The charm of homebrewing is that you can brew an Australian lager with a bit more hops. You brew what you want.
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This is a question that would get a good response (maybe) on rec.crafts.brewing. Also, is Google broken? 'Cause just a cursory search got me to:
Question for another thread: what's the deal with trying to homebrew a copy of a mass-market Australian lager with just a bit more hop finish than most mass-market lagers? (Yes, VB is a lager. Try not to be too surprised.)
Sure. Get some Foster's and add a little (a very little) hop extract.
Bitter."
The funny thing is, a lot of Aussie's say, "No real Aussie would ever drink Foster's! It's VB or nothing, mate!"
Trouble with the ale/lager distinction runs rampant down under.
Happens just about everywhere I'd imagine when the masses perception of beer is all shades of yellow fizz in different packages. In Texas for instance Hofbrau Original Lager is labelled as an ale because it has more than 5% alcohol by volume.
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Yes, you can't equate lager with mass produced crap, or ale with quality beer. There are many stunning European lagers and many crappy ales. Hoffbrau in Australia is also labelled as ale and yet it is clearly a lager. Steve W. (Why the fkn hell would you want to make VB when you can buy it discounted at most liquor outlets anyway. I can think of hundreds of beers I'd make before VB).
Hello Can any one give me any idea how to make a home brew that tastes like Vivtoria Bitter please noddy
With only two batches under your belt, I would not only
*not* try a VB-clone lager, but would counsel your wife to not jump to conclusions about your homebrew. Get some more experience with ingredients and procedures, and then tackle something in the same vein as VB, but better. You may surprise you wife.
Or you could just buy a big cucumber. Much easier than home-brewing, and equally surprising.
The have cucumbers in Australia but they call them wuzzjubbers.
They have all sorts of funny expressions, like "Spike the growler."
The reason for VB is my wife dosn't like my home brew, only made two so far, but love VB- what can one do
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