OK, so who can tell the difference?

[RobW]

http://www.beerandbrewer.com/preferring-imported-beer-is-psychological/

 

[crowmanz]

I can't tell the difference......but that's mainly because I don't drink stella

 

[Camo6]

Don't matter where it's brewed. Wife-beater still wife-beater.

 

[Dave70]

"I would ask what you think of the taste and the flavours of these beers and I am quite sure that in 99 per cent of the cases people will choose the fresh one, because fresh is always better.”

Ive been fortunate enough to drink fresh Pilsner urquell by the pint in Prague. Also, in 330ml bottle form from Dan Murphys. He's got a point. To say the least.

 

[Hpal]

I'm a fan of proper Heineken. I've had it fresh in Amsterdam and it was unbelievable. I've also had the 'brewed under licence' **** they put in a Heineken bottle here (I swear it's just VB). I'd take an older bottle of real Heineken any day.

 

[TheWiggman]

Bribie G posting in the comments section 3 months ago, man does he cover some bases.

 

[welly2]

I think the "freshness" thing is definitely a point. I used to drink Tetley's bitter from a pub close to the old brewery in Leeds. It was excellent and the cask ale even better. When I've had it out of a can or at a pub some distance from Leeds, I wouldn't wash my dog in the muck. Some beers deserve to be and need to be consumed fresh, others, obviously, are better with a bit of time in the bottle.

As for Stella, I probably wouldn't choose to drink that stuff Aussie brewed or fresh from the brewery. There are far better beers I'd rather spend my hard earned on and that goes for Tetley's these days too, not that I've seen it for sale around here.

 

[Lincoln2]

Last year I had a fair good pub crawl through the Manly area of Brissie. We found a pub that had a permanent happy hour of $4 schooners of Stella. We had a view of the water, good looking backpacker chicks for a yarn and so the pub crawl stopped here for a few hours. Went on to be an epic night of getting lost, falling out of trees (PK, not me), punch-ups, new friends, getting arsed from pubs etc.

My point being; at that particular time and place, Stella was a great beer.

 

[Dave70]

$4 schooners of Stella.

Priming your expectations via the wallet has a strong psychological influence I reckon.
I once paid $9 a middy for it down at the Perisher snow fields. The taste was bitter sweet, with lingering notes of disdain.