Victoria Bitter

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker

Aroma mostly grain and corn, with some malt and light hops on the nose. A tinge of pleasant bitterness is bludgeoned by a very unpleasant metallic twang. Pretty ghastly, but not the worst of Australia’s infamous hack-job macro lagers. Drinkable on a hot day when served cold and, most crucially, when there is no other option.

Appearance: Golden amber. Small bubbles, clear. Shortlived white head. Aroma: Grains, some malt. Slight hops. Taste: Grains, some malt and hops. Tastes like a non-alcoholic beer. Info: 375ml bottle, 6/1-2011

Bottle thanks to Doug. Decent golden hue, small white bubbly head quickly diminishes, small amount of lacing. Faint malt adjunct corn/grain/cereal metal aromas. Moderate to moderate strong bitter - more than most pale lagers, light to medium sweet taste with long duration. Medium body - more than expected, oily texture, soft to average carbonation, long very dry finish. Drinkable on a hot day but on my "don’t need to have that again" list.

Yellow beer with a weak and disappering white head. Aroma is malty, grass, some honey and berries. Taste is malty, slightly musty and biting bitterness; taste is very uninspirating. Light to drink with quite high carbonation. Aroma was almost interesting, but taste was totally disappointment; never again.

Gah!!!! Totally fooled by the use of "bitter" in this beer’s name. My first hint that I’d chosen wrong was the pour - is that water coming out of the bottle? Is there any colour at all to this beer? The nose... it smells... cheap. The nearest I can come is that can of Kokanee the ex-brother-in-law left at after the one dismal Christmas. I take a sip. It’s bad. I take another sip, trying to imagine this on a warm, Australian day (instead of the frigid Canadian day it really is). Still bad. I go find something to eat, then try another sip. Worse, if you can believe it. Stay away.

[3543-20110108] 500mL can. Grassy oil yeast aroma. Clear, yellow brown body with a quick foamy white head. Sweet grassy yeast flavour. Medium body. Weird petrol notes are not great. (4/3/4/2/8) 2.2
(w/ jerc, tuqueboy)

07.01.2011. 0,375l Bottle. This beer is called Victoria Bitter but its really a pale lager, and what a dissapointment. Pale yellow colour with white head. Weak malty aroma with ok bitterness. Notes of taste and some flavour. I expected a bitter and got this thin lager. Not good.

33cl bottle from K-citymarket Raksila, Oulu. Pale yellow beer, white head. Refreshing, simple and light malty taste. Quite ok for a pale lager, don’t why they call it bitter.