i'd say Stella was closer to Heineken than Bud. I don't really like Heineken though, so...

SleepingMartyr

Dude Stella is not Brewed with rice, Stella may be the Belgian equivalent to Budweiser in it's ubiquity but it is blasphemous to even suggest the two taste the same Stella is a superior beer besides and it's only a dollar more per glass.

Nemesisesq

If you're selling a velvet cloth PSP bag Crown Royal > Stella

Final

Locally brewed Australian Stella... absolute ass. Don't do it.

The local Heineken tastes even worse than the imported swill. That's saying something.

You don't even want to know what they did to the Becks. Epic fail. Nathan Lion & Fosters make some of the filthiest swill ever.

jbang

Someone needs to get a new set of tastebuds.

grspec

you need to get out more if you somehow think Stella tastes like Bud...

Wegmans

"I like paying $5 a glass for an import that tastes identical to Budweiser."

Stella tastes like Bud? Sounds like someone's been smoking some bud, rather than drinking any.

davebg5

Heinekin RULES! Especialy with little ice crystals in it. Get me one NOW! ...Oh boy, oh Boy, oh Boy, *Glug* *Glug* *Glug* Ahhhh, BluRRPP!

MagnoliaBoy

Ah. Good ol' "wife beater"... I mean, Stella.

gerbick

@davebg5: @Wegmans: cut Mark some slack, this is Gizmodo...they drink Appletini's, not beer

stupidjerk

lol@ comments about Stella tasting like Bud. Unlike Budweiser, Stella isn't made with hose-water, rice, and wood pulp.

Segador

Adds new meaning to 'drinking game' =d

melikespi

know what i think of when i hear "stella artois"....steller twat....someone said that to me once and it's stuck

RedBeard

Stella>Budweiser, but only by the slimmest of margins. They are both pretty bad. But now, owned by the same company.

The Magnificen7

I love's me some Stella....NO resemblance to Budweiser whatsoever.

Jimbuck

Belginas would take that comment very very roughly... Don't touch their beer!.. and never dare to liken it to Heineken either ;-). They might speak the same language -dutch- but its a very different culture...

And Bud.. the quintessential all-american beer is now officially owned by Stella's brewers, ImBev, a belgian-brazilian company...

I still fail to see the connection with the PSP though!

garci66

I fail to see the connection between the PSP and Stella Artois -- fabulous beer by the way ;) Can't see this helping the PSP's flagging sales though, even if they included a free case of Stella with every purchase!
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PrettyGadget

Two companies opposed to homebrew coming together for a custom PSP.

The cosmic ballet...continues.

strider_mt2k

I'm jumping on the Stella wagon here, you need to a) Not know a thing about beer
b)Not have any taste buds or c) Are a douce

DarwinCB

a friend of mine went to belgium last september to go to the F1 race at Spa, and said all the belgians referred to stella as "wife beater." apparently it's regarded pretty low over there. i guess when you've got the likes of Chimay to compete with it's hard to keep a good reputation.
i haven't drank it since :P

nbenko

Oh yeah that PSP actually looks sweet

ichi1

Stella tastes the same as budweiser in the same way my piss tastes like grolsch. Don't mess with stella !!!

ichi1

Not sure if it's the PSP lover in me or the beer lover in me that wants this more...

ZombieRace

@strider_mt2k: Well done! BTW, I think Stella is now due for a Firmware update. Someone is trying to install custom hops.

Sora57

@strider_mt2k: Does someone want to sit next to this guy?

OMG! Ponies!

Stella does not taste like Budweiser. Soon, Budweiser may taste like Stella, though.

Way to sell out a great American brand, Cindy McCain!

[www.iht.com]

OMG! Ponies!

Green Bottled Beer Hierarchy (not that there's that big of a difference between green and brown bottles, fools):

Grolsch = Heineken = Stella = Summit > Becks > Rolling Rock

Human Bomb

Meh, Stella's not all that, but yeah, comparing it to Bud is pretty lame. For one, AFAIK, they don't use any of the adjuncts (corn, rice) that the mass-market American lagers do. This gives it a more pleasant, "real beer" flavor.

Beyond that, it's not got much going for it. It's better than American swill, but pretty shitty as far as premium foreign brews go.

kaosfere

Stella is not a great beer, but Bud probably one of the most disgusting beers ever....even Bud Light tastes better

efenili

@Human Bomb: Wait.... that wasn't Summit... DAMN it what was the other one?

Human Bomb

Stella in no way tastes anything like Bud!

radikaled

I normally don't comment here, but come on. Stella tasting like Bud-heavy? Give me a break.

de gustibus non est disputandum

MoFlava

wtf? Stella tasting like bud? That's blasphemy.

y2julio

@stupidjerk: Funniest thing I've read ALL DAY!

Ambiguous Blob 2.0

@DarwinCB: You either meant A) a ton (in weight) or B) a device for washing out the vagina. Me thinks that if you're going to call someone out, and a name like "douche" at the same time, then you need to first learn how to spell the putdown correctly or run the risk of sounding like it yourself, just saying...

Ambiguous Blob 2.0

Stella tastes like bud ... if you throw some ice cubes in there and let it melt!

dangj307

I thought that stella was considered malt liquor. If I'm right, how does malt liquor taste like bud?

kentnmiller

@stupidjerk: Adam and Benny both have partaken of the three best letters in the alphabet - PBR. And they enjoyed it.

OMG! Ponies!

It's labeled as malt liquor here in Texas.

kentnmiller

@kentnmiller: hmmm stella is not malt liquor my friend you are long off the path. Malt Liquor tends to be from 6 % to 9% in strength and Stella is 5 % to 5.2 % depending on country variations.

ichi1

Stella tastes NOTHING like Bud... unless someone's been feeding you some donkey piss in Stella bottles.

Posavoie

Man, Mark, you really know how to start a beer-themed flame war, don't you? *Psst* (Guys, he probably likes Stella, he just wants more angry comments.) =P

michaelportent

@Gessho: Mis-spelling! I meant Chimay...

Gessho

@davebg5: Really, it does suck. If you want a good Belgian beer drink Chumay. Stella is the Coors Light of Belgium.

Gessho

STeeeeeeeeeLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

VideoVampire

Stella doesn't taste like budweiser because neither of them taste like anything more than vodka in seltzer water.

you wussies and your wussy yellow piss-beers... i know, i know, you'd drink something with flavor but, like, OMG it would go right to your thighs... and then how would you fit into your cute abercrombie pre-faded emo-jeans?

nutbastard

@nutbastard: Abercrombie doesn't sell emo jeans. Maybe you need to go to PepBoys and buy some more Paxil.

Vander

Stella Artois. Sounds like something you need to have checked out by a doctor.

And, you're all wrong on your beer choices. Real men drink Colt 45.

"Colt 45 -- Works every time!"

ottermann

@Vander:

forgive the faux pas regarding a store ive never actually set foot in...

nutbastard

I'm sorry, but Bud tastes like arse... Who in there right mind would make beer with rice anyway? Beer's only real ingredients are: water, hops, barley, and yeast... NO RICE, No sewer water... Stella isn't the best in the world, but it's a thousand times better than any yahkee beer, esp. Bud...

tinkertank

lol wtf are u talking about.. and also the one who's talking about stella would be like heineken...
I'm from the netherlands.. Heineken = SHIT.
Stella (and Jupiler) are very good beers :)
$5 a glass? :p €1.80 up here ..

tiC

It's ok Mark, I remember when I had my first beer, they all tasted the same!

As for Stella, it's a good beer with strong marketing (thus the religious followers), however I'd suggest Peroni for the uninitiated.

cfness