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There are certain things in life that piss me off. Bad drivers, people who jump the queue, red heads and the french for example.

Now I get to add Fosters and their iconic beer VB to the list.

In what can only be seen as a greedy money grabbing move, Fosters have announced that they are dropping the alcohol content of VB by 0.1% so that they are able to save around $20 million in taxes a year.

To add salt to the already gaping wound the wholesale price of beer will rise by 2%!

VB Spokesman Mr Ben Wicks has said that the excise savings would be reinvested in the brand, particularly the new VB Midstrength and the popular annual summer promotion featuring collectible figurines.

Let me get things straight here Ben…

• I don’t drink Midstrength beer. I always drink full strength. If I wanted to drink a poor excuse for a beer I would purchase VB Midstrength. If you’re going to drop the alcohol content in anything drop it from that.
• I buy and drink your beer to get drunk. Not to play with silly little promotional toys.
• You are a gigantic tool of a man Ben.

I announce a boycott on VB effective immediately and hopefully those wine drinking CEO pigs at Fosters will understand the slight error in judgement they have made and will correct this immediately.

And to all the other brewers and beers out there don’t take the stupid actions of Fosters as an excuse to follow suit. A full strength beer should be a minimum of 4.9% period. Anything less is a joke and making us pay more for it is an insult and kick to the nuts.

Source news.com.au (link)