TommyymmoT: FirstNationalBastard: Why do companies lower alcohol levels in their products?

People don't drink for the wonderful taste... they drink to get farked up.

Because then, you have to buy more to achieve the desired effect.
Even though the "brewers" will claim it's for your own well being, it all comes down to how they can make more money.

If you RTFA you would see Britain has a tax on beverages above 5.0% alcohol so they are scaling it back to 4.8% to avoid taxes. No real difference in the number of beers it takes to get drunk (unless it takes you more than 20 beers)

theorellior: I'll maybe drink a Stella, but there's plenty of better selections to make. Plus, the people who get snockered on Bud probably could use a reduction in their alcohol intake.

So, basically, I'm okay with this.

Stella Artois is the Coors Light of Europe sold to gullible Americans who think they are being trendy by drinking it.

Typical liberal government. Taking away the ability to enjoy my beer without having to go to the bathroom every 26 minutes.

I'm actually allergic to Budweiser. Not sure what it is but something in it gives me the same symptoms as hay fever. No other beer does it and I can drink other Bud products with no problems.

i'm surprised anheuser-busch being allowed to ship product to the UK was not perceived as an act of war.

my apologies to all across the pond. if i had the power none of this would have happened.

KrispyKritter: i'm surprised anheuser-busch being allowed to ship product to the UK was not perceived as an act of war.

my apologies to all across the pond. if i had the power none of this would have happened.

It's ok; just another point upon which to mock America.

/How is American beer like sex in a canoe?

Sometime doing a very bad thing to a product doesn't really affect it at all. Pretty much depends on what you're starting with I guess...

People who drink Stella are mostly women. Women are often concerned about their weight, hence their caloric intake. So this makes sense, sorta.

FWIW Stella doesn't take like piss IMHO. It's far worse than that.

I had a Surly Smoke last night at the bar, I've never returned a beer in my life it was disgusting(or atleast to say smoked beers are not for me). A crisp watery bud would have been better.

Cost increase for less product. Just like everything else these days it seems.

LeroyBourne: I had a Surly Smoke last night at the bar, I've never returned a beer in my life it was disgusting(or atleast to say smoked beers are not for me). A crisp watery bud would have been better.

I'm saddened to say that Stone's "Vertical Epic" this year is horrendous. Only time I can remember pouring a full beer down the drain.

FirstNationalBastard: TommyymmoT: FirstNationalBastard: Why do companies lower alcohol levels in their products?

People don't drink for the wonderful taste... they drink to get farked up.

Because then, you have to buy more to achieve the desired effect.
Even though the "brewers" will claim it's for your own well being, it all comes down to how they can make more money.

Makes sense.

/that's why I always drank 151.

I don't allow myself to drink 151 anymore. I don't remember the last time and Mrs. Smurf won't tell me about it. That's a subject best left alone and never repeated.

Lately I've taken to flavoring vodak myself. Mrs. Smurf likes the skittles infusions and I'm trying to get a decent apple pie infusion. Fark beer, we're about getting farked up Right Now.

And prices? F them.

Stella and Becks taste like piss?

That's a comment on an American website? Really?

OK, they're not the best beers in the world but they're not bad and they don't have to be super-chilled so that punters can't taste them.......

I guess you guys are just jealous that they've both been going longer than your country, eh?

/fully appreciate that not all American beers are like making love in a canoe, but there are a MILLION shiattier beers to pick on before you start knocking Stella

kiwimoogle84: MaudlinMutantMollusk: Soon all mass-market beers will be Coors Light with a different label

/BEER SNOB THREAD!

Now THIS is a thread I'm happy to dominate with my superiority.

If its see through and NOT an IPA or at least 6% alky, it's not a beer I want to drink anyway.

/nurses her arrogant bastard
//then once he feels better, she has an Old Rasputin

Old Rasputin? Excellent choice. If you're a stout fan, though, I've got to recommend Yeti. Damn fine beer, and actually the one that first got me started on craft brews.

fark you all. I like Stella.

FirstNationalBastard: Why do companies lower alcohol levels in their products?

Because they're not rich enough, they want even more profits per unit.

/USA USA USA
//how's that 'war on (some) drugs' going?
/you outlaw natural plants and then re-legalize the juice of rotting -- excuse me, 'fermenting' -- fruits
.because nothing says 'holy' like rotting fruit juice people drink to get f*cked up

Pert: /fully appreciate that not all American beers are like making love in a canoe, but there are a MILLION shiattier beers to pick on before you start knocking Stella

stella sucks. welcome to fark. your team also sucks.

majestic: fark you all. I like Stella.

Only broads drink Stella

Pert: Stella and Becks taste like piss?

That's a comment on an American website? Really?

OK, they're not the best beers in the world but they're not bad and they don't have to be super-chilled so that punters can't taste them.......

I guess you guys are just jealous that they've both been going longer than your country, eh?

/fully appreciate that not all American beers are like making love in a canoe, but there are a MILLION shiattier beers to pick on before you start knocking Stella

Oh shut up dude, if we think those beers suck it ain't a big deal. America has some of the best beers in the world, to be honest, but all you arrogant for no reason Europeans get is our cheap shiat. Becks and Stella are weak as hell and can't claim much superiority to Bud or Coors. I guess we could pick on some worse beers but the article isn't talking about them so it would be irrelevant. Also, why would anyone care how old a shiatty beer is? Budweiser is a shiat ton older than Sierra Nevada but the younger beer is a shiat ton better.

please don't take any of the alcohol out of my fav adult beverage.
/hot like 8.5

Benevolent Misanthrope: Have alot of experience with drinking urine, do ya, subby?

WIN

My brewery has no immediate plans to do any such nonsense.

Jake Leg: majestic: fark you all. I like Stella.

Only broads drink Stella

So you like it, too?

Been about 10 years since I have been in a pub in the UK, but I thought Stella was an OK lager. I liked Worthington creamflow the best though. Whenever I got one I couldn't put it down. Obscure?

kiwimoogle84: MaudlinMutantMollusk: Soon all mass-market beers will be Coors Light with a different label

/BEER SNOB THREAD!

Now THIS is a thread I'm happy to dominate with my superiority.

If its see through and NOT an IPA or at least 6% alky, it's not a beer I want to drink anyway.

/nurses her arrogant bastard
//then once he feels better, she has an Old Rasputin

i like kiwimoogle84 even more today than yesterday.

SilentStrider: Good thing I've been hoarding Guinness for a couple years now.

/sees what you did there.

kiwimoogle84: MaudlinMutantMollusk: Soon all mass-market beers will be Coors Light with a different label

/BEER SNOB THREAD!

Now THIS is a thread I'm happy to dominate with my superiority.

If its see through and NOT an IPA or at least 6% alky, it's not a beer I want to drink anyway.

/nurses her arrogant bastard
//then once he feels better, she has an Old Rasputin

And I want to party with you.
/bottle collection list in profile
//can't remember all the ones I've had on tap

Whatever. I don't drink anything less than 7%. Not going to affect my life in any way.

majestic: Jake Leg: majestic: fark you all. I like Stella.

Only broads drink Stella

So you like it, too?

That's just jokes. Actually, I like Stella alright, but I'm a huge Pilsner Urquell fan

Good. Let the pussy's stick with the shiatey pussy beers. I'll stick with these:



And I lean to the right on this pick.

Pep Streebeck: Good. Let the pussy's stick with the shiatey pussy beers. I'll stick with these:



And I lean to the right on this pick.

I need to try that, I've seen the pale here in Austin - good stuff?

Pep Streebeck: Good. Let the pussy's stick with the shiatey pussy beers. I'll stick with these:

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And I lean to the right on this pick.

All great brews. Missing the G'knight though.