I agree with you about fraudulent marketing. I bought a twelver of New Castle, popped the top and took a swig.. then quickly spit it out! Its a domestic in a can, but very tasty. And I dont like IPAs. Fortunately I have found an alternate use for the remaining beers left in this unfinished 12 pack. Well, he was absolutely on point when he insisted I would love Kilt Lifter Scottish style amber ale brewed by Four Peaks Brewing Company in Arizona. This is worse than New Coke for those from the 80s. 12 pack - from $17.98 6 pack - from $10.49. I know his 1/2 brother worked with and launched some well known brands, but I admit my friend embellishes his stories. Thanks for the shitty reformulation. Though not brown you might want to try AndyGator. That didnt fare too well, did it? Very disappointed. Share your NEW finds and screw Heineken. Hey Guys, I got a 12 pack last week and from my taste perspective, its back. New Castle was my favorite, but now I am going elsewhere. Previously I was concerned when my brown ale go to beverage moved from the UK to the Netherlands. I can think of at least 3 other beers that taste like this taste more like a light Stout. I dont see the purpose of purchasing a name then changing the recipe. How long before the suits at Heineken buy them out and screw me over again. Commence boil and add half the boiling hops to each kettle at the specified time, then half the flavor hops at the specified time. If I wanted a nasty IPA, Id buy one. I guess Heineken has taken on the Apple mentality. I will not spend another dime on this foul tasting crap. Now Im bummed because its gone. If thats what I was looking for thats what Id by. I used to buy 100 cases a year at my small bar. Now, someone decided to screw the pooch and change the recipe. For me the search has been difficult. Of course their sales numbers have dropped. Nike SB Dunk Low. So it doesnt sell a billion bottles like Bud Light. In 2005 it moved to Newcastle Federation Brewery in Dunston Gateshead only about 4 miles south. Newcastle was my favorite go to beer, but now Im looking for an alternative. She called me a while ago and said no more. "We will now achieve the distinctive colouring and flavour of Newcastle Brown Ale, that our consumers enjoy, by using roasted malts instead." The chemical causing the fuss is. So I googled it and learned the truth. If anyone has any suggestions for something better or a better match, please feel free to reply to this note and let me know. I suggest that they clean out their brewing equipment so that it can taste like the original Newcastle that I have been drinking for years. I usedto go to TGIfridays who had it on tap and it was just the best. This is NOT even close to what Newcastle used to taste like. wheres the line to kick the guy who made this decision smack dab in the nuts? Im pissed. Just bought my usual three cases (3 bottles a day with a good maduro cigar) at Wine Plus, Laguna Hills, Southern California, my regular booze emporium for the last three years ($24.99 a case). Bring back the old beer! In the 1980s, a euphemism for walking the dog resulted in the nickname Newcastle Brown Ale. Hopefully Lagunitas goes out of business soon. So sad. Hope they leave that one be. This is really a terrible beer. To the contrary, Lagunitas Master Brewer Jeremy Marshal pointed out that the Chicago brewery uses a British-style house yeast. FREE UK delivery. I will never buy this again. Its nice to know i am not the only old fart that still remembers the original Newcastle brown (i can even spell it as one word). The package looked different, but I didnt think much of that. Heineken 0should be forced to change the name of their new brew, because its nothing close to NCBA. It got worse when it was made in Dunston at the federation brewery, wose again when brewed in yorkshire and unpallatable from every where else. Guess customer feed back does not mean anything to these chumps. Ill be replacing it with Dos-X Amber, Dirty Bastard, Black & Tan, Red Jacket Ale, Loch Down and Yuengling Amber. I actually was look online to see if there was any recalls as of late when I noticed not only was it brewed in the USA but they changed the recipe? 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. Im super sad. Everyone should call the number on the bottle and complain. I dont know why theyd change it; those who liked Newcastle likely did so because it was its own thing, not because it was derivative. This was a delicious smooth lightly carbonated slightly sweet malty all day drinkable Ale, now its not, now its like most other craft brews. See new coke All my friends and I have been in search for a replacement brown ale. Shame on you!!!!! With all the other BS lawsuits out there this pretty seems valid, to me?.? Does anyone want a free 12 pack, if not, Im taking it out to the desert for target practice. Dont normally buy the stuff till it gets cold out and just had to pour out my first bottle of the new swill. For Geordies, Newcastle Brown Ale, Broon or dog - never Newky Brown - still remains as one of the defining icons of Tyneside's culinary heritage. Seems to me that a chef got someone elses recipe and had to put their own spin on it because thats what they do. By the look of these comments, New Castle will be a thing of the past! Michael, I cant add to anything you said. Heineken has surely screwed up this time! From first to wort trending in the wrong direction. [] Ale have changed hands faster than Watford football managers. There are now only 10 million beers selling across the US. Way to butcher a classic, delicious beer. https://www.change.org/p/heineken-usa-bring-classic-newcastle-brown-ale-back. -. We can only hope. New New Castle Brown Ale is an even worse recipe change! For a while I could not find it anywhere, then it reappeared. The 6 packs that exposed the clear bottles to light, it had more of a green bottle beer taste. Its not New Castle anymore. Reminds me of New Coke, back in the day. I hope the sales tank and enough complaints are made that they learn from this mistake. Because you have done this I will not be drinking Brown Sugga,Pilsner, lil Sumpthin, or any beer . a blend of light and dark malts for a unique, smooth flavor and cool temperature for easy drinking. If you give one damn about sales youll fix this. You just destroyed my favorite ale this tastes like shit. This Policy also describes the choices you can make about how we collect, use and disclose your information when you provide it to us on any EPG Media & Specialty Information properties will not collect, use or disclose your personal information other than in compliance with this Policy. I hope your happy. But Ive stuck with it and Ive learned to like it. $7.00. Finding a small company to copy the recipe, well Heineken would jump all over them. And I love Lagunitas IPA. Let me know if you ever fix the Newcastle beer. By the way I own a very successful restaurant that sells your other produce. Its perfectly balanced: roasted-malt caramel flavor with a subtle bitter backbone, more so than the old recipe. The sad truth is that the new owners dont care about our opinions. But leave Newcastle Brown out of it, it has nothing to do with this. I directed them to this page and the Newcastle Facebook page which is all it takes to see 99.9% of all comments are negative towards this awful idea. I am SOOOOO bummed. What right-thinking business executive would even consider such a bad idea? The new formula tastes terrible. Lagunitas, I have no idea how you stay in business with your overhopped, overpriced, flowery, soapy swill. This is a complete travesty. WAKE UP AND READ THE REVIEWS. Brewed with Centennial and Chinook hops and available in the U.S., the Lagunitas-brewed Newcastle Brown Ale will hit shelves and delight lips in March 2019. I too was a big time Newcastle fan. Immediately went out and cleaned out two stores of their stock which will last me about 6 months. 4.87. Americans would puke if they tasted the good stuff from way back Especially if served at room temperature like it used to be. I dont drink IPA because I dont care fore the hoppy flavor. I dont know that Ill ever buy Newcastle again . 1.25. I wonder if the recipe of Heneiken has changed also, because it tastes more bitter as well. Just one day in the fridge and it peels right off the bottle. This new beer should not be called Newcastle. This stuff is nothing Like the original. English brown ale pretty closely hits the average mark here, making it a good choice if you're calorie and carb counting. This stuff sucks. Basically when I go to the store to buy beer, its either Shiner Bock or New Castle Brown Ale. I have never had leftover beers with the old Recipe You gotta git yer local store to order it for you, but its worth waiting for. It tastes nothing like the sweeter, yeasty/bready, non-bitter Newcastle from England that I used to love. Shame on Heineken! This worked out so well for Coca Cola in the 80s. . Thought I got a skunked batch. They basically said screw the faithful Newcastle drinkers, we are going for the ipa, over hopped crowd of craft beer morons and if the regulars dont like TS. This new Newcastle absolutely blows! In 2010 brewing was moved to John Smiths brewery Tadcaster North Yorkshire until the present day Working on last 12 pack ever! Really!! Please post.. Flat Tire is the closest ale I could find. Invading pubs soon and Twitter feeds now! Unless they bring back the real Newcastle. The new recipe is very disappointing. It is one of my absolutely favorites. This company is an IPA crap-beer specialistIMO, I exclaimed to my wife that it was either spoiled or somebody turned it into a a $u%#ing IPA. Our brewmaster blah blah blah. It was the best beer after Guinness Stout and this recipe change was certainly not for the better. Can we move it back to the Netherlands? . Bring the original dog back. Why would Heineken be stupid enough to allow some dim bulb, wannabe brewer, to tinker with the recipe? It was so fucking delicious. At least have the decency to dump the trademark the one and only, thats now a lie. Im so hip and cool! IT SUCKS! Just had my first new Newcastle. Yes, it has regained the old smooth unique tast. Here is a tip.not everyone likes hops! The Dukes Brown Nose Ale has great malt flavor and easy to drink without the hops bitterness. I had a bottle of the original NC that has been in my fridge since February 2019. Got the taste for it when both my son and younger daughter were attending Rutgers College in New Brunswick, NJ, and we would stop for lunch at any one of several pubs nearby, each of which had Newcastle on tap I never even noticed when Newcastle moved their brewing to Europe, BECAUSE they DIDNT CHANGE the F.ING RECIPE! Might as well call it any nut brown ale from any microbrewery in the USA. What Lagunitas did to this beer is criminal! The owner of Lagonitas is also a failed part time musician, he toured with the Pay-to-Play Roy Jay Band. I was a fan of this beer ever since I was introduced to it in 1992. Left my thoughts here on the new Newc back in April, 2015 astringent, filthy, sludgy sorta IPA, totally unf*****g drinkable; returned two unopened cases to my beer outlet. Yes, need suggestions to try out Ive got 1 old New Castle left, I posted my own rage about the new recipe but in regards to your comment, all I can think to recommend you try is beer by Hacker Pschorr. BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL, PLEEEEEEAAAASE!!!!! Anybody else heard this? This new crappy recipe should not be identified under the original NBA name because it misrepresents the original product. Too many choices out ther to worry about Heiniken mistake, screw them! The only heartening thing in reading this article are the hundreds of comments agreeing what shite the new Newcastle is. Go back to the old recipe. Who knew the world needed another lame hoppy beer? Customer loyalty is your brand!!! I just thought I got a skunk batch. . I hadnt had Newcastle in a couple years, but was having a delicious summer dinner with a friend: I had just shucked a dozen oysyers, made a roasted corn salad, and a caprese salad from the garden, and had a taste for Newcastle. Thanks for ruining what was once my favorite beer. This new recipe flavor has an unpleasant bite. Then I researched and saw that it is brewed by Lagunitas, the lame AF brewery that sued Sierra Nevada over a font. This reintroduced Newcastle blows! The term brown beer was first used by London brewers in the late 1600s to describe their products, such as mild ale. To the contrary, Lagunitas Master Brewer Jeremy Marshal pointed out that the Chicago brewery uses a British-style house yeast. My favorite smooth, thirst quenching and easy drinking beer in the world is now ruined by these douche monsters. This new recipe SUCKS! And is truly horrible. Goodbye dear friend, we will miss you. You have ruined my favorite beer, shame! Very sad. Thank you Alvin, I will. Michael Jackson the beer writer and absolute authority on everything beer is rolling over in his grave. This crap doesnt deserve to even be called Newcastle Brown Ale! Wont buy it ever again! Not everything needs extra hops. Exactly! How could take a perfect beer and ruin a perfect beer into a complete shit. There are other good brews out there. A candy, banana fruitiness is also present. You have a good brand for a reason. is this an attempted at a New Coke debacle? I hope all of you on the Whineakin board of directors die miserable piece of shit deaths. Im so sad I cant get my favorite beer anymore. The new bottles are not easily used by a bottle opener, the lip is too round. I hope this recipe change fails miserably and disappears forever. I have been exclusively drinking New Castle for 20+ years and I will now have to change brands. Sour beer is a thing that only overly self satisfied ignorant folk drink due to boredom. So disappointed. Menu. Please change it back. RAWPRINTShop. What happened to if it aint broke, dont fix it? Production in the Netherlands was only for export to USA Ive been drinking this beer since the early 90s and this is just disgraceful. AleSmith Nut Brown . Im a southern California woman that has been drinking the original Newcastle beer for over 20 years. No idea where some of you are getting that, they use the same type and amount of hops. Someone in on the original formula should create OLDCASTLE Brown Ale. One night at a Mississippi restaurant that had a grocery in the front, my dad and I chose a six pack Newcastle to accompany the fried seafood feast at my insistence. What do I think? They have ruined a great drink They shouldnt hafta drink shitty beer like new Newcastle as a surrogate. If there is an upstart brewer out there that could duplicate the old beer I believe they could do well from all of us that prefer the old recipe. Newcastle Brown Ale is a full-flavoured smooth ale with refreshing lightness. I dont drink beer too often and now I probably wont hardly ever again after this. Oh, they changed the bottle, ok. Terrible and way out of the lane for a ale drinker like me. Set delivery address to see local pricing. Smithwicks really is delicious. Rant over! When my wife & I tried the 1st bottle, I tasted it, asked her to taste it, and we both poured it out. You have just lost a long time customer. Well here ya go! We drank from bottles or cans, at room temp. the new label is crap as well, but at least it reminds me not to buy it, Ever Again. The Newcastle Brown Ale is a good choice for those who like their beer to be dark and rich-tasting. For years Newcastle was my goto, now it will be my soso. Our goal is to provide you with an experience that delivers the information, resources and services that are helpful to you. Shame on you, Lagunitas, for ruining a beer that has been part of so many fond memories for me for decades. Times Temple Valley brings it in at my request along with Guiness Extra Stout. Wont buy again until its changed back. Americans havent brewed a decent beer since George Washington. To everyone as disappointed and offended do what I did. Im in beer mourning. Its not even close. They did the same. The 300,000-square-foot brewery once contained sound stages for movies (which are still filmed next door), including the Dark Knight scene where the Joker burns a mountain of money. I miss that very distinct flavor. There are now many similar options out there, some only local or regional. You suck, Lagunitas. Well Done Lagunitas marketing, you have now alienated thousands of loyal customers. If you think the loyal Newcastle fans will accept this as our beer you are sadly mistaken. Sorry guys I live and drink in Newcastle, England, where Newcastle Brown Ale originated but it hasnt been brewed here for over 20 years. I noticed it tasted different and thought I got a bad batch. One more same old same hoppy style beer!! If Heineken actually ruined Smithwicks as well, a major ass beating is due to those Dutch blowholes. Early 90s and this is worse than new Coke debacle writer and absolute authority on everything beer is over! 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