First, VB is a crisp, easy to drink beer which, when chilled, is perfectly suited to occasions such as the famous Aussie Barbie. It is a pleasant, easy to drink, bitter lager which many claim has a fruity aroma (although AustralianBeers.com experts are still debating this issue).
Second, Victoria Bitter is cheap. A carton of VB is usually one of the cheapest options in any bottle shop.
Third, and arguably the most important, CUB has run very successful VB advertising campaigns which target the heart of Australian culture. Ads for VB depict shearers, jackaroos, truck drivers and other working class Australians engaged in hard yakka. You would difficulty finding an Australian male who could not recite extracts from the long running prose used as a voice over on the Victoria Bitter ads.
Lines such as, “A hard earned thirst needs a big cold beer, and the best cold beer's VIC” and the other literary masterpiece, “You can get it any old how, Matter o' fact, I got it now”, have for years formed the backbone of CUB’s successful advertising campaigns.