Milsurp After Hours

Belgian beer. Belgium makes more styles and varieties of beer than any other country in the world....so I read.

Stella Artois was on sale today. All malt Pilsner-style bottom femented lager.

From what I read, the orginal brewery was destroyed by artillery fire during WWI. The beer itself goes back to 1366 for it's roots in the Den Horen brewery in Leuven.

"Originally a Christmas beer, Stella Artois is brewed using water drawn from a well deep beneath the brewery and fermented with a unique strain of yeast".

It has a mellow light taste with distinctive edge to it. Try it some time if you haven't already. One of the better imports.

Have tried it. Can't say I liked it. But, hey, everyones different.

Drink it regularly and like it but then again, I like most lager beers - its a 'Living in France' thing

The problem in the UK is that we get two different versions of Stella,

The Original Belgian version and one brewed in East London (or it was), bearing the three most obscene words in the history of beer "Brewed Under Licence".

You don't want the lagers - the specialty beers are MUCH better! Try some trappist beers, like Rochefort (the 10) or Blue Chimay, those will make you sit up and take notice!

I'll look next time I'm in the specialty beer section of a store that stocks a good selection of imports. I guess it's a question of do they export to the US or not.

I remember sitting in a cafe in Mons and looking at the menu, A lot more pages of beer than there were of food - Now that's organisation

Tom

Stella, brewed under license known locally as wife beater!