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Victoria Bitter 1.86 398

Victoria Bitter

Percentile
3
overall
Brewed by Carlton & United Breweries (CUB)
Style: Pale Lager

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
3981.85/5.01.86/5.04.8%24.4Dimpled mug, English pint, Lager glass, Shaker
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.
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 Ungstrup (15380), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Dec 3, 2002  
A golden beer with an OK yet fast disappearing head. The aroma is slightly hoppy. The taste is refreshing, a little more bitter than the average lager and with hints of honey which makes it just a bit better than the average lager. It’s not nearly as good now, as it was, 6 years ago, when I first tasted it in Sydney - maybe the setting and all the beers drunk since has an influence here?


 Papsoe (15103), Frederiksberg, Denmark
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/101/56/20
May 14, 2005    Updated: Jun 16, 2005
(Bottle 37,5 cl) Golden colour, limited head and extremely high carbonation. A touch of malt but mainly this flavour of chicken-fodder that you find so often in beers with corn or rice. Very subdued bitterness. A beer that makes you burb - and nothing else. A truly Australian classic, only God knows why. Comes in the classical oz stubby-bottle. 110205


 yespr (12404), Copenhagen O, Denmark
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/57/20
Jul 17, 2007  
37.5 cL bottle. Pours golden yellow to orange with a white head. Aroma is hay, corn and slight metallic. Metallic, corn and bitter flavour. Dry bitterness in the finish. Bland bitter.


 omhper (12247), Stockholm, Sweden
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/57/20
Jun 10, 2005  
Draught at Irish Murphy, Ballarat. Yellowish golden, brief head. Dusty orangey hop aroma. Some coarse vegetably maltiness, low bitterness. I still do prefer the Australian version of cheap crappy lagers to most other cheap crappy lagers.


 fonefan (11866), VestJylland, Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Jun 2, 2008  
Bottle @ home.
Clear medium orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, light hoppy, grass. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. (220408)


 oh6gdx (9047), Vasa, Finland
0.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/101/52/101/52/20
Aug 11, 2005  
Bottled. Golden colour, minimal head. Hoppy, a bit skunky nose. Bitter hoppy flavour with almost no aftertaste. Total waste of money.


 Oakes (8115), Kowloon, Hong Kong
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/57/20
Aug 3, 2001  
I don’t know what they do up in Saskatchewan, but I’ll have to take Spenis’ word on that particular comparison. Personally, I just thought it was a median Aussie lager - better than Foster’s or Swan, but notably worse than Boag’s.


 fiulijn (7420), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/58/20
Jul 4, 2003  
Golden color. Simple aroma, almost stinking. Very simple body and watery final. Drinkable, useless.



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