What type of beer is newcastle brown ale

I do hope that someone from Heineken reads these comments and realizes that Newcastle fans do not want a re-imagined beer that drifts into IPA land, but the beer we have loved for years.

If this is the beer that Heineken and Langunitas is peddling, then they have indeed killed Newcastle. Just how sucky is the new Newc Brown? Even the label wants no part of it! Just one day in the fridge and it peels right off the bottle. Real appropriate that Lagunitas, the brewer of this crap, has the word anus in its name. Agree with all the posts. Drank NBA for years. Never again and no Heineken or lugie water either! I have been drinking it since while stationed overseas.

Huge fan most of my life. I guess Heineken has taken on the Apple mentality. First they messed with Smithwicks and now my all time favorite. Why would you change the recipe people have come to love. Not everything needs extra hops. This new recipe is horrible. Will never buy another bottle until the recipe is changed back.

This new recipe sucks. By no means am I disparaging lemonade stand owners with that comment. Way to go assholes. You take an established brand and dump it in the trash. Having mistakenly believed this was a just redesigned packaging it looks lame I bought my usual box of 12 bottles. How was it? It was just awful. I will not be drinking this pig swill from Lagunitas that is masquerading as Newcastle Brown.

What a disaster. This new beer is disgusting and we will not drink it. We have been drinking Newcastle for over 25 years and are loyal consumers and Newcastle fans. Why, why, why did Heineken choose Newcastle to change.

This was a terrible mistake and this change will prove to be a huge loss for them. We have noticed the shelves are full of the new Newcastle because nobody will buy this crap. In the past, Newcastle was never sitting on the shelves. We have complained to both Heineken and Lagunitas. Unfortunately, they are not concerned with their loyal customers and think they can jump on the crap beer train and trick people into thinking they are drinking a Newcastle.

Goodbye dear friend, we will miss you. This new Newcastle taste like pond water. Why would take an already great recipe and fuck it up by changing it? Great business plan Lagunitas, take an already great ale and wipe your asses all over it?

Eat a fat prick Lagunitas for fucking up another great and time-honored recipe! Being Dutch I gave it a fair shot and although the flavor was slightly different, I found it very acceptable. More recently my usual New Castle retailer stopped stocking it and I was fortunate to find a source elsewhere. When my usual retailer stocked the ale again I thought it was just a packaging change.

Another brewer and a new recipe! After over a decade of loyal New Castle consumption I am not drinking this hoppy domestic crap! I been drinking newcastle for past 20 years I just bought The new Newcastle I open my first bottle and tested and it test like shit I had dump my 24 case in dumpster I would never ever by the newscaster again Please go back to the original newcastle.

Have enjoyed this beer for 20 years, bought this 12 pack, after first sip I noticed the hoppy taste, just a replica of all the IPA beer being made now.

Where can I buy my old Newcastle??????? Newcastle had been my go-to beer for years. For those who are still looking for an acceptable replacement to Newcastle… I happened to be browsing the beer cooler at a local liquor store and must have looked a bit puzzled over what beer to buy.

I started a conversation with a guy who was also pondering the available selection or brews and made my point about the spoiled Newcastle. We both left the store with a six pack of cans…. When I got home and trepidatiously opened a can and tried a sip I was sold! Why in the wide world of sports did they think this would be a good idea.

I will be looking for the Kilt Lifter and give it a go. I migrated to Kilt Lifter a while back but went back to Newcastle when it was really Newcastle.

Not bad beer but just got tired of it. Plus it has more alcohol so I am forced to drink less. Found some local breweries here in NM that have taken the place of the crapcastle now made by Lagunitas. Bring back the old recipe……now.

Like buying a Corvette then popping the hood and seeing a 4cyl in it, def false advertisement. I want my money back. I guided many friends to trying Newcastle and they liked it! I do not like or drink IPA. Guinness Stout has way too much treacle and sweetness. The old Newcastle recipe suited my palate, just fine.

So much for Loyalty! Lagunitas ruined the once great beer. Someone should kick the genius who thought this was a good idea in the a.

Good news for me … Wish I could share but … I am just as sad as everyone about the new crap they are pushing as Newcastle. They were right along side the new stuff. Been a loyal Newcastle drinker since … After my find is gone … Panic? I sent them a note in the comments section. If enough people rise up, take the time and complain, maybe someone, somewhere will take notice realize they screwed the pooch on this one. I did send fairly stern messages to Heineken no response and the new, fake Newcastle Brown Ale which I assume just goes to Lagunitas.

I directed them to this page and the Newcastle Facebook page which is all it takes to see They did respond politely but they are standing by their new product and proud of the fancy hops they use.

They did not address the fact that it tastes terrible and virtually every Newcastle drinker in the USA hates their guts. In their mind, they did a really great thing and the world is soon going to love them for it. They did the same. Copying here. Indeed standing by swill! Hey there, thanks for reaching out. Our brewmaster reimagined the recipe using Centennial and Chinook hops, and brought to life by members of both brewery families, Newcastle Brown Ale reflects our take on a craft classic.

Maybe we can bombard them to point that they see our point, because we are never going to come on board with this crap…. Here is the link. Bombard away!

Ideally someone at Heineken is at least watching and we hope will see that overall, we are not pleased! He had found a Nutri-Matic machine which had provided him with a plastic cup filled with a liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.

The Lagunitas version is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike Newcastle Brown Ale. It is a filthy drink. Truly Disappointed! This Crap Sucks!! I used to love this beer. Sales are going to go down the tubes. This has been one of my favorite and most drank beers over the last 15 years. After first sip, completely disappointed. Thank you Lagunitas for putting your own twist on an amazing beer. If you liked old Newcastle and also like Smithwicks, then I think I will try it as well!

Since I will not be drinking new Newcastle. This new recipe is awful. The whole point of enjoying original imported from Holland Newcastle, was the flavor and followup. This new recipe flavor has an unpleasant bite. The new recipe color is lighter. The new bottles are not easily used by a bottle opener, the lip is too round.

Overall, a terrible decision. I will not be buying any of the new recipe ever again, neither will any of our many friends who lustfully enjoyed original Newcastle. I went to several stores today to find any old recipe Newcastle. All i find is the new version. Bad decision on the part of Heineken and Lagunitas!!! Thanks for making my favorite beer tast like shit. Will not tell my friends about the Newcastle ever again. The new recipe is very disappointing.

I am a long time Newcastle fan but will never buy this Lagunitas brand again! Hope they consider bringing back the original. Lagunitas Newcastle sucks. If you take old good Newcastle, leave it in the sun, add some dry bark and dirt, boil it down and put it in a different bottle, then you have new bad, even terrible Newcastle. I do not like it and will not be drinking it. How is this done to a fantastic beer? I have found out the old recipe is available in Holland. Why not ship me the Newcastle I like and serve this new crap to people who like beer that tastes like stale bark and dirt and call it something else?

Would love to know more info on that assertion. I hope the New Castle people read this. Because I just bought my last new castle ever. I hope this recipe change fails miserably and disappears forever. I thought I had got a bad batch, now I know that they ruined Newcastle. Awful idea, awful taste. Simply awful. Complete failure. I just recently discovered New Castle Brown and it became my favorite beer.

The first 6 pack was from Holland. Then I noticed it was the new packaging. Now I know the full story and am devastated. Not drinking the new crap!!! I immediately complained to my wife about buying the wrong New Castle box. Are there any lawyers following this thread?

With all the other BS lawsuits out there this pretty seems valid, to me?.? My buddy asked for Budweiser as soon as I gave him one of these New Castle beers while roofing shingles. Takes like shit he told me. Worst beer I have had the displeasure of ever tasting in my life. Jeremy Marshal should be offered a steaming hot, Newcastle Brown enema. What sort of ego driven dolt, has the balls to think that they can improve on an established favorite?

Why would Heineken be stupid enough to allow some dim bulb, wannabe brewer, to tinker with the recipe? It should be either renamed or taken off of the shelves.

Can we move it back to the Netherlands? Why would you want to ruin such a good beer like that??? What the mother fuck — you ruined my fucking 4th!! I cannot even drink beer now. Fortunately I have found an alternate use for the remaining beers left in this unfinished 12 pack. Join me? Thank you Alvin, I will. The new taste is horribly disappointing! They have lost our business unless they change the recipe back.

Hopefully, Heineken will see that sales have completely dropped off and change it back as soon as possible.

HATE the new Newcastle. Totally idiotic to change the recipe. They ruined Newcastle. I will not purchase this ever again. I just thought I got a skunk batch. And still selling at import price at my grocer. I agree with Jerry Kindall: if the recipe and packaging are different, how can it still be called Newcastle Brown Ale? It does seem like consumer fraud. I wonder if the recipe of Heneiken has changed also, because it tastes more bitter as well.

Will never buy either beer again: unless the old one is brought back. Will never buy this beer again: unless the old one is brought back. The taste is not the same it leaves a bitter after taste.

This sucks. Totally fooled me. Gagged on the first swill — what the hell?!?! Then I closely read the bottle. Louis either. Newcastle had a distinctive individuality. Good luck, Big Business Brewers in Petaluma — your new pet project will be off the market within a year or 2.

The best tasting beer, I loved so much… Why did they change the recipe??? This new one is bitter and nasty. Taste just like most other American beers.. Like piss! I agree…after having consumed many gallons of Newcastle Nut Brown Ale in my day, I am sadly disappointed with this new version. Get on it! Bring the imported stuff from Europe in..

I used to like their beer, but its horrible now.. It would be like letting Budweiser brew Guiness. Newcastle used to be a unique good beer. This change is unbelievably disappointing. When I had the first taste of the new beer in a restaurant, I told the waiter it must have been a bad bottle so he brought me another and it tasted as bad as the first.

I went home and went online and found this site and my heart sank. So I went out to our local liquor store a bought all their stock of packs, then went to the grocery store and bought packs, then to the last store and bought their remaining pack so now I have 6- 12 packs which should last me about 6 months. Screw Heineken. I hate how they ruined my favorite beer. I used to import it in China at great expense because I loved it so much.

Now, goddamnit. I started drinking Smithwicks because it is closer to Newcastle than Newcastle is. How long before the suits at Heineken buy them out and screw me over again.

Never a Heine, wish those guys would go bankrupt. My favorite smooth, thirst quenching and easy drinking beer in the world is now ruined by these douche monsters. NBA was the perfect blend of smooth, light, not too heavy, caramelly, perfect. My fucking favorite beer in that nice looking clear bottle. Now I know. Stupidity knows no bounds. Why is a significant group of ale drinkers fond of Newcastle Brown? Why is it their ale of choice? If those responsible are smart enough which remains to be seen , you know that an advertising campaign will be needed to convince the Newcastle faithful that the original ale they love is back.

Gavin—get a grip man, there are a lot of brews out there better than that lie that is now Crap Castle. What a high recommendation— it is not terrible! I thinnk that is the best thing for this blog, mention good replacements both local stuff name the area and that which can be found accros the country. Trying a few we can report back.

What were they thinking? I have been drinking NBA for more than 20 years. It was the one beer that was dependably tasty and always the same; slightly sweet, malty, with great body.

This moron brewer at Lagunitis has single-handedly trashed my favorite brew by changing it into a crappy thin, acidic, hoppy glass of piss. People like me drink NBA because we hate micro-brews because of the awful aftertaste it leaves in your mouth. No more Newcastle for me. How can you sell this new recipe as Newcastle? You killed my favorite beer Why? It now tastes like all the other shit beers on the market! I have never had leftover beers with the old Recipe If I bought a six pack I would finish it!

Corporations ruin another product!! I hope Heineken paid Newcastle a lot of money to buy the owners out!! Cause they killed your beer. This stuff is nothing Like the original. What have they done with my beer! Ive just read totally negative comments on the new New Castle. A deplorable move! Heineken: Get this poor excuse for a beer off the market and bring back a winner! Used to be my favorite.

Way to ruin a perfectly good beer. Thanks a lot for nothing. Quite messing with good recipes. Go back to the old one. So this is now an American brown. The only substitute I can find that is somewhat similar in taste and easy to find is Irish Smithwicks.

Found a twelver of the original stuff at the local store, currently drinking the last of the original. I know it is brewed in the Netherlands but they did retain the classic flavor.

I thought I bought a skunky batch of Newcastle only to discover they changed the recipe. It is terrible. I will never buy Newcastle Brown again. I absolutely loved this beer. I suggest you rename your beer Newcastle IPA. Then bring back the original recipe for all of us who have been drinking NBA for years. I was surprised by the new packaging today when I bought my first and only 12 pack of the new recipe. But I was really bummed out by the taste. Excellent suggestion Jim!!!

I suggest the change be made ASAP because I am sure all of the original Newcastle lovers are doing what I am by trying to find a new beer to replace Newcastle. If they wait too long, they will have lost us forever.

Pour this crap directly into the sewer where it belongs. Holidays coming soon…I have 18 originals on chill that are getting a bit old….. Newcastle has been my favorite beer for many years. I will never buy this new shit again. Please bring my beer back!! Loved the old recipe, but this was a disappointment. I knew something was wrong when the bottle changed. Compared with its genteel predecessor, this is a hearty beer with sharp elbows. The new version, like the old one, clocks in at a lean 4.

The old clear bottle, however — bad for beer because it allows in light — has been replaced with the more customary brown glass. That will come with challenges of its own; sales of craft brown ales were down almost 8 percent last year, according to IRI.

Still, Tay said, Heineken sees opportunity by adding Lagunitas to the equation. The new Newcastle will be available in all 50 states, with an early push into events and beer festivals in larger cities, including Chicago, Denver, San Diego, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Twitter hopnotes. Skip to content. Sales of bottled beers began to increase after the war, influenced by the inconsistent quality of cask beer Letslookagain, Colonel Porter determined to develop a high quality bottled beer of his own Letslookagain, Newcastle Breweries opened one of the largest and best equipped bottling plants in Britain in June of Letslookagain, Colonel Porter, by now promoted to assistant brewer, and Archdale Mercer Jones, manager of the bottling works, laboured for three years to perfect the recipe for Newcastle Brown Ale Letslookagain, When Newcastle Brown Ale launched in , the sole ingredients were malt, hops, sugar, and yeast and it boasted an ABV of 6.

It was filtered but not subject to pasteurisation Letslookagain, The competition was Bass Pale Ale, and Whitbread Double Brown for having comparable beers in terms of strength and quality and being released around the same time Letslookagain, Newcastle Brown Ale enjoyed immediate success. It was a quality product brewed by various scientific methods and high standards which were sold at a reasonable price Letslookagain, Perhaps as a result, Colonel Porter had been promoted to head brewer by September and Newcastle Brown Ale was named the best bottle beer in Britain at the Brewers Exhibition in London Letslookagain, In recent years, Newcastle Brown Ale has taken backlash from American customers since they think that the recipe has a cancer-causing chemical from the colouring process.

This situation occurred while Heineken took ownership over Newcastle Brown Ale. The company says that they were prompted by their customers concerns which led them to make a change. It is not only used for colouring beer but it is put into the many food that we eat daily. The amount that was used was well within the safe levels by those same food standard bodies. Newcastle Brown Ale is a variation of a traditional English beer style that has become popular all around the world.

A TV ad from shows two local lads erecting a Newcastle Brown Ale monument on the banks of the Tyne and—in a moment that would not slide with modern health and safety laws—we see a helicopter airlifting them in a couple of bottles of Broon for a well-deserved break.

Its reputation as a solidly hometown brew was bolstered during the 80s and 90s when both the Newcastle Breweries blue star logo and the Newcastle Brown Ale logo appeared on the football strips of Newcastle United after the company secured a sponsorship deal with the club.

By the s, overseas exportation helped Newcastle Brown Ale gain significant popularity in the USA where in contrast to its homeland it was marketed as a trendy, premium import ideal for young, hip drinkers.

Though it was a hit on a global scale, the beer stuck to its roots … at least at first. As the new millennium dawned, it was awarded Protected Geographical Indication status by the European Union.

In the case of Newcastle Brown Ale this meant that anyone sipping on the sweet Geordie nectar could rest assured it was indeed brewed in the Toon. The move resulted in the loss of over jobs and triggered the cancellation of its Protected Geographical status.

Yes, you read that right—Yorkshire. If you thought the move to Gateshead was controversial then you can bet the move to Tadcaster nearly caused the region to blow its collective gasket. These days Brown Ale is a beer owned by the Dutch and brewed by Yorkshiremen, which begs the question: if you take the Broon out of the Toon, do you also take the Toon out of the Broon?

In other words, is Newcastle Brown Ale even a local drink anymore?