Archive record · Brewery
Vanuatu Brewing Limited
Vanuatu
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Archive ID
- TB-8R3PB3RH
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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From the record
Summary
Established Vanuatu brewery seed. Country seed — a starting point for this state, not a national sweep.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Where it is
-17.74300, 168.31700
Supplied by the research pass; method not recorded
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Behind the beer
Pacific Trade Invest identifies Francois Lhote as VBL master brewer in 2016.
Pacific Trade Invest identifies Dennis Coteron in VBL sales/marketing in 2016.
Dun & Bradstreet lists Matthieu Caillard as a director/key principal of VBL.
The Beer Library
Beers
Vanuatu Tusker OP Premium Lager
Year-RoundPilsner - Imperial / Double
(ACTIVE)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Vanuatu Premium Bitter
Year-RoundBitter - Best
(active or legacy)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Pripps Lager Export
RetiredLager - Export
(HISTORICAL — PRODUCER )
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Vanuatu Bitter
RetiredLager - European Style (2002 competition classification)
(HISTORICAL VBL PRODUCT; Market name through 2018)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Southern Cross Stout
RetiredStout - Dry
(HISTORICAL — PRODUCER AND AWARDS )
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On the record
Awards
- 2025
Gold — Beers — Vanuatu Tusker OP Premium Lager
Monde Selection Quality Awards
- 2016
Gold — Beer / quality award — Vanuatu Tusker OP Premium Lager
Monde Selection World Quality Selection
- 2016
Silver — Beer / quality award — Vanuatu Tusker Lager
Monde Selection World Quality Selection
- 2016
Bronze — Class 3C / Other International Style Lager — Vanuatu Tusker OP Premium Lager
Australian International Beer Awards
- 2013
Silver — Beer / quality award — Vanuatu Tusker Lager
Monde Selection International Quality Awards
- 2003
Bronze — Lager Packaged / Australian Style Lager — Vanuatu Bitter
Australian International Beer Awards / Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria
- 2003
Gold — Australasian Section — Draught — Class 12 Stout, Sub-Class A Dry — Southern Cross Stout
Australian International Beer Awards
- 2002
Bronze — International Section — Packaged Beer — Class 1 Lager, Sub-Class A European Style Lager — Vanuatu Tusker Lager
Australian International Beer Awards
- 2002
Bronze — Australasian Section — Draught — Class 12 Stout, Sub-Class A Dry — Southern Cross Stout
Australian International Beer Awards
- 2000
Bronze — Class 5 / Stout — International Section, Packaged Beer — Tusker Stout
Australian International Beer Awards / Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria
- 1999
Bronze — International packaged beer — exact class wording not fully recovered — Vanuatu Tusker Lager
Australian International Beer Awards / Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
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