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# ooh
grim

Stella Artois. Reassuringly always on offer somewhere.
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Tue 7 Dec 2010, 13:15, archived)
# 6 cans for a fiver, guv.
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Tue 7 Dec 2010, 13:30, archived)
# why is it "reassuringly expensive" yet has a bad reputation?
(I helped save b3ta! bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Tue 7 Dec 2010, 13:32, archived)
# It's French, innit.
(I helped save b3ta! The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 7 Dec 2010, 13:33, archived)
# May I draw your attention to
this?
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Tue 7 Dec 2010, 13:35, archived)
# any good?
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Tue 7 Dec 2010, 13:43, archived)
# It's utterly lovely.
Highly recommended!
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Tue 7 Dec 2010, 13:47, archived)
# No, it's Belgian.
(Pie of Meat ___°¬¯O¯____\o/_____/\_,____Y¯¯Y, Tue 7 Dec 2010, 14:10, archived)
# ^
1664 is French, hence it tastes like shit and gives me the worst hangover ever
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Tue 7 Dec 2010, 14:34, archived)
# Well, sort of
the company's headquarters are in Belgium, but they're owned by Brazilians. What I find funny is that in Belgium it's sold as your average, everyday run of the mill beer, whereas elsewhere it's promoted as a premium lager.
(Smale is stuffed, Tue 7 Dec 2010, 15:14, archived)
# Mainly because the filth that is peddled in the UK as Stella
is brewed in Reading, or some such, and bears little similarity with the altogether nicer stuff from la Belgique.
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Tue 7 Dec 2010, 13:34, archived)
# ahhh
so it's clever advertising

is that like the difference between
(I helped save b3ta! bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Tue 7 Dec 2010, 13:37, archived)
# one of it's legs are both the same?
Edit: Also, not really all that clever, see also the bloody endless 'Jean De Florette' ads.
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Tue 7 Dec 2010, 13:39, archived)
# but its other nose is different
(I helped save b3ta! bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Tue 7 Dec 2010, 13:40, archived)
# my dad calls it Stella the Toirtoise
he's so funny
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Tue 7 Dec 2010, 13:46, archived)
# pfft
this joke needs our support
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Tue 7 Dec 2010, 13:41, archived)
# I quite agree.
It's a cracker.

:D
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Tue 7 Dec 2010, 13:49, archived)