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Brewed by Carlton & United Breweries (CUB)
Style: Pale Lager
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution

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RATINGS: 527   WEIGHTED AVG: 1.89   EST. CALORIES: 138   ABV: 4.6%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Victoria Bitter has been Australia’s favorite full strength beer brand for many years. VB, as it is widely known, was launched in the 1890s and since then has developed a reputation as a great beer with a tradition of rewarding Australians who work and play hard.

The alcohol percentage went down from 4.8% to 4.6% in 2009.


1.2
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 4/20
matt7215 (1569) - Cambridge, Ontario, CANADA - JUL 24, 2010
500 ml can from the LCBO. pours a nice golden colour but has zero head retention and protein chunk floaties. aroma of nothing. the flavour is equally empty. some fauge malty hints if a really dig. palate is dusty and watery. poor.

2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
Frothmeister (235) - Ontario, CANADA - JUL 15, 2010
500ml can. Pours gold, with a good sized white head. Aroma has some very faint resin coming through, sweet malt. Flavours are thin, basically just malt with light hopping in a watery beer. White bread in the finish. Not much going on here.

1.1
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 3/20
juzo (11) - AUSTRALIA - JUL 15, 2010
One of the most boring beers I have ever had with no real bitterness or aftertaste. This stuff gives a dreadful hangover too. I am not sure of the quality of ingredients or method of brewing but this stuff is poor.

1.6
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 6/20
cfrancis (1223) - Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA - JUL 9, 2010
Fairly boring beer. Australian equivalent of Molson Canadian. Pours a dark yellow with quickly disappearing white head. Aroma is grain and malt. Taste is bland, malt and bready.

2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 7/20
DougShoemaker (3149) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - JUL 7, 2010
Malt and corn nose, amber, small short lived white head. Tastes of stale malt. Harsh. Poor.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Cartoonkhaki (1177) - Brantford, Ontario, CANADA - JUL 5, 2010
500ml can. Golden yellow with white head. Aroma is a little grassy. Flavour has mild bitters. Palate is a bit watery. Middle of the road beer.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Spab (1118) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - JUL 2, 2010
500 ml can from LCBO. Pours a clear gold with good-sized white head. Aroma of cereal grains and grass. Taste is grainy with a light grassy bitterness and a little sweetness. Pretty underwhelming lager, but not totally terrible.

2.6
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
probstk (1911) - Nepean, Ontario, CANADA - JUN 29, 2010
500 ml can from LCBO, served cold in a tulip glass.

App.: Clear golden with a nice off-white froth. Aroma: Grainy, cereal, corn, adjunct, some grassy hops, oddly sweet, some slightly fruity malts at is warms, a little cardboard. Palate: Medium body, medium carbonation. Flav.: Somewhat less of the grain/cereal/adjunct, a bit more decent fruity light malt, a bit of grassy/peppery hops, cane sugar (but not sweet...), a touch of cardboard still; dry with almost no bitterness and a somewhat mouth-coating biscuity malt/slightly fruity finish..

An interesting find, but not terribly fun.


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