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Stella
Al Ahram Beverages Company
- From:
- Al Ahram Beverages Company
- Egypt
- Style:
- European Pale Lager
Ranked #374 - ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 66
Ranked #28,278 - Avg:
- 2.6 | pDev: 24.62%
- Reviews:
- 22
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 04, 2023
- Added:
- Dec 30, 2005
- Wants:
- 6
- Gots:
- 8
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by MarkoNm from Slovenia
2.72/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
2.72/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Pours a golden color with an average white head that soon settles down to a ring around the edge.
There is hoppy aroma of avergae strength.
The taste is sinitially slightly sweet followed by a decent bitternes for a lager. Finishes nicely with enough bitterness.
Extra refreshing on the hot Egyptian sun, but otherwise nothing out of the ordinary really.
Jan 28, 2014There is hoppy aroma of avergae strength.
The taste is sinitially slightly sweet followed by a decent bitternes for a lager. Finishes nicely with enough bitterness.
Extra refreshing on the hot Egyptian sun, but otherwise nothing out of the ordinary really.
Reviewed by Garrettshu from Texas
2.56/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.56/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Stella is the Egyptian version of Budweiser. Contrary to some other reviews on here, it has no relation to Belgium's Stella Artois, or to Heineken. It is brewed by Al-Ahram, a government conglomerate that also publishes the most widely-read newspaper in Egypt. Stella is macrobrewed by young men doing their government service, and therefore varies widely from batch to batch. You never really know which kind of Stella you're going to get. I've had many of them during my study abroad semester in Egypt. It's relatively widely available (and especially in a city the size of Cairo, bars are too). Around 11% of Egyptians are not Muslims (and even many of those who are continue to drink alcohol), so there's a considerable alcohol-drinking minority in Egypt, far more than given credit.
Taste-wise, Stella is mediocre. At best, it tastes similar to a Heineken, and is slightly more drinkable, thanks to what tastes like a higher carbonation. At worst, you are better off switching mid-bottle to Sakkara, the second-most popular beer in Egypt, which is slightly more expensive. Stella really isn't the worst beer in the world; if you're a beer snob, you probably won't be drinking in Egypt at all, but if you're having a few with some friends, Stella works just as well as any other mass-produced lager you could find. They are also (by Western standards) quite cheap; at most, you'll pay about USD 2 in the swanky Zamalek and New Cairo bars, and less than a dollar at the hole-in-the-wall, drink-behind-a-screen joints downtown.
Jun 01, 2013Taste-wise, Stella is mediocre. At best, it tastes similar to a Heineken, and is slightly more drinkable, thanks to what tastes like a higher carbonation. At worst, you are better off switching mid-bottle to Sakkara, the second-most popular beer in Egypt, which is slightly more expensive. Stella really isn't the worst beer in the world; if you're a beer snob, you probably won't be drinking in Egypt at all, but if you're having a few with some friends, Stella works just as well as any other mass-produced lager you could find. They are also (by Western standards) quite cheap; at most, you'll pay about USD 2 in the swanky Zamalek and New Cairo bars, and less than a dollar at the hole-in-the-wall, drink-behind-a-screen joints downtown.
Stella from Al Ahram Beverages Company
Beer rating:
66 out of
100 with
49 ratings
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