Stella down to 4.6%

Vinyl Score said:
Alcohol is flavourless, if they just stopped the fermentation at 4.6%, there would be more carbs left & therefore more flavour, so they must have changed "the recipe" too, probably more maize & less hops to suit the crappy over-sweet modern diet. Most mass-produced, non-secondary-fermented Lager is shite & "Pilseners" are a shadow of real Pilsen beer.

Drink Real Ale & you're also not paying for massive marketing campaigns, but you might have to "re-educate" your pallette. I sometimes drink a generic supermarket ale, like Lidl Amber Ale with 5% alcohol. Not exactly special, but certainly not "tasteless" & cheaper than heavily advertised branded crap.
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Both the American IPA and Amber Ale Excellent and in bottles too. Tins seem to interfere with taste for me.
 


PTR said:
Where do people get this idea that San Mig is good from?
Its shit.
Its the beer they sell holiday makers. Its not what the locals drink.
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It is good.

It's not that common on tap in Spain neither - Cruzcampo and Estrella Damm are. I'm sure there's another cheaper pissier one anarl but I can't remember what it is.
 
raindog said:
Both the American IPA and Amber Ale Excellent and in bottles too. Tins seem to interfere with taste for me.
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yeah, I live with the slight metallic taste to save money, it's another flavour, it's already compromised by being filtered & pasteurised anyway.

Bottle conditioned ales if I'm feeling flush with cash.
 
chriswallace85 said:
It is good.

It's not that common on tap in Spain neither - Cruzcampo and Estrella Damm are. I'm sure there's another cheaper pissier one anarl but I can't remember what it is.
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San Mig used to be everywhere. The marketing was good. But exactly my point, people have seen through it and replaced it with better options.
The UK one has bounced between different companies iirc, at one point it was made at the same place as McEwans. Either way, its just another UK made lager, nowt to do with the Spanish product
 
PTR said:
San Mig used to be everywhere. The marketing was good. But exactly my point, people have seen through it and replaced it with better options.
The UK one has bounced between different companies iirc, at one point it was made at the same place as McEwans. Either way, its just another UK made lager, nowt to do with the Spanish product
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San Miguel's never been a Spanish beer anyway.
 
I find San Miguel very gassy

Stella was always my first choice but changed that to Moretti these days

The bottles of Effes from b&m are mint
 
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What A Waster said:
When Stella cut from 5% to 4.8% they saved over £8m in alcohol duty.
This move will be to 4.6% for the same reason despite them claiming they're trying to promote responsible drinking.

Saw something a few years ago, Carling was claiming to be 4% on the cans. When tested it was 3.7%. They don't have to declare this on the can, as there is a margin of error of 0.3% allowed. So they're selling 3.7% beer and saving fortunes in duty.

Wouldn't surprise me if stella is now somewhere around the 4.3% mark.
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The legal variation is plus or minus 0.5% in the UK and i wouldn't be surprised if all major brewers aren't applying the lower level.
 

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