Stella

[tforturton]

Re: Stella

Has the alcohol content been reduced to enable it to be competitively priced since unit pricing has been introduced?

Not as 'reassuringly expensive' as it used to be.

It doesn't cost the same, and it doesn't taste the same either.

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Re: Stella

I worked for a major brewer for 25 years and am now a part owner of a craft brewery. I’m no fan of Stella but when you make it you don’t add chemicals... what ones does your friend suggest he adds?

Thats why German Pils is so good, it is illegal to add chemicals to beer in Germany. They does things right!!!!

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Re: Stella

Some do - I'm not sure about Stella - there's preservatives and colourings etc.

I thought preservatives only went into bottled/canned beer to prolong its shelf life, like the added stuff to IPA when it was initially made to be shipped to the troops in the Rahj.

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Re: Stella

What is used for finings? Egg whites? Fish bladder? Presumably the whole point is that they don't make it into the finished product anyway?

Given the pride that the Germans have in their beer purity laws - is there anything they do in Germany when makign lager that isn't standard practice elsewhere anyway?

I've not had a pint of lager since 2019. Don't miss it at all and when I smell it I do wonder - did I really used to enjoy drinking that?!

It's not what the Germans do to it, more what they don't do to it. Drink draught Berliner Kindl or Dortmunder Tier for a session and you'll never want british lager ever again.

[RichardM]

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I thought preservatives only went into bottled/canned beer to prolong its shelf life, like the added stuff to IPA when it was initially made to be shipped to the troops in the Rahj.

You mean hops, they are preservatives.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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You won't find Germans drinking slop like Carling. They wouldn't touch it with a bargepole.

[B. Oddie]

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Stella is disgusting; Heineken too.

[blue matt]

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I worked for a major brewer for 25 years and am now a part owner of a craft brewery. I’m no fan of Stella but when you make it you don’t add chemicals... what ones does your friend suggest he adds?

Craft Brewery you say, I might drop you a PM about that

[mrbluejay]

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I worked for a major brewer for 25 years and am now a part owner of a craft brewery. I’m no fan of Stella but when you make it you don’t add chemicals... what ones does your friend suggest he adds?

Any brewery we have heard of, is it local?

[WJ99mobile]

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Craft Brewery you say, I might drop you a PM about that

Don't tempt me into brewing my own

I've already been making my own jerky, preserves and it's just the next step

[blue matt]

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Don't tempt me into brewing my own

I've already been making my own jerky, preserves and it's just the next step

it is

Ive been working on moonshine for the last few months, only making hand sanitizer officer looking at going legit with the right licences as craft Gin's are massive business, i know someone local who has setup a legit craft gin business and he is doing great, he wont help me though as i will be in competition to him ( fair enough )

[RichardM]

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Don't tempt me into brewing my own

I've already been making my own jerky, preserves and it's just the next step

Home-brewed beer and homemade bread are both well worth the effort.

[Rjk]

Re: Stella

One of my neighbours works for the company that make it and he reckons that you could take the alcohol out of it and 5 pints would still make you feel a bit ill. They ramp up the chemical process at times of demand and its even worse then

presumably that's the inbev brewery in Magor

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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I worked for a major brewer for 25 years and am now a part owner of a craft brewery. I’m no fan of Stella but when you make it you don’t add chemicals... what ones does your friend suggest he adds?

Why don't you give a 'shout-out' to the name of your craft brewery?

[WJ99mobile]

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Why don't you give a 'shout-out' to the name of your craft brewery?

Absolutely. Always try and suppport local independents.

I've always bought Tiny Rebel, Pipes and Glamorgan, Felinfoel etc.

In fact I've just picked a big delivery of Tiny Rebel which is always fantastic