I am flabbergasted by your decision to relaunch the Newcastle Brown Ale product. The worse thing about this bastard of a classic is that I paid money for it, only to dump it. The taste is garbage as well. Newcastle Brown Ale Clone. Ill have to agree with everyone on this topic! If you liked old Newcastle and also like Smithwicks, then I think I will try it as well! I scarfed them up. This used to be my favorite beer but never again. Cause they killed your beer, If I owned Newcastle (and I dont) I am so sick and tired of going for a beer somewhere and all they have are micro brewery beers. Mashing is typically carried out at 150-152 F (65.6-66.7 C). It is a cheap bitter, crappy beer that just happens to have the same name. https://isitbigbeer.com/brand/heineken. This is terrible tastes like longboard. Great business plan Lagunitas, take an already great ale and wipe your asses all over it? It went down hill when it was brewed in Dunston at the federation brewery. Cancer be damned. If anyone has any suggestions for something better or a better match, please feel free to reply to this note and let me know. Digorneo changed sauce recipe. My buddy asked for Budweiser as soon as I gave him one of these New Castle beers while roofing shingles. I just bought a six pack for the first time since the change. Just take what you have and give it to someone you dont like and search for a worthy replacement. Drank Newky Brune since I was 14 growing up in the Northeast of England. They screwed up a perfect beer! Eat a fat prick Lagunitas for fucking up another great and time-honored recipe! I actually spit it out! Dont beg them to reinstate the original recipe. It is banned. My father-in-law is from Newcastle and was a pub landlord for over 20-years. Ive always had Newcastle Brown Ale on the self, because it was a personal favorite, going back to my traveling in Britain in the 1970s. I want my Brown Ale back. Ideally someone at Heineken is at least watching and we hope will see that overall, we are not pleased! BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL, PLEEEEEEAAAASE!!!!! I wont even call it Newcastle, because its not. If you can find it, Shiner Bock is nice too, but we have a hard time finding it in California (its out of Texas). I went to all the stores in my city when I noticed the change and bought up all the old stock of original Newcastle, but now Im about out and need to figure out what to do. Its not New Castle anymore. If this is the beer that Heineken and Langunitas is peddling, then they have indeed killed Newcastle. How do you ruin a beer that is almost one hundred years old? I just dumped out the second half of my first bottle and will be returning the two twelve packs I bought for a refund. We have to quit posting here and post complaints on the Lagunitas Website. Newcastle Brown Ale Print, Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, Geordie Novelty gift, Newcastle United, Wall Art, Alcohol Ale, Christmas Gift. Newcastle Brown Ale is also now an all-malt beer, made with Lagunitas house malt. Dammit! I am so fooking pissed off right now too. They mentioned how many calls like mine they have had and that they are still taking input and may adjust. It was like if Iced Tea was beer. I miss that very distinct flavor. This new beer is disgusting and we will not drink it. - Mild English Brown Ale. Just aweful stuff. One answer, Just bring it back. I will NEVER buy this horrible denigration of what was once a magnificent beer. I could be wrong, but it seems like bad business to discontinue a successful product line that seems to be profitable in favor of an untested poorly conceived bad idea that is doomed to failure from the beginning. 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After the 2nd purchase I realized it wasnt only the bottle that changed, the brewery and flavor had changed. I really enjoy Maduro by Cigar . Now I can no longer enjoy Newcastle. This latest version from California is nowt like it used to be, its a shame it is Shiite! This is my new choice. The Chicago guys are home drinking Heineken, so dont answer the phone. Theyve ruined it! Heinken and Lagunitas have destroyed it. Why would you change the recipe people have come to love. Well then change the F-in name and make a new one. Newcastle Brown Ale 5 Ltr Keg - Mild English Brown Ale. What nasty stuff. Im pissed. Ive literally bought the new Newcastle maybe 20 times since its changed. So hard to find a good beer that you always want to drink. This Crap Sucks!! If you loved old Newcastle, you will hate and despise new Newcastle! Read his recent piece 8 Craft Beer Trends in 2019. We live 30 miles from the Canadian border, in upstate NY. Fuck them sideways, Fuck it all. Oh, they changed the bottle, ok. And Smithwicks? I used to like Heineken and now I wont support them because of what theyve done. Originaly brewed in Newcastle, as the name would suggest, brewing moved to Tadcaster in 2010. Havent tried this yet, but I have yet to drink a Lagunitas brewed beer I didnt like. They have a contact us spot where you can comment. It just looks wrong in brown bottles. This is basically buying the name and slapping it on some crap beer from Chicago. Its clear nobody likes this new recipe! Just smooth and drinkable beer. So disappointing! Now its just one more forgettable choice in the beer aisle. Sometimes I wished I lived in the UK. Ruined my favorite beer. Lets keep up the pressure folks. I was having the hankering for a New Castle. It is now just another run of the mill nut brown. that beanies and weenies is gourmet cooking! Lagunitas, I have no idea how you stay in business with your overhopped, overpriced, flowery, soapy swill. It is not welcome here !! Cant do it. Some one seriously needs their asses kicked for this. Its super easy to make it and its easy to distill that up to 40% in a freezer. SPONSORED. I have been drinking it for around 40years. So very disappointed.. Cannot and will not drink it. This tastes NOTHING like an ipa! Screw Heineken. Two breweries owned by Heineken USA are collaborating. A candy, banana fruitiness is also present. Agree with all the posts. 64.99. Theyve always been like this and always will be. Way to go Heineken. Still have to say after years, how disappointing it is to have all of these comments and no change by the brewer, not even comments that I have see. For years Newcastle was my goto, now it will be my soso. The original was unique and distinct! Smithwicks really is delicious. Well Done Lagunitas marketing, you have now alienated thousands of loyal customers. Unless of course I go to one of the great craft breweries we have in the Houston area. Its not even so much that this new formula is a bad beer but Newcastle had such a unique taste and flavor and was so smooth and drinkable, and thats exactly what I wanted this early autumn evening. I also know that large companies do not care about our thoughts about their products as long as the money flows. My new go-to, along with Belhaven Scottish Ale (both available at World Market). Where did our Newcastle go..?? It is one of my absolutely favorites. Turn it back!!!. Newcastle Brown Ale Clone Beer Recipe (5-gallon batch, extract with specialty grains) Specs OG: 1.049 FG: 1.012 ABV: 4.8% IBUs: 26 SRM: 15 Ingredients 5.5 lbs. 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? Newcastle Brown Ale is smooth, crisp, and slightly roasty because it is brewed with a unique blend of pale and roasted malts and American hops. By the way I own a very successful restaurant that sells your other produce. This beers brewery has moved more than my bowels. shame on you Heineken. It wasn't even the best brown ale on the market. I do not like the new recipe and flavor. Never buying it again. Bought my monthly 12 pack quaffed 1 little weird. I will not be purchasing Newcastle Brown in future, very sad.I was your biggest fan! If Heineken actually ruined Smithwicks as well, a major ass beating is due to those Dutch blowholes. The new New Castle Sucks!! Located in the north east of England, the city of Newcastle has a long and proud history of brewing which dates back to the 1500s. Very dissapointed with the new product. Guess customer feed back does not mean anything to these chumps. Bad business decision because your core Newcastle lovers are what keeps your sales up. There are literally thousands of IPAs on the market. While some may . Newcastle was one of the best beers all around! Hey EVERYBODY!!! Holy Hellshit Lagunitas this is HORRID, Youve trashed a classic. Incredibly bad idea. Why in the hell did you change Newcastle you piece of shit, donkey sucking wads of asshole meat!!! This ale along with others like Smithwicks and even Yuenglings Black & Tan satisfy my taste. I remember back in the 1990s there was a wonderful brewery called Petes Wicked Ale. Bad decision on the part of Heineken and Lagunitas!!! I agree. Size: All. I still want to cry, but right now I need to run in to town and buy a 12 pack of Stella. Im begging! I will not be drinking this pig swill from Lagunitas that is masquerading as Newcastle Brown. By no means am I disparaging lemonade stand owners with that comment. Bring back the original. Fine, and a warm and friendly f*** y** to you, too. And still selling at import price at my grocer. The sad truth is that the new owners dont care about our opinions. Im so upset they did this.why? There are no guarantees that a petition would be accepted, but it always helps to organize and document numbers. This new bitter Lagunitas shit is horrible and I will not be a Newcastle patron any longer! Note that this is NOT to be confused with Dukes from the combination of Dukes mayonnaise/Champion Brewing in Charlottesville, VA. Goodbye, new Newcastle, youve left me! You have a good brand for a reason. Newcastle Brown Ale. Newcastle Brown is paler and drier than the Southern version, and uses only crystal malt with the pale malt base. Thank you for ruining my favorite beer. But this is neither a nice malty semi sweet low hop brown ale like we all came to know and love. Yup moved on to Smithwicks. I wont be drinking New Castle anymore, stupid change on your part!!! If anyone has found a good alternative, I would love to see it here. All Newcastle lovers should BOMBARD Lagunitas social media pages with vitriol and rage until this travesty is ended. I made the switch to Smithwicks and am never going back to Newcastle. Thanks Tim. I have bought my last Newcastle. It still tasted better than the crap they are selling now. We are sorry to hear you didnt enjoy our relaunched Newcastle Brown Ale. a blend of light and dark malts for a unique, smooth flavor and cool temperature for easy drinking. Onto greener pastures, just dont know what it will be. What have you done to my beer!!! As many others have said, it was my favorite beer for many years. Ive been drinking it for 25 years. the new label is crap as well, but at least it reminds me not to buy it, Ever Again. when I tasted it, it had a slightly muddy and tinny flavor that did not sit well with my palate. The famous logo with the blue star dates back to the time of the beer's launch in 1930. Yep, Smithwicks is one I keep in frig, Yingling Black & Tan, Modela Negra have a reasonable taste also. Please, listen to your faithful customers. Laguntas and Heineken you should be ashamed of yourselves. Bought all five six packs so for awhile I can enjoy the old stuff until its gone. What have they done to my beer!!!! There are always 2 or 3 bozos chiming in who claim to like the new stuff better, and they are the only people that get responses from the overlords. So I went out to our local liquor store a bought all their stock of 3-12 packs, then went to the grocery store and bought 2-12 packs, then to the last store and bought their remaining 1-12 pack so now I have 6- 12 packs which should last me about 6 months. Who knows!Maybe the original brewers from the NBA company might begin marketing another beer with a different name using the original recipe (unless . This was prior to the kilning process that we know today. What is going on with the new label?! Who the hell decided it was a good idea to change the flavor of a classic beer? Theres only about 400 local crafts in any bar that taste just like this swill. This is horrible. Im looking for a new brew. 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. 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. After all, the new recipe includes classic Lagunitas hops: Centennial and Chinook. Big money beer giant ruining an amazing beer. Extremely disappointed customer. I bought all six, the lady in the area, when queried said, they came from our distributor. She was vague about who the distributor was but said shed ask again. Please alter the name as you have completely altered and ruined my favorite brown ale! I knew that Newcastle had slipped a notch or two when they got bought out by Heineken but now it is not even in the playing field. I had no idea! Not happy!!! I found a 6pack of the original beer in clear bottles last week. No wonder why you dont see it that much in the stores nowdays! Will NOT be purchasing this, nor anything by Lagunitas and, if I can help it, anything from the Heineken conglomerate. For what its worth, we had an opportunity to bring new life to an iconic brew. . Seriously, what beer have the Dutch ever brewed that was above piss from ass? He was wrong. No. Since Lagunitass own HG beer tastes closer to a strong old flavor ncb I wonder its almost like they bought the brand to kill it. I dont see the purpose of purchasing a name then changing the recipe. I could not commenting on how good it tasted. Now what do I do!! No talent posers trying to hang with the real jam band killer musicians. It has been said that the malt is dried over open flames. Nothing wrong with chicken but I wanted a Fucken Steak. You guys are freaking hilarious! 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. We still get the original English brewed version in Canada. Today you have turned it into just another mediocre, too hoppy, ho hum local craft attempt to copy the real Newcastle. Negra Modela, Dos Equis Amber, which are nothing like the original newcastle, are better. The BEER WARS in Europe will never end. bad decision Heineken. The petition has had pathetic results. . I fell in LOVE with NewCastle Brown Ale several years ago. Way to go on making a shit beer!!! No wonder it tastes like everything else out there now! By Brewery. Newcastle Brown Ale was originally produced by the Tyne Brewery in Newcastle, but is now brewed by John Smith's in North Yorkshire, UK. Bland boring beer. like everyone else here , it was my fav brew my best friend ( r.i.p. Too right! Ill never buy another bottle unless it goes back to the original brew. What a waste! Horrible idea to shift from the old recipe and keep the same name. Of course their sales numbers have dropped. They blew it. Then I closely read the bottle. They have ruined perfection. This new recipe SUCKS! They say they didnt deviate that far from the original recipe. Newcastle used to be one of my favorite five or six beers. Once again, a great beer is bought by a conglomerate and ruined. Guess when I get up there Ill have to stock up to fill the spots formally filled with real New Castle Brown Ale. Good luck finding it (its around) but its the treat I wish I had to wash down this new stuff . What a fool. I can only wish they go broke! Hey Kyle, how much did they have to pay you to shill for this fucking swill? Lagunitas isnt qualified to make Newcastle. I completely agree. Ive bought my last 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. In the Toon. From 1927 to 2005 it was brewed at The Tyne Brewery in Newcastle Just because you put more hops in doesnt make it better just bitter. Fake beer. Ive just read 228 totally negative comments on the new New Castle. I still dont understand why they did what the have, but as a result anytime I see anything with Lagunitas on it, I run the other direction as fast as I can. At first I thought that it was just me. This has been one of my favorite and most drank beers over the last 15 years. Nice lighter taste and easy drinkability like NC Brown. You just lost the business of a couple of lifelong fans! please share. Brown ale is a style of beer made with a dark or brown malt. You took another one away. Its been my all-time favorite and go-to since that day. 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? All those potential sales gone cause you changed the formula. Not even close to the crappy new recipe. The one and only has now become the same as many. Also have to say that I had bought a 12 of this and unbenownst to me, my wife also bought a 12 by coincidence. The new taste is horrible! This new recipe brings the word insipid to mind. Change it back! cost isnt the issue when it comes to certain flavors that we like. I didnt know the beer changed any more than the ridiculous new label. They took a great genuine drink and trashed it and pissed all over it! The taste of this new Newcastle is disgusting. I was excited and had hoped the second one was the OldCastle but unfortunately, just another 12 of this garbage. Bate and switch ? My favorite beer now sucks. The first time I tried this New NBA I took a couple of sips then poured the bottle out and took the 12-pack back to my grocer and got a refund. Its perfectly balanced: roasted-malt caramel flavor with a subtle bitter backbone, more so than the old recipe. Pour this crap directly into the sewer where it belongs. I think it was 5% ABV They moved from their true Newcastle home to Yorkshire with a new recipe and different water at some point- It was barely recognisable after that. First brewed in Newcastle in 1927, Newcastle Brown Ale is loved . And if this is balanced then throwing shit against the wall is art. I have been drinking this beer for 20 plus years and bought a six pack a few weeks ago and noticed new packaging never thought they would change the beer, why mess with perfection. Unfortunately, it is only a seasonal . Cant believe they would do this Theyre losing a life-long customer in me. Why would take an already great recipe and fuck it up by changing it? A deplorable move! This is not new news. Boycott new castle. I just bought the New Newcastle unknowing that it had changed and it tastes like Buffalo testacles, you gys really screwed up on this one, expect Newcastle Brown Ale to disappear because as usual some idiot at the top of the company made a stupid fucking decision once again. I hope the New Castle people read this. Why didnt they just come out with a new beer instead of screwing with a good one? Notify Me. It has been brewed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, since April 1927 by Newcastle Breweries. $5.50. Started out with Smithwicks. Living in Hawaii means that not every beer type is available to us here, not to mention the cost. The old packaging made me think of English pubs, which fits that mood. I loved Newcastle, They directed Lagunitas, an American brewery that is also owned by Heineken, to brew Newcastle Brown Ale in the states. 1,000+ craft beers online with fast delivery Australia wide, or shop at our Sydney craft beer store. Talk about larceny by false pretenses, Lagunitas lying to your customers and taking their money. Cans and bottles. The new recipe should NOT be called Newcastle Brown Ale at all! t will never buy anything again from a fly by night outfit that just messed up the one and only. So disappointing. Terrible new taste. Boycott laguitas for changing new castle. Unless they go back to the old recipe, Ive had my last Newcastle. Newcastle Brown Ale definitely tastes different. Fuck you. This going to be a new favorite and possibly my new go to brew. But the Lagunitas version of this beer really missed maintaining the character and depth of the original, and thats a shame because another great beer marque has disappeared. Do not buy beer produced by the makers pf this crap. I bought a second one a couple weeks later and it was NASTY. The sale of bottled beers began to fall off in the late 1970s. 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. Why would you take the one old reliable good classic brown ales and turn it in to one of those trending over hoppy swill beers? There are some local Nut brown ales that are pretty good. As far as Im concerned Newcastle Brown Ale does not exist anymore. It is horrible.i have not had one since the change. Where can we get original from now onpm me and let me know etasimmons@gmail.com Changing the coloring agent didnt destroy it prior to that. You dont change the recipe on a beer! It makes no sense! I was confused when I bought New Castle in a different looking box but the guy at the liquor store said it was just a new look. 20 plus years of drinking NBA as my number one beer, now I tried this garbage and I cant reimagine what the morons at Heineken or Lagunitas were thinking. Just how sucky is the new Newc Brown? Bad move Newcastle, you will be extinct in 12 months! I now actually prefer it over Newcastle. Brewed with Centennial and Chinook hops. I have been buying every old Newcastle packs I can find. And, the new packaging wasnt what I was looking for, either. Yet they were considered a premium beer. The five points of the star represent the five breweries in Newcastle. FYI, heres the full shit-list of Heiny-kin brands that I will never buy again. Newcastle Brown Ale 12pk, Newcastle, England, United Kingdom . Somebody started a change.org petition, but Im only the 8th signer. Get yourself a home brew kit, a few Cornelius Kegs, and a copy of the book Clone Brews and make your own. Theyve lost a lifetime customer. I have been drinking Newcastle for over 20 years and today I tried the new one and it is horrible! I am not offended by your disagreement, and I hope you can reciprocate that because no offense is intended to anyone except the brewmaster at Lagunitas and the management who thought Americanized Newcastle was a good idea. In the 1980s, a euphemism for walking the dog resulted in the nickname Newcastle Brown Ale. And I will not drink this nor will I EVER buy a lugintas product for the rest of my life. Newcastle was my favorite ale, but the new recipe has no flavor or taste. Why in the wide world of sports did they think this would be a good idea. Real appropriate that Lagunitas, the brewer of this crap, has the word anus in its name. But this is not what I wanted. Crisp 60L crystal malt 4 oz. Not that any are exactly like it, but some I can find and are good in Smithwicks, Fat Tire, Yuengling Black & Tan, Big Storms Wavemaker are a few. I accepted the Brewing going to the Netherlands in 2018, because the taste remained! https://www.change.org/p/heineken-usa-bring-classic-newcastle-brown-ale-back. Nor does the beer-geek part, including a 500-barrel German-made brew system that looks like the massive gleaming engines of the Starship Enterprise. I believe you can still get proper Newcastle brown in Canada, so more trips heading north. I will never buy or drink New Castle again. I will call like you did. the bottom line will be at the check out line, I know that I am very disappointed as to the flavor its like expecting prime rib and receiving a fish. Their main stays have been Fat Tire and Vodoo Ranger. Make it 9 people so far. I have drank Newcastle for years and loved that it was a smooth and light, brown ale. just wish I had read this before buying 4 casestoo bitter and just is not my old New Castle AleIm gone! Luckily I still have Mississippi Mud and Arrogant Bastard who unlike you knows how to brew a legit beer!!!! Sometimes you can find Kiltlifter at Tamuras. Glad Im not alone in this. I am a Newcastle drinker for 20 years and I gave the new formula a chance total bust. Just sad really. I normally never bother with leaving comments, why bother I think, theyll never see this and what is the point? Thank you for letting me bitch, Definitely, not a good change. Yep, found the Smithwicks here in Florida, good stuff. They deserve a nice made in America class-action suit against them for this nonsense. No frills, slightly sweet, and beautiful on a hot summer day. Lots of other actually good tasting brown ales out there. In any case, loyal drinkers of the original NBA must find some alternative beer. Its possible and I heard that too. Bring back the old recipe. The reimagined Newcastle Brown Ale is a smooth, crisp, slightly roasty and hoppier beer, that's not too bitter, not too sweet, and altogether uncommon. It will be extinct in 12 months live in fantasy and denial before get. 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