Stella Artois is garbage - Somehow now StarbucksChat (3 Viewers)

[SWC]

Apparently Stella is a multi-purpose product.  Thus far drain opening, and possum disposal.  I wonder if it can be used for removal of epoxy floor paint.

dont forget carbeurator cleanin bromigo take that to the bank

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

dont forget carbeurator cleanin bromigo take that to the bank

In seeing this I realize I do not have any carburetors.  Not on my vehicles, not on my yard tools.  Not a one.  That shocks me.

 

[Coeur de Lion]

American Pilsners:  Victory Prima, Firestone Walker Pivo, and Sierra Nevada Nooner are all very good and easy to find.  As far as locally here in the Midwest, New Glarus Two Women is really good.

 

[Bob Magaw]

brohan you do not have to actually have something to take it to the bank you are clearly not a brodi knight look all i am sayin is do or do not there is no try when it comes to understanding the way to the bank 

The farce is strong with this one.

 

[General Malaise]

Yeah, that Nooner is very good.  Just wish they'd sell it in 12 packs here.  

 

[Bonzai]

Yeah, that Nooner is very good.  Just wish they'd sell it in 12 packs here.  

Get in 12 pack cans around here.  Drink it all the time. 

 

[SWC]

dont forget carbeurator cleanin bromigo take that to the bank

In seeing this I realize I do not have any carburetors.  Not on my vehicles, not on my yard tools.  Not a one.  That shocks me.

i am a firm believer that this right here is where the country fell off the tracks brohan take that to the bank

 

[General Malaise]

Get in 12 pack cans around here.  Drink it all the time. 

Is that right?  I need to look harder for this then.  I bought a 12 pack of their Pale Ale in cans this week, but need to, uh, restock now.

 

[Dickies]

Stella is horrible.  It is pretty much undrinkable out of the bottle (will do it if I want to get drunk and it's the only option) and while drinkable on tap it is mediocre and terribly overpriced.  It's Belgium's equivalent to PBR.  I honestly think the only people who drink Stella do so because they don't know what a good beer is, but want people to think that they like drinking good beer.

 

[Christo]

Whoa....Starbucks coffee is excellent.  

No, it's not.

 

[belljr]

I don't know the difference between a pilsner, ipa or whatever other stupid beer categories there are

 

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I don't know the difference between a pilsner, ipa or whatever other stupid beer categories there are

GENERALLY SPEAKING:
Pilsner is your more standard lighter beer most Americans are familiar with
IPA = more Bitter, Hoppier flavors that can have a mouth drying effect. Degree varies based on amount/type of hops. 

 

[SHIZNITTTT]

by all means if you like it please stop drinking it.  not cool man

 

[tonydead]

I don't know the difference between a pilsner, ipa or whatever other stupid beer categories there are

The biggest difference between those two is one is an Ale and the other a Lager.  Completely different fermentation process.

 

[Bob Magaw]

The biggest difference between those two is one is an Ale and the other a Lager.  Completely different fermentation process.

Which kind is this (Bud + Schlitz = Butz)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ocCHr3Cz04

Or Willer?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzfXvTuZE-A

Mad TV Coors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOabl5h5iUU

* Since it came up earlier, albeit in a SLIGHTLY different context, Great Divide Brewing Company has a whole line of Yeti beers (though can't vouch for them, never tried).

http://greatdivide.com/beers/

 

[tommyboy]

Just horribly bad. Worse than Heineken. 

Heineken is good 

 

[tommyboy]

I'll grant you that Starbucks customers can be a bit obnoxious with their drink orders that read like a passage from Dr. Seuss.  But if you just like black coffee, Starbucks beans are really hard to beat for the price.  I'll take their Dark Roasts available at Costco over anything else for the money.

Best is Mt hood roasters, stop in next time you go up the mountain

 

[MikeIke]

I was drinking an IPA while I was putting 36" tires on my Corvette, so you might be on to something.

Pics or GT eff out. 

 

[ditka311]

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.  

Bell's Amber was my "gateway" beer I guess and then Oktoberfest/Marzen beers. Then had a Lakefront IPA during a tour of the brewery and that was it. Complete hophead now, although I do like a good stout and love me some barrel aged goodness. 

 

[shuke]

Yeah, that Nooner is very good.  Just wish they'd sell it in 12 packs here.  

If only you could find a store that would be willing to sell you two six-packs.

 

[psychobillies]

Pics or GT eff out. 

You don't believe that I was drinking an IPA?

 

[dickey moe]

Heineken is good 

...for nothing.

 

[Cabin Owner]

Stella is what poor hillbilly losers drink when they're trying to pretend they're not poor hillbilly losers.

 

[tommyboy]

It's better than miller

 

[cstu]

GENERALLY SPEAKING:
Pilsner is your more standard lighter beer most Americans are familiar with
IPA = more Bitter, Hoppier flavors that can have a mouth drying effect. Degree varies based on amount/type of hops. 

Hops have ruined the beer industry to people like me.  I'm a fan of ales but most of them are so hoppy I can't stand them.  Pretty much stick to Belgians (especially witbier),

 

[skycriesmary]

Whoa....Starbucks coffee is excellent.  

Yeah, beats the hell outta Stumptown, eh? 

 

[skycriesmary]

I'll grant you that Starbucks customers can be a bit obnoxious with their drink orders that read like a passage from Dr. Seuss.  But if you just like black coffee, Starbucks beans are really hard to beat for the price.  I'll take their Dark Roasts available at Costco over anything else for the money.




 

Seriously? Try the dark roasts at Trader Joe's. About the same cost, and light years better.

 

[cstu]

I'll grant you that Starbucks customers can be a bit obnoxious with their drink orders that read like a passage from Dr. Seuss.  But if you just like black coffee, Starbucks beans are really hard to beat for the price.  I'll take their Dark Roasts available at Costco over anything else for the money.

Starbucks burns their beans so they always taste the same as well as to mask the taste of lower quality beans.  They're the McDonald's of coffee.

 

[bud29]

Starbucks burns their beans so they always taste the same as well as to mask the taste of lower quality beans.  They're the McDonald's of coffee.

I'd say the McDonalds of coffee is McDonalds - their coffee sucks too.

 

[Northern Voice]

Hops have ruined the beer industry to people like me.  I'm a fan of ales but most of them are so hoppy I can't stand them.  Pretty much stick to Belgians (especially witbier),

Is the US craft beer industry really this one dimensional? I know the push down there has been more and more for IPA's and the like. Up here, thankfully the focus has returned to more balanced beers. Ontario craft breweries have always been heavily influenced by German and English traditions ad of course there are some trying to do more and more with hop heavy IPA styles but not to the extent of ignoring other traditional styles, like it seems you're saying is the case in the States.

I'd say right now the biggest growth style is kolsch/lagered ale. New versions are coming out from all over and since I lean to pilsner/kolsch/helles type german lagers for the summer, I couldn't be happier. 

I loved the belgians and witbiers for a while, but it seems since Kronenbourg Blanc got a big push, they're getting sweeter and more orange juicy - but maybe my tastes have just changed.

 

[Northern Voice]

I'd say the McDonalds of coffee is McDonalds - their coffee sucks too.

Still better than Tim Hortons

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Is the US craft beer industry really this one dimensional? I know the push down there has been more and more for IPA's and the like. Up here, thankfully the focus has returned to more balanced beers. Ontario craft breweries have always been heavily influenced by German and English traditions ad of course there are some trying to do more and more with hop heavy IPA styles but not to the extent of ignoring other traditional styles, like it seems you're saying is the case in the States.

I'd say right now the biggest growth style is kolsch/lagered ale. New versions are coming out from all over and since I lean to pilsner/kolsch/helles type german lagers for the summer, I couldn't be happier. 

I loved the belgians and witbiers for a while, but it seems since Kronenbourg Blanc got a big push, they're getting sweeter and more orange juicy - but maybe my tastes have just changed.

no you can find plenty of different styles and a lot of experimental stuff.  seems like when something is a hit though everyone mimics that style

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Hops have ruined the beer industry to people like me.  I'm a fan of ales but most of them are so hoppy I can't stand them.  Pretty much stick to Belgians (especially witbier),

I'm actually waiting for the Hard Soda craze to die down so my grocery store can expand it's selection of craft beer...that garbage is taking up way too much valuable space.  I do have a great beer/liquor store nearby but sometimes it's nice to just pick up a some decent beer while i'm doing the rest of my shopping (plus any trip to the fancy store is an automatic $100)

 

[Buzzbait]

Hops have ruined the beer industry to people like me.  I'm a fan of ales but most of them are so hoppy I can't stand them.  Pretty much stick to Belgians (especially witbier),

No, most ales are not hoppy.  If you don't like hoppy beer .... then don't buy IPA or APAs. There are TONS of beers out there that aren't of that variety. I will grant you that they were (still are?) the craze so they dominate the shelves but not so much so that you can't find lots of other options. Russian Imperial Stout, Hefeweizen, Bock, Scotch Ale, etc, etc. IPA and APA are only two of a long list of ale styles.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/style/

 

[Rush Raygun]

Seriously? Try the dark roasts at Trader Joe's. About the same cost, and light years better.

Tim Hortons >>>>>>>> Starbucks

 

[Rush Raygun]

Still better than Tim Hortons

You, sir, are hearby challenged to a duel. :slapsyourfacewithmyglove:

 

[tommyboy]

Hortons is pisswater

 

[shuke]

I don't understand how Tim Horton's remains in business.

 

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I don't understand how Tim Horton's remains in business.

I've not had a good look at their books, but I'm guessing it's by way of turning a modest profit on an annual basis. 

 

[Brony]

Everything that you're drinking that you currently enjoy, does, in fact, suck.

 

[tonydead]

no you can find plenty of different styles and a lot of experimental stuff.  seems like when something is a hit though everyone mimics that style

No, most ales are not hoppy.  If you don't like hoppy beer .... then don't buy IPA or APAs. There are TONS of beers out there that aren't of that variety. I will grant you that they were (still are?) the craze so they dominate the shelves but not so much so that you can't find lots of other options. Russian Imperial Stout, Hefeweizen, Bock, Scotch Ale, etc, etc. IPA and APA are only two of a long list of ale styles.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/style/

I'm totally on a sour kick right now.  Bar nearby always has several rotating in their taps.  And they have an amazing kitchen.  

 

[Bob Magaw]

I forgot to mention Bellhaven Scottish Ale, one of my favorites.

 

[General Malaise]

Yeah, beats the hell outta Stumptown, eh? 

Yup, absolutely.  I think Stumptown is overrated and tastes weak.  I drink black coffee every day.  I'll take Starbucks French Roast over anything else for the money.  Sorry.

 

[General Malaise]

Starbucks burns their beans so they always taste the same as well as to mask the taste of lower quality beans.  They're the McDonald's of coffee.

I'd actually like to see proof of this.

 

[tommyboy]

Yup, absolutely.  I think Stumptown is overrated and tastes weak.  I drink black coffee every day.  I'll take Starbucks French Roast over anything else for the money.  Sorry.

Try the trader Joe's 5bean espresso roast

 

[Coeur de Lion]

It's a matter of taste IMO.  Starbuck's absolutely does roast their beans darker than do most other places / brands, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the beans are crap.  Some people prefer the darker roasts, some people prefer the lighter.  It's not fair to compare a huge chain like Starbuck's to smaller more expensive kinds of beans (I'm a huge fan of Intelligentsia), anyway.  As far as big chains go, I like Starbuck's, and I drink my coffee black also.

 

[General Malaise]

I do like a dark roast, so maybe it's the burnt beans I enjoy.  I can't stand Starbucks "Pike" blend, which is really poor quality, IMO.  But anything dark is fine by me.  The Costco bag of beans provides our family the best bang for the buck.  

 

[Trey]

Enjoying some ice cold Stella bottles with the fiance before hitting a pair of viewings. Seems like a quality pre-wake beverage to me. 

 

[cstu]

I do like a dark roast, so maybe it's the burnt beans I enjoy.  I can't stand Starbucks "Pike" blend, which is really poor quality, IMO.  But anything dark is fine by me.  The Costco bag of beans provides our family the best bang for the buck.  

I'm kidding, Starbucks coffee is ok.  I just put milk and sugar in it anyway.

But cheap beer, nothing I can put in that to make it better.

 

[Britney Spears]

The U S and A doesn't do a whole lot better. I just spent a couple weeks in a flat in Bangkok, and the only American brands that had retail space within a few block walk were McDonalds, Starbucks, and KFC. It's like we're purposely exporting the worst #### we have. 

Wait a minute here.