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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.


2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
pmannion (12) - New Windsor, New York, USA - AUG 22, 2006
Bottle. A good beer if it is ice cold and the heat is getting to you. Don’t go to it if you’re looking for flavor or something exciting.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 10/20
messymatt (36) - NETHERLANDS - AUG 14, 2006
Grew up on this stuff, can’t be too harsh. The stubbie is a cool shape. Drink it very cold.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
KahunaBurger (9) - USA - AUG 10, 2006 does not count
VB = Aussie Coor’s Light. This stuff is just cheap and easy to get a hold of. Nothing special about it, and it doesn’t go down that smooth. James Squire, Carlton Crown, Carlton Crown, and Melbourne Bitter are far superior Aussie Brews. This does not taste good.

2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
HenrikSoegaard (7231) - Randers, DENMARK - AUG 10, 2006
Bottle. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Dark yellow colour. OK malty aroma. Nice flavor, moderat bitter finish. Too carbonated but an ok pale lager.

1
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 4/20
LordCrabapple (98) - Merseyside, ENGLAND - AUG 9, 2006
Drank this, along with others, at an Australian themed bar. It tasted unusual, peculiar. I’m really not sure what to make of it.

1.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
Dickinsonbeer (5077) - Hoboken, New Jersey, USA - JUL 29, 2006
Found this at a random pretty good beer store in Dublin, between Christchurch and the Augustinian church. This beer however, was not so good. Pours a light gold out of the bottle with a thin white head. Aroma is light herbal and stale hops, slightly metallic, light adjunct and corn which gave some DMS. Flavor is lightly fruity with some crisp clean bitterness and floral hop character. Meh.

1.7
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 7/20
CanadaCam (109) - CANADA - JUL 28, 2006
Boomerang’s, Winnipeg, from the can. At CAN$6 for a small can, I don’t know what I am thinking when I drink this stuff!! Nonetheless, I drink this when I’m at the local Aussie bar if I’m just in for a quick one I was really looking forward to my first VB, but I was very disapointed. Just so no one else gets the wrong impression, VB is NOT, repeat NOT a bitter. It’s a lager. And not a very good lager at that. The best thing I can say about VB is that it goes down easy ... but so does water. And it tastes like an old dish-rag. Seriously, it has a slight taste of detergent to it. Many better Australian beers out there than this pish. How did this become Australia’s flagship beer?

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
beerlady (543) - lucerne, SWITZERLAND - JUL 9, 2006
notes taken during last week pale yellow not much head smells hoppy,malty,slightly metallic, some hidden smell like sweat tasts hoppy,malty aftertaste has something viny,a bit fruity (grapes),bot some bitterness too, perhaps a bit more bitter than other lagers, but i expected something more bitter, the slightly viny note is the only interesting thing,


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