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

bottled
common

on tap
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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.


1.3
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 4/20
nate2g (1548) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - MAR 29, 2008
A below average lager, thin bodied, quite bitter throughout, it’s drinkable...

0.5
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 1/20
mrscotty (26) - AUSTRALIA - MAR 23, 2008
not vegetarian-friendly. otherwise from what i remember, a poor watery, overglorified excuse for beer

1.5
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 5/20
Plimmer (251) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - FEB 17, 2008
Bottle 375ml. Pours a clear golden body with a medium size white head. Sweet hops in the nose. Pretty neutral flavour with a little hops and sweet/bitter aftertaste.

2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
jspruit (122) - Dublin, IRELAND - JAN 28, 2008
Bought this at O’Neills off-license here in Dublin and drank it on Australia Day, January 26th. No pour as I drank it out of the 375ml bottle-I can’t imagine that I missed much there though to be honest. Doesn’t really smell of much-a bit metallic, certainly not hoppy or malty or bitter at all. Some carbonation and golden in color. Tastes mostly like any generic lager, American or Australian or European, and a bit of chemicals. Mouthfeel is light, and goes down easy with little resistance. Not much of an aftertaste really. I could see how you could pound these all day, but I dont think that I’ll be doing that anytime soon. I suppose that it is the equivalent of a lawnnmower beer in the states, perhaps something you drink ice cold on a hot summer day.

1.7
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 7/20
SOWTZ (2) - AUSTRALIA - JAN 23, 2008 does not count
can/stubbie/tap:best out of stubbie, colder the better. got worse since the recent change(to save money). basicly, it just is simple beer, smell and looks wise smells like a hangover, looks like golden clear amber, white head. only for hot days at a bbq. Cheers

4.4
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 20/20
preedy302 (2) - townsville, AUSTRALIA - JAN 10, 2008 does not count
i love the stuff, fair dinkum. but it hates me more. worst headaches ever. 30 green solders bloody near killed me, but il keep fightin on

1.5
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 6/20
imdownthepub (7171) - Banbury, Oxfordshire, ENGLAND - JAN 3, 2008
Bottled, pasteurised, 375ml. From Phil, cheers. Yellow gold with white head. Corny, sweet aroma followed by a thin, adjunct laden, highly carbonated pale lager. Slight eggy note with a sweet finish. Poor stuff.

2
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 4/20
winker (1) - AUSTRALIA - DEC 21, 2007 does not count
I drink this stuff...when I’m drunk and short of cash! For the well informed, this is a very basic drink. It looks like a beer, smells like a beer, and tastes like a beer. At the Barbie, it’s a great companion with the tucker. Pour it cold into a glass...never drink out of the can. Stubbies excepted. Overall a nice drop on a hot day and as the ad says "a hard earned thirst..." fits in well in our wide...dry...hot...brown land.


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