UN-BEER-LIEVABLE Beer lovers furious as Stella Artois reduces alcohol percentage and say it ‘tastes of nothing

Neo wrote:STELLA Artois has angered boozy Brits after it changed its recipe to reduce the amount of alcohol in its lagers.

Boozers say the beer now "tastes of nothing" following a reduction from 4.8% to 4.6% in September last year.

Stella owners Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I say they've lowered the alcohol content in its canned, draft and gluten-free versions to capitalise on the popularity of "wellness trends".

It last cut ABV from 5% to 4.8% in 2012 citing “evolving” drinking trends in the UK.

But the move is said to have saved previous brewers AB inBev up to £8.6million a year in duty, according to alcoholpolicy.net.

The latest reduction has left beer lovers fuming and sparked a surge in one star reviews across supermarket websites from customers.


One person even joked they'd contracted coronavirus because they "could taste nothing" while sipping the lager. Losing your sense of taste is a key Covid-19 symptom.

In a scathing review on Tesco's website, the person wrote: "Today I cracked open a can of Stella 4.6% and thought I had Covid, since I could not taste anything."

https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/14099167/fury-stella-artois-reduces-alcohol-percentage-lagers/

It tastes like American piss lagers now. ;)

lustyslogger wrote:Lite beer is like sex in a canoe.  Both are fucking close to water

HawkTheSlayer wrote:

lustyslogger wrote:Lite beer is like sex in a canoe.  Both are fucking close to water

Lol. I just can't drink lite beer.

lustyslogger wrote:My favorite beer (other than my own of course) is Old Speckled Hen, an English beer.

BTW, the Old Speckled Hen refers, not to a chicken but to an MG used to run around the MG plant when cars were made there.  The beer was brewed on the site of the MG plant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Speckled_Hen

Calypso Jones wrote:once in a while i like a dark beer like Texas Bach...but i always need help getting to the car.