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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.

0.7
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 3/20
Jaxmegaherz (11) - AUSTRALIA - JUN 10, 2010
The worst of the mass produced Australia beers. very metallic, looks like poured urine with a thin, wispy, almost non existent head. Very little of the claimed bitterness. Why people buy this is a mystery, it is no longer even that cheap.

2.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
Svesse (4215) - Hässelby, SWEDEN - JUN 8, 2010
(Bottle, Bishop’s Arms North, London) Golden yellow colour with frothy, white head. Malty, bready nose with notes of tropical fruit, citrus and hints of grass. Malty, bready taste with grainy malt, hay, a touch of citrus and grassy hops in a fiarly dry, short finish. Light body. A decent easy drinking pale lager.

1.7
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 5/20
Archibaldo de la Cruz (762) - FINLAND - MAY 21, 2010
Bottle. Golden colour with a small white head. The aroma is grassy hops and malt. The flavour is malty with hints of citrus and grass. Slightly bitter finish.

0.9
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 2/20
beerledgend (1050) - Waterloo, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND - MAY 12, 2010
Sweet malty aroma with hint of metalic unpleasantness. Bright orange colour with firm white head. Ah Australian for bad!!!!

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
Sammer (694) - Plano, Texas, USA - APR 29, 2010
Golden pour from bottle and tap. Maybe it was the fact that I was in Australia, surrounded by beauty (landscape, women, etc.) but this was a decent pale lager. Barley, grains and yeast with mild bitterness for the taste. Smooth finish. Not the greatest of beers, but certainly better than Bud "The King of Beers"!!

1.6
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
samistake2ice (35) - , Texas, USA - APR 26, 2010
Popular in australia do to lack of selection. The most appealing quality of VB is the price (esp if your used to prices of beer in the US). Not as bland and flavorless as most of the the domestic american beers but its close. Carbonated doughy water.

1.7
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 8/20
Bierkrug (1643) - Idar-Oberstein (In Senegal), Rhineland-Palatinate, GERMANY - APR 26, 2010
On tap in the Emirates. Pours urine-yellow with almost non existant head. Heavily carbonated. Smells like off hops and chemicals. Tastes like water with a hint of sweetness. Bad astringent hop bitterness aftertaste. Poor.

2
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
Tonkun (171) - New York, USA - APR 17, 2010
Bottle. Not bitter... but better than most cheap beers. Some hay and bread, but nothing more.


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