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The company's slogan for Stella is "Reassuringly Expensive." They're trying to market it as some sort of a luxury beer. My opinion of Stella is that it's a pretty average lager. It's good, but it doesn't really stand out. I can buy better lagers for less at just about any store that might carry Stella Artois.

Yes, I've often wondered about that slogan too. Everybody I know refers to Stella as "Wife Beater". It's something Chavs drink before embarking on a night of holliganing.

Every time I've tried Stella it's tasted pretty horrible. That's saying something considering the last time I tried it I had just finished off a pitcher of something else, and I should have been too smashed to taste anything.

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The company's slogan for Stella is "Reassuringly Expensive." They're trying to market it as some sort of a luxury beer. My opinion of Stella is that it's a pretty average lager. It's good, but it doesn't really stand out. I can buy better lagers for less at just about any store that might carry Stella Artois.

Yes, I've often wondered about that slogan too. Everybody I know refers to Stella as "Wife Beater". It's something Chavs drink before embarking on a night of holliganing.

Every time I've tried Stella it's tasted pretty horrible. That's saying something considering the last time I tried it I had just finished off a pitcher of something else, and I should have been too smashed to taste anything.

Yep, to me it just tastes of chemicals. If that makes sense given the obvious stupidity of the statement. It's pretty nasty stuff.

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My favourite beer is Hob Goblin. :)

Can't believe I forgot about Hobgoblin!

Unfortunately, my local pub has stopped serving it for some reason, so I'm left with either buying it in bottles at the overpriced specialty beverage store, or settling for an inferior brew.


Sad.

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Arrogant Bastard

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Holy crap batwoman.... Thats some interesting stuff there.

It's brewed within walking distance of where I live. I really should try it.

I've only been drinking for a little over a year, and I'm not a big fan of beer yet. I don't mind Negra Modelo though.

Recently my fav has been:

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I can't help but think it was originally produced for Europe

:) If it was produced for europe it is highly unlikely that there would have been two waiters...and the woman would have been extremely lucky to get her drink before whatever programme the commercial is interrupting ends, let alone before the commercial ends.

How often do television commercials reflect reality? Their purpose is to shape reality not reflect it. That said, maybe it was made for America, hence reflecting how Americans imagine Europe. After all, the notion that a sophisticated woman in a red dress would enter a bistro by herself and order a beer is itself rather preposterous.

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I don't mind Negra Modelo though.

It goes great with enchiladas. [grin]

The best beer I've ever had was at Pike's Brewery up in Seattle. It was called Kiltlifer. It's great stuff. I've found bottles where I'm at now, but it tastes sooo much better fresh out the tap.

Paulaner Hefeweizen is a good one too.

I have a couple of friends and acquaintances who own breweries and brewpubs, and a couple of friends and I brew our own, so I'm typically drinking very local stuff that doesn't make it out of the market. It's cheap, it's fresh, it's often some of the best beer you can find, I'm supporting local businesses, and it's sometimes even made from local crops. Honestly, if you want to make beer a qualitative consumption experience rather than a quantitative consumption experience, drink local.

Beers that I drink from brewers I don't know: anything from Ommegang, Allagash, 21st Amendment, BrewDog, Hacker-Pschorr, Clipper City, Sly Fox, Stone, in no particular order (though I really do love Ommegang and Allagash).

People love their hometown sports teams and hometown junk food, but for some reason they completely skip over their hometown beer. What could be more perfect for a Philadelphian than sitting at a Phillies game, eating a cheese steak and drinking a Sly Fox IPA?

To all the people who said they like Guinness and do not live in Ireland: you almost certainly have a brewery or brewpub near you that makes a better stout. You almost certainly have 5 more than make a worse one, but come on, it's only one drink, try to live a little and see what's out there.

Myopic Rhino: if you've only just started drinking beer, Arrogant Bastard--like all really hoppy beers--is an acquired taste. It took drinking a Californian-style IPA (more citrusy hops as opposed to the earthier, spicier English hops) from a hand-pumped cask (luxuriously smooth, no carbon dioxide to make it astringent, not shockingly cold to freeze the taste buds) to teach me how to taste and appreciate hops. I now drink everything else and like it (hell, I can now tell what a brewer did *wrong* based on the taste of the beer), but there was definitely a period of time where I didn't "get" really hoppy stuff.