Some of the first beers I ever drank as a kid were VB's... stolen from the esky while camping over easter... I had tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em.
I remember VB tasting horrible, but we drank them anyway... After that I avoided them like the plague, but a few years ago (~25yo seasoned beer drinker) I had no choice but to have a stubbie of the stuff... Did not mind it at all