Bottle (375ml). Poured a pale yellow with a frothy white head which was mostly diminishing. Aroma was of honey, some hay and wet cardboard. Taste was a typical commercial pale larger with wet cardboard and some honey. Body was light with a watery texture and a non existent finish.

Yuck. VB. Nasty. Vile. Foul. This beer belongs in hallowed halls of GTSAFM right next to the Schoff! As soon as I poured this filth the aromas of VB jumped out and punched me in the face and I knew I was in for a treat! Smells kind of like dried corn mixed with a little sweat and vomit. The vomit part I am assuming was from my younger stupid days when I though VB was ok and drank enormous quantities that revisited me shortly thereafter. Very clear beer with a small white head that quickly disappeared and reminded me of soap scum. The flavour was slightly smokey and hangs around for far too long after swallowing (which was hard enough). Dry and watery on the palate with a fizz like soft drink, leaves the mouth feeling defiled and chalky. Avoid like the plague!

No discernable aroma at all. Poured a cheap and nasty headless stench. Worse than most of the Aust macros. What are Blue Tongue doing with this? Tastes of corn with a nasty sweetness. Dire.

Smells terrible, corny, metallic and generally offensive. Just your typical Australian lager really. On tasting it doesn’t prove to be as sweet as expected, and although there is nothing there to make it worthy of a drain pour. However, I am following the bottle’s advice and drinking it quite cold, because I’m very afraid of what would emerge at warmer temperatures. Actually, I do know because this is the second time I’ve had this beer and the other time I had it warmer (and did indeed drain-pour it)! Frankly this is nothing more than a VB clone aimed at claiming the loyalty of the parochial Hunter folk - I hope it doesn’t succeed and fades off into history.

not as bad as i expected, cardboard nose, corn flavours, slight bitterness. Very low carbonation so it is definitely aimed at Guzzler territory. What i don’t mind is that it is low on sweetness and uses restrained hopping which means that there is little to dislike. Problem is not a lot to explicitly like either.