New VB recipe: 0.1% less costs 2% more

Foster’s is cutting back the alcohol content of VB beer by 0.1% in a plan to save up to $20 million in tax.

The alcohol content will drop from 4.9% to 4.8%, with industry analyst Mark Bowles telling the Herald Sun that it could save between $10 million and $20 million.
The brewer says that the taste of the beer would stay the same.
“It certainly doesn’t affect the taste, which is very important to our VB drinkers,” said VB spokesperson Ben Wicks. "The taste will stay exactly the same. Our master brewers have done a lot of work to make sure of that."
The reduced alcohol VB will hit stores in late August. Foster’s is also planning on increasing the price of all its packaged beers – VB, Carlton, Crown Lager and Pure Blonde – by 2% in August.

Of course the taste will stay the same! I don't think that it could get any worse than the "piss strained through dirty undies" taste it has now. What really scares me is that a major brewery is LOWERING the alcohol content AND raising the fucking price! VB may be the retards drink of choice, but all drinkers must unite in the face of this travesty, lest other brewerys also raise the price, or worse, turn all piss into low alcohol slowly by degrees. I may not be allowed to smoke in the pub anymore, but i'll be damned if I'm going to let them charge me for to sit in a bar and not get rat arsed!.

Theres a reason that no one in Australia drinks Fosters, the owners are a pack of cunts!