Stella Artois

About the beer

Source: Inbev, Leuven, Belgium
Style: Lager
Strength: 5.0% ABV
Colour: Golden

Tasting at The United (apart from the numerous times in numerous
                       bars at numerous occasions)
Rating (out of 10): 7.5

Notes:

I did have to check through my past items to see whether I have already included Stella Artois in my beer drinking journal.  It's surprising when nothing could be found actually.

The beer is popular here in the city, and there is nothing wrong with being popular.  It has an appeal of being "higher-class", and there is also nothing wrong with that, together with all its advertising efforts including advertisment (always seeing a handsome, well-dressed, male European, allured by this golden and perfectly poured glass of Stella Artois), logo (anno 1366), branded glass (stemed), slogan (She is a thing of beauty).  Everything fit together to create an image of prestige and "European" (so the word "Imported" is emphasised, spelt out and printed near the bottle-neck, although most of the bottled-beer brands we drink nowadays are imported).  It gives you a good feeling in drinking it.

On actual drinking experiences, it varies a lot.  It could be rather pale and taste-less, if the pub treated the draft beer too coldly (which is quite normal in HK).  It could contain too much gas (I don't know why) some times, and not very friendly with your stomach.  It could be quite "ordinary" in quite many times that you do not recognise which beer you are drinking if you do not look at the glass.

Anyway, I had quite a walk in the morning, and this glass of Stells Artois gave me some refreshing feeling (and together with a glass of sparkling water, answered my thirsty quest), and it worths 7.5 points.