@HULK HOGAN Any full strength beer will do that-alcohol's always the same thing whatever beer it's in. So may as well make it the beer that has the best taste goin' down.
@Helle Fyre try coopers pale ale. Best aussie beer by along way. VB is drunk by Bogans to dumb to know any better. I personally prefer german beers and the occasional Asahi.
Stubbies are a type of bottle, you wally. It's both a bottle and a stubby. If a beer has to be freezing to drink it then it's not a good beer, the cold is just hiding the flavour.
@@jonyoung6405 - That’s sounds great mate. I actually don’t mind a VB from the tap from a good pub but you can’t have too many as the chemical hops or whatever they put in it gives you the most horrendous hangovers….hence the ‘Green death’ name…lol
I really like VB. I'm from the US and cant really find it here. Went to Oz a few times back in the 90's and that's what everyone there drank. It was described to me as their version of Budweiser (I don't really drink Budweiser though). Anyway, VB is just a beer, and to me it's quite good. Maybe some of you purists or connoisseurs don't like it, but tons of regular people in Australia do
@@andresmiguel2573 There is another possibility-they've been adventurous enough to not go with the mob and have explored some of the other great beers. Here's a helpful analogy:- If you only ever have shit sandwiches for lunch you'll think they're okay.
VB isn't a craft beer. It's a big brand Fosters/Lion Nathan beer. There's plenty of Australian craft beers out there if you look hard enough. but if you absolutely must try it it's gotta be cold, really cold.
I live in Victoria and this beers equates to cats piss. Carlton united breweries make this. This beer was a long time favourite during a time in Australia when there was very little choice (about 40 years ago). However, with the introduction so many imported beers and Australian Craft brewers, this Victoria Bitter should be feed to the pigs. It's still a long time favourite among bogans that have no sense of taste or class.
I don't know at what temperature you drank this Simon, but as its a lager it needs to beer drank icy cold straight from the fridge, the lack of haze/condensation on the glass suggested to me that you let this come to room. I have to admit that I was a regular drinker of this in my lager boy days, and whilst I found it slightly more palletable than most big name lagers, it's one that I would really only drink now if there wasn't anything else to drink. I have a fair few friends and subscribers on my regular channel from Australia who just about bit my head off for remotely suggesting Fosters had anything to do with the country
Fosters "The original Australian Lager" LOL. Yes this was cooled down to about 2C wont buy this again, I had a feeling it might be decent, unfortunately I was wrong. Cheers
Did you get the answer you wanted on who makes this? Both Fosters and VB are made by Carlton & United Breweries (CUB, which is owned by SABMiller, so now AB Inbev). They also make Carlton Draught...and many will argue they're all exactly the same beer just with different labels and bottle shapes. I tend to think the recipes differ ever so slightly, but apparently they're all now made using an ale yeast at 16C, so they're not even really lagers any more.
I remember years ago liking this.. Then I went to oz on my honeymoon and thought it was awful.. It was while I was there that I discovered hoppy pale ales. In particular it was 'Fat Yak pale ale' that moved me away from Belgian and German beer and on to discovering beers like punk IPA. Beers of Europe do occasionally have it and I'd say give it a try. Cheers
It is a very popular beer & not as bad as this fellow is saying. And he lives in the UK. He is full of it. I know a lot of people that love it on a hot day icy cold!
I totally understand, when i started drinking beer i was into ales and would gag at the taste of VB but the Australian heat turned me to start drinking 6 packs of light lagers. You gotta be an aussie to like that taste, most our beers are made by the fosters group and have that classic sweet aussie crip taste. Our beers are made with sugar and barley.
Years ago I was in line at a bottlo/offie/liquor store and this exchange still makes me chuckle: Bloke in front of me, rambling to all and sundry: I've been all around the world and VB is the best beer around, the most sessionable beer there is. (Then, to me:) What do you think mate? Me: Umm, it's actually one of the few beers I won't drink. Bloke, in apparent ego resuscitation: Well, YOU obviously haven't been all around the world.. (Wanders off enabling me to pay for something decent.)
Never had fosters, but I have had VB and I agree, it is the worst Aussie beer. You should do a review on Furphy beer from Australia, way better than VB.
When I first moved to oz 10 years ago from Eire I was in an Irish pub in Sydney and I just wanted an oz beer and ordered a pint of VB and thought it was vile now I think it’s nit that bad . Vb means very bad
Yep, CUB makes all the megaswill in Australia: Mebourne Bitter, Victoria Bitter, Carlton Draught, Fosters Lager, Crown Lager, etc. Partly you might be objecting to the Pride of Ringwood. It's a pretty harsh bittering hop. I use it in some homebrews, but only in combination with some noble hops later in the boil (or in the hop back). I Think all these CUB beers us no hops other than pride of ringwood. I also suspect that many of these variations are just the same beer with a different label put on the bottle. VB has laundry soap on the nose. The palate is slightly sweet malt, probably a pale domestic malt, with a bit of caramel colouring. The bitterness is very one dimensional, with no character to back it up. If you're at a barbie and it's the only think on offer, it's perfectly drinkable as long as it's not over about 4C. But it's certainly not a beer drinker's beer. The Aussie market is flooded with craft and international beers now, but several decades ago when that wasn't the case, those of us with taste buds were drinking Coopers Sparkling Ale. It's a pale ale. It's got a 'rustic' quality to it, like a good homebrew. It's probably bittered with Pride of Ringwood too, but it's got enough flavour to counteract any harshness. It's got a biscuit malt flavour, and a slight nuttiness. It has no significant hop character (no grassy, floral or piney flavours), but it has a slight fruitiness that may be from its yeast character. Writing that from memory, so that might not be 100% accurate, but it's ballpark.
I wonder if anyone can post AND SEND me a cost analysis for beer in Australia, preferably Queensland area, because I want to verify something I was told with that being that Victoria Bitter is basically the cheapest at around 20 dollars for a thirty case ????????
I personally don't mind VB its the beer equivalent of going to Macdonalds and getting a big mac, its alright but its not very good and yes you are right by saying it wasn't like that in 1854, it was actually a "Bitter" it was a red ale before they changed it to a lager in the early 50's
i have never had a hangover or been sick on VB, but as for Tooheys NEW I've spewed horrendously ... I'll often down 5 talluies of VB and I'll be ok the next day
Aussie who still have taste buds have left commercial brewers like Castlemaine,Carlton and Tooheys and only drink craft beer these days. We may have been brought up on that rubbish but now we have a choice. It’s only the old and unenlightened rhythm still that stuff. It’s good for cleaning your colon though.
Me too - more of us Aussies need to see this video as we hide the poor quality of our beers by drinking them so damn cold. The ‘Green Death’ strikes again....lol
You sir could not be more wrong. VB is the brew for you to pull you on through. A hard earned thirst needs a big cold beer, and the best cold beer is Vic, Victoria Bitter.
It’s a great beer but definitely needs to be served cold! VB on tap only or stubby ice cold on hot days, otherwise drink Carlton Draught. The VB taste doesn’t hold well once warm like other beers.
yep and they charge us nelly $50 for a box of the rubbish. i like melbourne bitter but they lowered the alc % about 7 years ago and its never been the same
Mate proud Aussie here and you need to know that cb should be drunk at a temp of about 1 degree no hotter and it's the best it gets ask any real Aussie plus you should drink it out of the stubbie not a glass
Lol this is funny.. my 1st try of vb same reaction but keep drinking it.. it gets better. Now I can't stop drinking it. Damn good beer. I'm a kiwi boy and love a good beer.
Come one mate no we’re near cold enough. Enjoy your vids cheers from down under but beer has to be 1-3 degrees c I’ve cold. Glass should condensate at least and yes this changes flavor a lot
This is what oz lager tastes like. Im guessing it could have something to do with brewing a lager in a country where its 40 degrees half the year round. We have good craft Brewers though. Check out Feral or Moondog
The only people who actually like VB in Australia are the sort of people stupid enough not to try other beers. Let the bogans drink their watery beers.
I like VB, tastes great if you've been working hard all day there's nothing better than a nice cold Vic. Yeah it's not a bloody conesuir of beers but it goes down bloody well. First beer I got pissed on! Vic!
As an Australian, your review couldn't be more accurate. Frighteningly disgusting beer. Australians really have a lot to learn about good beer. Just a question, if you gave that 2/10, what beers have you given 1/10 to?
Sir Winston Lennon nothings better than enjoying an ice cold victoria bitter and a smoke out on the verandah on a hot day mate. what's your favourite aussie beer?
It is a great beer, I dont care what anyone say`s. It is like a better quality Fosters which is also a good beer and here is why. They are made to be drunk cold, also compared to most stuff in the UK this has a very smooth finish and is very refreshing. It is way better then most english lagers and has a fond following. It is actually imported now and has a demand. Tesco used to sell it as did Majestic wine but what do they know? They sell to the mass wjho drink stuff like Kronenborg and think it`s good. Saying that I love this guy`s reviews and am suprised he did not like it, maybe it was not cold enough.
Aussies no longer like this on the whole. It's the most popular of the cheaper brands but there are others that are more popular now. Can't think of them off the top of my head though. 2 is generous by the way. It is however better than Fosters. At least the version we get in NZ and Aussie. Has a bit of an Ink taste
Sorry mate, I like VB. However, I find your review, comments, and expressions very enjoyable! I'm not Australian.... It is what is it is man, if the company is making money and people enjoy it, then that's what's gonna happen.
I think this might be the shortest review you've ever done! Really not great is it? There's so much better stuff from down under. Damn good comment about what it would have tasted in 1854 too...
These big brewery's seem doomed to me, Craft Beer is growing at least 30% year on year with the big brewers in decline. Question is will they wake up too late to try and turn things around? Cheers guys.
+The Craft Beer Channel +Real Ale Craft Beer Carlton Draught is the most popular Australian beer. However this does not indicate the quality of the beer, more so the availability on taps and the price. As you might of noticed, Victoria Bitter needs to be drunk while the beer is super cold. It's flavour changes significantly with heat.
You're right Simon, it is "strikingly poor", but better then Fosters as you suggested at the beginning. VB is the dominant lager in Victoria and probably just lags behind Tooheys New in NSW. Castlemaine XXXX still rules the roost in Queensland. They're all as bad as each other. Thankfully there is enough craft beer around (and more and more all the time) to make avoiding this and the others fairly easy. Not sure how much of it (other than the ubiquitous and quite decent Little Creatures) will get to the UK though.
I remember when I lived in Australia someone giving this to me after I made a comment about their Fosters, he obviously thought this was far better. I actually think it's even worse. A truly horrible beer.
Drank a shit load of Craft and International beers but give VB the edge over all of them especially when on tap at the Pub .... going by here maybe it doesn't travel well but it's all good going from my mouth too my gut here in Stralia ....😀🇦🇺
I am Australian for over 10 years, and I would say its the best damn beer for me now. FYI, when I first tasted this, its exactly the same as in this review..., Other states apart from Victoria may have different opinions. But the Fosters story is right :)
15 years ago, I used to like this beer. Then the beer world suddenly changed, with all the micro breweries popping up and now I cant drink it. Awful. We've come a long way.
Oh man, we're sitting round the office laughing our pants off at this vid. If we were a big organisation, you'd expect it to go viral. Anyway, you're right on the money, you have to lick paint stripper before drinking that, as it's not fit for cleaning a barbie with. The recipe has certainly changed a lot, but it's been many, many years since it was even palatable. Fortunately we have a wide variety of craft beers in Oz, so there is no need to imbibe this substitute for syrup of ipecac. As for the origin, you're spot on the money as to this being the producer of Fosters. Go grab some mouth wash, and I look forward to your next vid.
Just curious to know wether you drank this ice cold or warm? Warm would taste like granny piss but ice cold it’s one of the best beers out there in Australia although I prefer Carlton Draught.
V.B. has got to be the worst liquid being sold as beer on the market here in Australia. Coming a close second has to be West End Draught both of these are alleged beers, both taste terrible. There are better beers on the market here but they are mainly from the craft brewery side if the industry. The mainstay breweries just churn out shite and the Aussie public buy it because it's cheap and it's cheap because it's fucking shite.
Vic is disgusting, as are all CUB beers. It was a bitter in 1854. CUB took over many of the independent breweries in Victoria which is where the various names of their products come from ie. Fosters, Melbourne, Carlton. They turned them into brand names for all their horrible lagers. The hop is Pride of Ringwood, which was bred from Pride of Kent. Coopers also use it to make their green and red ales which are okay beers, so the problem can't be just the hops. When I was young these lagers were about all you could get here in Melbs. Lets hope they are not planning the same move with their takeovers of several craft breweries in recent years. Of course, they are now part of the international big beer groups themselves. Are they Asahi, AB Inbev? Who cares? Who can keep up?
Im Australian and I think its a poor lager, it's like piss water. It weak in flavor. Yet I wouldn't see myself drinking anything else
That makes no sense-deliberately choosing to not make the drinking time as pleasurable as possible. One has to ask-WHY??
@HULK HOGAN Any full strength beer will do that-alcohol's always the same thing whatever beer it's in. So may as well make it the beer that has the best taste goin' down.
Still better than XXXX Gold.
Hahah absolutely brilliant mate
I don’t mind VB but you had me on the floor laughing when you said you’d rather a glass of cold water!😂😂😂
First of all mate it's a stubbie not a bottle and secondly it has to be drunk ice cold
Alex Fisher he’s a Pom mate he probably warmed it up first
@Helle Fyre try coopers pale ale. Best aussie beer by along way. VB is drunk by Bogans to dumb to know any better. I personally prefer german beers and the occasional Asahi.
@Helle Fyre there is no flavour, that's why it's great
It's still a bottle
Stubbies are a type of bottle, you wally. It's both a bottle and a stubby. If a beer has to be freezing to drink it then it's not a good beer, the cold is just hiding the flavour.
They are the same company. VB has that straight up urine flavor that Aussies love.
I’m Aussie and I so love this review (even though I’m very embarrassed by it) as it is so accurate. In Australia, we call VB ‘Green Death’....lol
Hey Robert, I’m an American that thinks VB is good . I brewed a VB clone recipe that was amazing.
@@jonyoung6405 - That’s sounds great mate. I actually don’t mind a VB from the tap from a good pub but you can’t have too many as the chemical hops or whatever they put in it gives you the most horrendous hangovers….hence the ‘Green death’ name…lol
I really like VB. I'm from the US and cant really find it here. Went to Oz a few times back in the 90's and that's what everyone there drank. It was described to me as their version of Budweiser (I don't really drink Budweiser though). Anyway, VB is just a beer, and to me it's quite good. Maybe some of you purists or connoisseurs don't like it, but tons of regular people in Australia do
Steve Morgan the taste has changed a lot since the 90s.. I’m Australian and wish I still liked Vb but it’s just not good
Depends on your taste, Bud is sweeter lighter than Vb I find Vb too bitter.
Perceived Villian Anyone that says VB is bad doesn’t like beer, fact!
@@andresmiguel2573 There is another possibility-they've been adventurous enough to not go with the mob and have explored some of the other great beers. Here's a helpful analogy:- If you only ever have shit sandwiches for lunch you'll think they're okay.
Darryl Schultz Yeah but I’ve tasted other beers and VB is the best! If you don’t like VB then maybe stick with cocktails love 😘
Bloody horrible stuff, had it once when I lived in Oz 10 years ago, that nasty chemical aftertaste still haunts my dreams.
VB isn't a craft beer. It's a big brand Fosters/Lion Nathan beer. There's plenty of Australian craft beers out there if you look hard enough. but if you absolutely must try it it's gotta be cold, really cold.
I live in Victoria and this beers equates to cats piss. Carlton united breweries make this. This beer was a long time favourite during a time in Australia when there was very little choice (about 40 years ago). However, with the introduction so many imported beers and Australian Craft brewers, this Victoria Bitter should be feed to the pigs. It's still a long time favourite among bogans that have no sense of taste or class.
Take the poker out yer arse, ya fairy!
When I was back packing in Australia we used to call cans of vb green grenades!
I wouldn't even pour it on my bbq onions
I don't know at what temperature you drank this Simon, but as its a lager it needs to beer drank icy cold straight from the fridge, the lack of haze/condensation on the glass suggested to me that you let this come to room. I have to admit that I was a regular drinker of this in my lager boy days, and whilst I found it slightly more palletable than most big name lagers, it's one that I would really only drink now if there wasn't anything else to drink.
I have a fair few friends and subscribers on my regular channel from Australia who just about bit my head off for remotely suggesting Fosters had anything to do with the country
Fosters "The original Australian Lager" LOL.
Yes this was cooled down to about 2C wont buy this again, I had a feeling it might be decent, unfortunately I was wrong. Cheers
+Real Ale Craft Beer Mate.... why??? Why did you even drink it? Its fucking shite.
@@realaleguide A lot of the bigger brews have had their recipes changed. Would have it been a better beer one hundred years likely.
Fantastic beer. Doesn't try too hard, well balanced flavour. An ice cold VB on a hot summer day - nothing better!
VB taste like carbonated vagina discharge. Carlton Draught is the way to go when it comes to pure Aussie beers.
It is good but the headache isn't worth it. They don't have to put ingredients on Australian beer but I don't trust whatever is in there
Did you get the answer you wanted on who makes this? Both Fosters and VB are made by Carlton & United Breweries (CUB, which is owned by SABMiller, so now AB Inbev). They also make Carlton Draught...and many will argue they're all exactly the same beer just with different labels and bottle shapes. I tend to think the recipes differ ever so slightly, but apparently they're all now made using an ale yeast at 16C, so they're not even really lagers any more.
An Australian Kölsch
I remember years ago liking this.. Then I went to oz on my honeymoon and thought it was awful.. It was while I was there that I discovered hoppy pale ales. In particular it was 'Fat Yak pale ale' that moved me away from Belgian and German beer and on to discovering beers like punk IPA. Beers of Europe do occasionally have it and I'd say give it a try. Cheers
It is a very popular beer & not as bad as this fellow is saying. And he lives in the UK. He is full of it. I know a lot of people that love it on a hot day icy cold!
Old mate stick to your Pommy water mate ....... I reckon your a first beer reviewer and never got over it ... love you having a go just the same.
You have so say wadderye talkin aboot ya fakin dog cants when you drink VB
I come from Australia and many people seem to drink it but in no way is it considered a good beer. It just tastes watered down and of chemicals.
I totally understand, when i started drinking beer i was into ales and would gag at the taste of VB but the Australian heat turned me to start drinking 6 packs of light lagers. You gotta be an aussie to like that taste, most our beers are made by the fosters group and have that classic sweet aussie crip taste. Our beers are made with sugar and barley.
Years ago I was in line at a bottlo/offie/liquor store and this exchange still makes me chuckle:
Bloke in front of me, rambling to all and sundry: I've been all around the world and VB is the best beer around, the most sessionable beer there is. (Then, to me:) What do you think mate?
Me: Umm, it's actually one of the few beers I won't drink.
Bloke, in apparent ego resuscitation: Well, YOU obviously haven't been all around the world.. (Wanders off enabling me to pay for something decent.)
Never had fosters, but I have had VB and I agree, it is the worst Aussie beer. You should do a review on Furphy beer from Australia, way better than VB.
When I first moved to oz 10 years ago from Eire I was in an Irish pub in Sydney and I just wanted an oz beer and ordered a pint of VB and thought it was vile now I think it’s nit that bad . Vb means very bad
Yep, CUB makes all the megaswill in Australia: Mebourne Bitter, Victoria Bitter, Carlton Draught, Fosters Lager, Crown Lager, etc.
Partly you might be objecting to the Pride of Ringwood. It's a pretty harsh bittering hop. I use it in some homebrews, but only in combination with some noble hops later in the boil (or in the hop back). I Think all these CUB beers us no hops other than pride of ringwood. I also suspect that many of these variations are just the same beer with a different label put on the bottle.
VB has laundry soap on the nose. The palate is slightly sweet malt, probably a pale domestic malt, with a bit of caramel colouring. The bitterness is very one dimensional, with no character to back it up.
If you're at a barbie and it's the only think on offer, it's perfectly drinkable as long as it's not over about 4C. But it's certainly not a beer drinker's beer.
The Aussie market is flooded with craft and international beers now, but several decades ago when that wasn't the case, those of us with taste buds were drinking Coopers Sparkling Ale. It's a pale ale. It's got a 'rustic' quality to it, like a good homebrew. It's probably bittered with Pride of Ringwood too, but it's got enough flavour to counteract any harshness. It's got a biscuit malt flavour, and a slight nuttiness. It has no significant hop character (no grassy, floral or piney flavours), but it has a slight fruitiness that may be from its yeast character. Writing that from memory, so that might not be 100% accurate, but it's ballpark.
Used to be that 2 thirds of beer sold in Australia was this. It's now only 1 third
This was my first beer. VB stands for Very Bad!
VB is the nectar of the gods. You're just wrong
Poms wouldn’t have a clue about VB
It’s not great though is it? Hahaha
I love VB , its a great beer
It is brewed by a subsidiary of the Fosters Group so yes it is?
I wonder if anyone can post AND SEND me a cost analysis for beer in Australia, preferably Queensland area, because I want to verify something I was told with that being that Victoria Bitter is basically the cheapest at around 20 dollars for a thirty case ????????
More like $45
Alex Fisher AUD$46 today, not a cheap, not a premium!
I personally don't mind VB its the beer equivalent of going to Macdonalds and getting a big mac, its alright but its not very good and yes you are right by saying it wasn't like that in 1854, it was actually a "Bitter" it was a red ale before they changed it to a lager in the early 50's
It`s not cold enough my lover, pop it in the fridge x
A hard earned Thirst needs a big cold beer, & the best cold beer is Vic. Victoria Bitter (VB)
I've had just about every beer out there and VB is a very nice beer
i have never had a hangover or been sick on VB, but as for Tooheys NEW I've spewed horrendously ... I'll often down 5 talluies of VB and I'll be ok the next day
Aussie who still have taste buds have left commercial brewers like Castlemaine,Carlton and Tooheys and only drink craft beer these days. We may have been brought up on that rubbish but now we have a choice. It’s only the old and unenlightened rhythm still that stuff. It’s good for cleaning your colon though.
It really comes into its own after you've sunk a few, the first one always tastes average
I do like this beer, but I like MB far better it is cleaner and does not have that nasty aftertaste that VB does! Go Dockers!
Carlton draught is the biggest beer in Australia.
True followed by VB!
Aussie here, can't stand the stuff 2/10 is a fair score mate.
Yep I had it in Oz. It's shocking!!
i love this review, its so true (im australian btw)
Me too - more of us Aussies need to see this video as we hide the poor quality of our beers by drinking them so damn cold. The ‘Green Death’ strikes again....lol
You sir could not be more wrong. VB is the brew for you to pull you on through.
A hard earned thirst needs a big cold beer, and the best cold beer is Vic, Victoria Bitter.
Amen mate
TOOHEYS NEW .. off the tap... hands down most popular
VB is the second most drunken beer in Australia so what you just said is wrong!
@@andresmiguel2573 second, after Tooheys New
It’s a great beer but definitely needs to be served cold! VB on tap only or stubby ice cold on hot days, otherwise drink Carlton Draught. The VB taste doesn’t hold well once warm like other beers.
yep and they charge us nelly $50 for a box of the rubbish.
i like melbourne bitter but they lowered the alc % about 7 years ago and its never been the same
you are wrong
No it's dog piss. He is right. Get some taste and a palate.
That was a very generous 2 out of 10 mate, love your reviews👍👍
You need to start doing the two pour system as we do in aus
Haven't tried that beer yet?
Mate proud Aussie here and you need to know that cb should be drunk at a temp of about 1 degree no hotter and it's the best it gets ask any real Aussie plus you should drink it out of the stubbie not a glass
"Not very nice at all!" perfectly describes this beer. Cheers!
As an Aussie I can say I have never seen a fosters in the wild VB all the way
Lol this is funny.. my 1st try of vb same reaction but keep drinking it.. it gets better. Now I can't stop drinking it. Damn good beer. I'm a kiwi boy and love a good beer.
Come one mate no we’re near cold enough. Enjoy your vids cheers from down under but beer has to be 1-3 degrees c I’ve cold. Glass should condensate at least and yes this changes flavor a lot
1-3 C so you cant actually taste it, tells you all you need to know.
This is what oz lager tastes like. Im guessing it could have something to do with brewing a lager in a country where its 40 degrees half the year round. We have good craft Brewers though. Check out Feral or Moondog
I have tried Little Creatures that was pretty decent.
Yeah little creatures is pretty good. Owned by the same mob who make vb though
Zac Redmond I think you'll find it's not. CUB makes VB, Lion Nathan, in turn owned by Kirin purchase Little Creatures.
Yerright. Still, owned by international shite lager merchants
Zac Redmond
No Arguments here.
The only people who actually like VB in Australia are the sort of people stupid enough not to try other beers. Let the bogans drink their watery beers.
I like VB, tastes great if you've been working hard all day there's nothing better than a nice cold Vic. Yeah it's not a bloody conesuir of beers but it goes down bloody well. First beer I got pissed on! Vic!
Their slogan is literally "For a hard earned thirst".
As an Australian, your review couldn't be more accurate.
Frighteningly disgusting beer. Australians really have a lot to learn about good beer.
Just a question, if you gave that 2/10, what beers have you given 1/10 to?
I drink gallons of the stuff. Best easy drinking beer ever 👍👍👍
It's my first time trying it here in Singapore.. I paid 6 pack home delivery about 24.31 aud and now I feel bad since you didn't even like it..
HEY 🥰 LUV VB IN DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE DA BEST AND WHEN IN MELBOURNE!! MELBOURNE BITTER IS GREAT!!!!
mate i fuckin love this shit been drinking it for years, icon beer of our land
+Truman Kelly If VB is the best Australia has to offer in regards to beer ...
WE'RE DOOMED..!!
Sir Winston Lennon nothings better than enjoying an ice cold victoria bitter and a smoke out on the verandah on a hot day mate. what's your favourite aussie beer?
Hahn Super Dry. Best low carb beer on the market, I'm drinking one right now. :)
cheers mate.
It is a great beer, I dont care what anyone say`s. It is like a better quality Fosters which is also a good beer and here is why. They are made to be drunk cold, also compared to most stuff in the UK this has a very smooth finish and is very refreshing. It is way better then most english lagers and has a fond following. It is actually imported now and has a demand. Tesco used to sell it as did Majestic wine but what do they know? They sell to the mass wjho drink stuff like Kronenborg and think it`s good. Saying that I love this guy`s reviews and am suprised he did not like it, maybe it was not cold enough.
Mate this is a great drop. I've tried all the of what uk has to offer and I'd rather a veebs.
Yeah they are the same the company is cub
The recipe has changed, probably cost cutting
try carlton draught please. and yes VB, fosters and a few others are all owned my carlton united brewers.
Aussies no longer like this on the whole. It's the most popular of the cheaper brands but there are others that are more popular now. Can't think of them off the top of my head though. 2 is generous by the way. It is however better than Fosters. At least the version we get in NZ and Aussie. Has a bit of an Ink taste
VB is a good beer if served bloody cold on a scorching hot day.
Why do you call VB "lager" ? I've never heard it called that here in Australia. I've heard of "Fosters Lager", but VB is just called beer.
+CheesyTV A lager is a type of beer.....and VB is a lager.
Ehhh face palm...
Sorry mate, I like VB. However, I find your review, comments, and expressions very enjoyable! I'm not Australian.... It is what is it is man, if the company is making money and people enjoy it, then that's what's gonna happen.
There’s so many Australian beers that’s a million times better than that dishwashing water!
LOL! I'm with you. VB is for Very Bad.
I like VB, I like Budweiser and Boston Lager.
I think this might be the shortest review you've ever done! Really not great is it? There's so much better stuff from down under.
Damn good comment about what it would have tasted in 1854 too...
These big brewery's seem doomed to me, Craft Beer is growing at least 30% year on year with the big brewers in decline. Question is will they wake up too late to try and turn things around? Cheers guys.
+The Craft Beer Channel
+Real Ale Craft Beer
Carlton Draught is the most popular Australian beer. However this does not indicate the quality of the beer, more so the availability on taps and the price.
As you might of noticed, Victoria Bitter needs to be drunk while the beer is super cold. It's flavour changes significantly with heat.
So mate, does it really taste that bad.
Could it be worse then American beers?
You're right Simon, it is "strikingly poor", but better then Fosters as you suggested at the beginning. VB is the dominant lager in Victoria and probably just lags behind Tooheys New in NSW. Castlemaine XXXX still rules the roost in Queensland. They're all as bad as each other. Thankfully there is enough craft beer around (and more and more all the time) to make avoiding this and the others fairly easy. Not sure how much of it (other than the ubiquitous and quite decent Little Creatures) will get to the UK though.
I remember when I lived in Australia someone giving this to me after I made a comment about their Fosters, he obviously thought this was far better. I actually think it's even worse. A truly horrible beer.
Drank a shit load of Craft and International beers but give VB the edge over all of them especially when on tap at the Pub .... going by here maybe it doesn't travel well but it's all good going from my mouth too my gut here in Stralia ....😀🇦🇺
I am Australian for over 10 years, and I would say its the best damn beer for me now. FYI, when I first tasted this, its exactly the same as in this review..., Other states apart from Victoria may have different opinions. But the Fosters story is right :)
15 years ago, I used to like this beer. Then the beer world suddenly changed, with all the micro breweries popping up and now I cant drink it. Awful. We've come a long way.
As an aussie living in Australia it is the cheap dreggs - it’s disgusting and tastes sour
i think iVB is not as popular as is was 15 years ago . so many better beers available now.
I'm a Aussie and I hate VB.
Solid review. I only tried VB once.. it was all we had left.. and even then we had to give a little shit to the poor bloke who brought it along lol
Why is it called Bitter when it’s a lager? Bitter is a style of English Pale Ale and Lager is.. well it’s Lager!
Carlton dry mate
Oh man, we're sitting round the office laughing our pants off at this vid. If we were a big organisation, you'd expect it to go viral. Anyway, you're right on the money, you have to lick paint stripper before drinking that, as it's not fit for cleaning a barbie with. The recipe has certainly changed a lot, but it's been many, many years since it was even palatable. Fortunately we have a wide variety of craft beers in Oz, so there is no need to imbibe this substitute for syrup of ipecac. As for the origin, you're spot on the money as to this being the producer of Fosters.
Go grab some mouth wash, and I look forward to your next vid.
I bet you drink james squire and consider them a top shelf craft beer.
You little girl maybe stick with your vodka and raspberry! VB is a great beer for men 🍺
VB is just horrid stuff. But there's no shortage of loyalists disliking the video
Probs my fave video
Did ya drink it chilled or room temperature.
Just curious to know wether you drank this ice cold or warm? Warm would taste like granny piss but ice cold it’s one of the best beers out there in Australia although I prefer Carlton Draught.
V.B. has got to be the worst liquid being sold as beer on the market here in Australia. Coming a close second has to be West End Draught both of these are alleged beers, both taste terrible. There are better beers on the market here but they are mainly from the craft brewery side if the industry. The mainstay breweries just churn out shite and the Aussie public buy it because it's cheap and it's cheap because it's fucking shite.
+Hater_v2 Try and tell me what you really mean in words containing more than one syllable you vacuous knuckle dragging Neanderthal.
Vic is disgusting, as are all CUB beers. It was a bitter in 1854. CUB took over many of the independent breweries in Victoria which is where the various names of their products come from ie. Fosters, Melbourne, Carlton. They turned them into brand names for all their horrible lagers. The hop is Pride of Ringwood, which was bred from Pride of Kent. Coopers also use it to make their green and red ales which are okay beers, so the problem can't be just the hops. When I was young these lagers were about all you could get here in Melbs. Lets hope they are not planning the same move with their takeovers of several craft breweries in recent years. Of course, they are now part of the international big beer groups themselves. Are they Asahi, AB Inbev? Who cares? Who can keep up?
I'm an Aussie and like hoppy beers, so maybe that's why I like this better than all the other shitty mass produced crap we produce here :)
1:51 ooowwhhh it's just a larger!! hhahahahaha!
Oh lord VB! Haha! Wish we could get it here, not that its good…. Fun!
Fun fact That's a wife bashing drink in australia.
Nobody drank fosters! Nobody drinks fosters!