Talk:Victoria Bitter

message: 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)
thread_title:  Packaging 

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

message: 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)
thread_title: VB on tap

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thread_title: sign comments please

message: 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)
replies: text: 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)
thread_title:  Tinnies? 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Name Change, now no longer Victoria Bitter 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Citations Needed, please. 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Old VB Bottles 

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message: 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)
thread_title:  The Staple?