Smirnoff is a brand of vodka now owned and produced by British drinks giant Diageo. Products under the Smirnoff brand, which began with a vodka distillery founded in Moscow by Piotr Arsenieyevich Smirnov, is now distributed in 130 countries and includes flavored vodka and malt beverages. Smirnoff vodka is both the best selling vodka and the best selling high-priced distilled spirit in the world as of March 2006.[1]
Stella Artois is a 5.2% ABV global lager first brewed in Leuven, Belgium in 1926 as a Christmas brew, and named Stella after the Latin for "star."[1]
Although Belgium is best known internationally for its ales, the so-called "table beers," the bottom-fermented pilsner lagers such as Stella Artois head the list for domestic consumption, making up almost 75% of Belgian beer production.