Talk:Victoria Bitter

Packaging
I've been outside of australia for 3 years but when I was last there you could get VB in 750ml bottles (tallies), 250ml bottles (throwbacks) and 1 litre cans shaped like kegs. that last one may have been a promotional thing but I don't believe the list of packaging in this article is correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.46.226.92 (talk • contribs)


 * Down in Victoria 750ml bottles are known as longnecks, and they are still available. I have never seen a 250ml bottle, nor do I know anyone who would be seen dead with such a poofy little bottle! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.94.135.59 (talk • contribs)


 * Well the idea of the 'poofy little bottle' is:
 * A) You can keep it cold
 * B) You can skull it


 * Up in Dublin 500ml cans are the standard as are pint glasses. Here nobody would be caught dead with a pissy little 365ml bottle nor a 375ml Schoona. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.46.230.53 (talk • contribs)


 * You smash Throwies you moron!!!!
 * 24 throwies for $25 is a sweet deal, and always a good start to a night!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.222.154.146 (talk • contribs)

PS you've been out of Aus for THREE years mate, things change here, Longies are 800mls now, and you've always been able to buy throwies in NSW! Stay in cold Britian drinking your "manly" 500ml cans you idiot, dont you know temperatures get above 40 degrees for a fair part of the summer months here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.222.154.146 (talk • contribs)


 * We're arguing on the same side you drongo. It's the victorian who was disputing the existence of throwbacks.  I was trying to have them added the article.  My remark referring to the size of pints/cans in Dublin was in response to his idiotic remark that no-one would be caught dead with a 'pissy little throwback' in victoria.  I was demonstrating a flaw in his logic which implied that bigger is always better and a throwback is for pussies.  Furthermore, if you'd bothered to read my response to that mexican, my argument was that a throwback can be kept cold and you can skull it!


 * Furthermore, having lived in Brisbane for 25 years I know exactly how warm it gets. To suggest it is above 40 degrees in NSW for a large portion of the summer months is an incredible exageration!  The avg daily high temp in brisbane in summer is 29.  It might get to 40 once or twice each year... but most years it doesn't get that hot at all!


 * I'll be back in Australia in 3 weeks time for my annual holiday there. I'll see if I can find an 800ml VB tallie. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.254.168.102 (talk • contribs)


 * oh. And Ireland isn't in Britain you moron. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.254.168.102 (talk • contribs)

Sorry Champ, i see your point, i should've checked the page history before shooting my mouth off but i'm an irrational New South Welshman and it pisses me off when people bad mouth my throwies!!!

"oh. And Ireland isn't in Britain you moron" - you should understand being an Aussie how much we love grouping all those northerners together, Northern Irelands part of Britian - I love making gross generalisations - Actually Northern Ireland isn't part of Britain. Britain is the name of the arrow shaped island which contains Scotland England and Wales, infact there is no such country as 'Britain'. The name of the country in it's shortened form is 'The United Kingdom' or simply the 'UK'. This also includes Northern Ireland. - So there!


 * Yep, that's why they constantly imply NZ is part of Australia or that we're all the same.

I haven't herd the term "throwies", but in Victoria they are known as "Grenades". They are very hard to find in shops. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.79.8.191 (talk) 23:04, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

UK Students drinking VB mixed with gin
whatever happened to that particular comment? I find it amusing, please bring it back! Jivesucka 16:27, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

VB on tap
From my experiences down in Mexico its harder to get VB on tap there (the so called home of VB) than it is anywhere else in Aus.
 * Yep. That's because tooheys went around and bought a large percentage of the pubs down there.  Pubs owned by tooheys don't sell VB =)  It's quite funny actually.  CUB had to buy a bunch of pubs in retaliation.

For a while last year they Upped the Size of Throwies to a 285ml middy pack. That was pretty sweet.

I guarantee you'll be able to find a 800ml Longie mate - Thats standard issue across all CUB Longnecks these days! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.222.154.146 (talk • contribs)


 * I can get VB in Dublin. We have 1 bottlo i'm aware of that sells it.  Costs about AUD$5 for 1 stubby but I happily pay it over drinking the european crap on offer.  Would prefer a good XXXX tho. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.254.168.102 (talk • contribs)

New South Welshpeople, get a dog up ya! Calling Victorians, Mexicans is a stupid Americanism that has no place in the Commonwealth of Australia, not to mention it being racist. And anyway Tooheys has lost a large percentage of pubs that they bought because their beer was crap and have gone back to CUB. 203.208.69.48 17:30, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Victorian is a 'race'? Wow ... Anyhow, in NSW 250mls are also commonly called 'twist tops'. Htra0497

Firstly, I've only ever heard of the 250ml ones called "grenades", but I guess different regions different slang.

What I wanted to talk to everyone about was the "Interstate and humorously," part, I don't want to delete it because it is something that can never be proven, but I mean really, do people actually call VB "Vaginal Backwash", "Vile Brew, or "Virgin Breaker"? "A pot of Virgin Breaker please".

Other than 17-year old school kid who think they are cool, I doubt most of this slang is actually in use, and would probably be better removed from wikipedia. Just my opinion Disco

Actually they are quite commonly used... I'd say Vaginal Backwash, and Vomit Beer are the most common

It gets caled "cats piss" a lot round here. but then again i am a bit of a bumpkin i suspose. Raya 85 13:24, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

sign comments please
People, please sign your comments with a ' ~ ' after all your comments, even if you are not signed in & don't have an account -- Swarve 10:22, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Apesadumbrado Seniorita 62.254.168.102 11:34, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

A joke????
FROM ARTICLE: The most recent advertising campaign features David Boon, although an number of other ads are occasionally screened, such as one which promotes Australia's love of barbecuing meat, including its national emblems, the kangaroo and emu.

This to me suggests there's an ad which shows the barbecueing of kangaroo and emu meat. It also implies Australians love barbecueing of kangaroo and emu meat. I believe neither to be true. Was this added as a joke or it just clumsy wording? I don't watch enough commercial TV to know if a BV ad with barbecueing exists. Asa01 03:20, 18 June 2006 (UTC)


 * VB's latest ad campaigns have been spoofing the 'old' "For a hard earned thirst ..." campaign so yes, it is a bit of a joke (the ads not wiki article). Htra0497 16:50 30 June 2006 (AET)


 * Does the advert jokingly suggest people barbecuing Kangaroos and Emus? Asa01 07:26, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I've seen the ad, it does have a reference to being the only country in the world where people can eat the animals on the coat of arms. Look on youtube for the full ad. Tim Chuma 05:01, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Nothing wrong with BBQing kangaroo. It's damn tasty. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

Transcription from the 1984 television campaign with John Meillon
You can get it ridin' You can get is slidin' You can feel it comin' on about four A hard-earned thirst needs a big cold beer, and the best cold beer is VIC VIC BITTER! You can get it walkin' You can get it talkin'! YOU CAN GET IT WORKIN' A PLOUGH! Matter o' fact I've got it now! Victoria Bitter!

video here

Tim Chuma

Tinnies?
Do people really say this? I've never heard a single person say tinnie. I'm a victorian and have spent a reasonable amount of time in city and country pubs and usually only hear of cans, stubbies and longnecks. Definitely never 'tinnies'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.243.99.2 (talk) 11:34, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Tinnies is what i call tinnies. Applies to all canned beer, not just VB —Preceding unsigned comment added by 211.27.67.17 (talk) 09:27, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Cans are called tins in some parts of the UK so i guess its plausible that it could be called Tinnies down under 134.36.93.46 (talk) 17:08, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Centeal West NSW's has tinnies 114.72.193.53 (talk) 11:40, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Born in 1968 I recall that tinnies was common slang in the 1970s and early 1980s for a can of beer. Cans seem to be less common today, and the word itself seems very outdated. I haven't heard it for many years and it sounds very 70s to me. "Tinnie" today more commonly refers to a small aluminium boat. Format (talk) 04:44, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Name Change, now no longer Victoria Bitter
Fosters have now rebranded the product as "VB" with only a passing reference to the former name "Victoria Bitter" on their website. This is immediately obvious if you visit the front page

Suggest changing the title of the article to VB and redirect any link to Victoria Bitter to the page. --MichaelGG (talk) 12:45, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

They have switched between "VB" and "Victoria Bitter" a number of times. "VB" oroginally stood for "Victoria Brewery", not "Bitter". The 1907 bottle had "VB" in vertical red letters and "Bitter Ale" across the roundel. There is little history about VB in the article. It was one of the original six breweries that formed CUB. There is no mention of the exact type of beer and how it has changed over the years. It started as a red ale, and was probably bittered with EKG hops. The present beer is probably bittered with PoR, and a smaller amount of partially aged/oxidized EKG, to give it the strong bitterness, but without the lingering alpha-acid bite.203.219.70.31 (talk) 04:23, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Citations Needed, please.
The article makes a few strong assertions in the opening paragraph about market share etc. There are no citations given, except one (which I cannot source) for 2009 sales. Also, we needing reference for the assertion that the name change is real, and is has to do with removing the connection to Victoria. Also needs citations for availability overseas, and nicknames. In History section - the 60s advertising campaign, Paul Hester reference, David Boon reference, wortstream brewing process, packaging, claim that 500ml cans are drunk by trade workers at lunch (WTF?), killer can. In VB Gold section - 2009 sales, quote from Anthony Heraghty, and 2008 world cup ads. VB RAW - no references. Marketing and Promotion section - drinking in NZ, David Boon (again), sponsor Kangaroos, Tri-Series, cricket sponsorship.

That's it. And maybe rewrite it a bit. If I cared more, I'd do it myself, but presumably the PR people for Fosters have someone paid to do this sort of thing. 60.240.207.146 (talk) 09:49, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Old VB Bottles
I Have found a bottle that is a 40 fl oz bottle with white writing does anyone know anything about these. found in Darwin Australia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.124.35.40 (talk) 01:39, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 September 2016
Please remove the below due to page vandalism

VB is among the CUB products boycotted by unions after the 55 CUB workers were allegedly sacked after refusing a 65% wage cut. The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has said that they will not stop the boycott until the situation is rectified.

Windysurfer (talk) 07:48, 6 September 2016 (UTC)


 * I object to the removal and charaterisation of vandalism for the following reasons;


 * 1) The passage relates to an event related to the topic of the article.
 * 2) While earlier versions of the passage clearly failed neutrality, this one is far more neutral.
 * 3) A study of logs relating to the requesting account suggest it was created for posting this request.
 * I won't be removing the passage for these reasons. --RockerballAustralia (talk) 09:16, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 4 external links on Victoria Bitter. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0%2C27753%2C25717068-462%2C00.html
 * Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0%2C23636%2C22124930-462%2C00.html
 * Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0%2C21985%2C22527695-2862%2C00.html
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20111121000744/http://www.nrl.com/Sponsors/tabid/10630/Default.aspx to http://www.nrl.com/Sponsors/tabid/10630/Default.aspx

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 20:31, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

The Staple?
There's not a single person who has referred to this beer by this name, and the linked article doesn't suggest it. Pretty obvious that this edit has been made to market the beer. 2001:8003:33AF:C701:EE7B:3AD5:63C0:28DC (talk) 17:52, 31 December 2022 (UTC)