drank a lot of it.  This was 30 years ago or more.  I still can't smell the stuff without smelling my grandfather. 
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i respect that he drank it but man it is wierd that he used it as cologne that is all that i am sayin take that to the bank bromigo 

 
Budweiser - delicious!!!!

Yuengling Light - DOUBLE DELCICIOUS!!!

Stella - delicious!!!

Coors light - meh

IPA - AWFUL

 
bananafish said:
This seems to be the same thing with any mass-produced, imported beer. Stella, Corona, Fosters, etc. (or, if in a foreign country, Budweiser). All the locals will laugh at you for ordering what they consider swill.

I was going to include Beck's in that list, but then I remembered it's so mediocre it's not even imported anymore.
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What about guiness

 
I like beer, it makes me a jolly good fellowI like beer, it helps me unwind and sometimes it makes me feel mellow (Makes him feel mellow)Whiskey's too rough, Champagne costs too much, vodka puts my mouth in gearThis little refrain should help me explain as a matter of fact I like beer(He likes beer)My wife often frowns when we're out on the townAnd I'm wearing a suit and a tieShe's sipping vermouth and she thinks I'm uncouthWhen I yell as the waiter goes byI like beer, it makes me a jolly good fellowI like beer, it helps me unwind and sometimes it makes me feel mellow (Makes him feel mellow)Whiskey's too rough, Champagne costs too much, vodka puts my mouth in gearThis little refrain should help me explain as a matter of fact I like beer(He likes beer)
 

 
Ok, can we agree that we have established the reasons that some people don't like American macros?  If you feel the need to come in here and say stuff like "mass produced", "watered down", "piss water" or something like it, realize it's already been said at least 100 times in this thread and you're just being repetitive.  Drink what you like.  It's OK.

 
psychobillies said:
Ok, can we agree that we have established the reasons that some people don't like American macros?  If you feel the need to come in here and say stuff like "mass produced", "watered down", "piss water" or something like it, realize it's already been said at least 100 times in this thread and you're just being repetitive.  Drink what you like.  It's OK.
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Except Stella. That's not ok. 

 
psychobillies said:
Ok, can we agree that we have established the reasons that some people don't like American macros?  If you feel the need to come in here and say stuff like "mass produced", "watered down", "piss water" or something like it, realize it's already been said at least 100 times in this thread and you're just being repetitive.  Drink what you like.  It's OK.
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I'd like to hear a case why Stella is objectively bad without someone using the above listed subjective reasons. Also, excluding "because there are better options." 

 
Hang 10 said:
I'd like to hear a case why Stella is objectively bad without someone using the above listed subjective reasons. Also, excluding "because there are better options." 
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It's pretty much an American macro lager that happens to be brewed in Belgium, so it's basically a much less fresh version of something that you can get easily for half the price in another brand.  I find it bland -- nowhere near the yeast character present in the good Belgian ales, and no significant hop presence to speak of. Taste and smell has that "boiled veggie / grassy" character typical of mass-produced lagers.  The bottles are generally pretty skunky / light-struck. It's not awful like most big American lagers in that there isn't a dominant adjunct (corn, rice) presence, but it's in the same class -- except you pay much more for the "meh" with Stella. Beers like this are specifically made to be pretty bland so as to appeal to a a wide range of palates; there's nothing at all wrong with liking that, but neither is there anything wrong with preferring something with more flavor and complexity.

 
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Coeur de Lion said:
It's pretty much an American macro lager that happens to be brewed in Belgium, so it's basically a much less fresh version of something that you can get easily for half the price in another brand.  I find it bland -- nowhere near the yeast character present in the good Belgian ales, and no significant hop presence to speak of.  Taste and smell has that "boiled veggie / grassy" character typically of mass-produced lagers.  The bottles are generally pretty skunky / light-struck. It's not awful like most big American lagers in that there isn't a dominant adjunct (corn, rice) presence, but it's in the same class -- except you pay much more for the "meh" with Stella. Beers like this are specifically made to be pretty bland so as to appeal to a a wide range of palates; there's nothing at all wrong with liking that, but neither is there anything wrong with preferring something with more flavor and complexity.
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I appreciate your response. If you're used to drinking craft beers, I could see that Stella might come off as bland. To me, I like lighter beers, so maybe that's why I like Stella. It's not bland to me it's smooth. I detest beers with too much hops.

 
Remember the show Queer eye for the Straight guy.  They had a bunch of flaming homosexuals advising straight guys how to be more stylish so that they could get more out of life.  The definition of this is that guys should be more flaming, more feminine, less like guys, "guyness" being a negative trait.  Well in that show they had one of the gay guys commenting on food and drink.  He would use words like "notes', "undertones", 'harmonious blending", "sits lightly on the tongue and palate" , basically the same language I see in this thread.  All I could think of as that self proclaimed "Queer Guy" was going on and on was that he sucks ##### that have been shoved up male #######s.  I could not understand why anyone would care what he considered tasty.  I knew he was a harbinger.

 
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Hang 10 said:
I appreciate your response. If you're used to drinking craft beers, I could see that Stella might come off as bland. To me, I like lighter beers, so maybe that's why I like Stella. It's not bland to me it's smooth. I detest beers with too much hops.
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Many people do, my wife included.  Much of the American craft industry is often a race to cram the most hops into a bottle as possible due to the huge popularity of IPAs / DIPAs -- but there an absolute ton of more balanced and friendly styles too for folks that aren't fans of the bitter palate-wrecking hop character in their beers.  There are also a ton of truly great beers in Europe, and typically European styles are far more restrained with the hops and use varieties that are more slightly spicy / floral as opposed to the huge pine and citrus flavors preferred by many American micros.  Just sticking in Belgium, I'd recommend giving ales like Duvel, La Chouffe, and Piraat a try.  Heavier than Stella?  Yes, certainly, but they're still crisp and refreshing, and so much more complex in character -- but that character is driven more by the Belgian yeast vs. a heavy hand with the hops.  You might be surprised at what you like if you branch out a bit.

 
Coeur de Lion said:
Many people do, my wife included.  Much of the American craft industry is often a race to cram the most hops into a bottle as possible due to the huge popularity of IPAs / DIPAs -- but there an absolute ton of more balanced and friendly styles too for folks that aren't fans of the bitter palate-wrecking hop character in their beers.  There are also a ton of truly great beers in Europe, and typically European styles are far more restrained with the hops and use varieties that are more slightly spicy / floral as opposed to the huge pine and citrus flavors preferred by many American micros.  Just sticking in Belgium, I'd recommend giving ales like Duvel, La Chouffe, and Piraat a try.  Heavier than Stella?  Yes, certainly, but they're still crisp and refreshing, and so much more complex in character -- but that character is driven more by the Belgian yeast vs. a heavy hand with the hops.  You might be surprised at what you like if you branch out a bit.
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What are your thoughts about fat tire? That's one of my favs.

 
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