I ended up here and have read many of the posts. If I wanted an American brown ale, I would buy one. He was wrong. 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. 22 130 209 I just bought a six pack for the first time since the change. They did the same. I will now look for a new beer to enjoy. Ive asked the bartenders and they all tell me that the customers hate it and noticed the change immediately. I have been a fan of Newcastle Brown Ale since the 1980s. This isnt a new Kool-Aid recipe. Fuck your childhood. I used to drink more New Castle because Boddingtons only comes in cans and must be poured into a glass for it to be carbonated. view stats. Drank one and left the rest out on display at the dumpsters near my apartment. Anyways, if any of you fine beer drinkers hear of any efforts to bring the original Newcastle back, like a gofundme, march to Heineken headquarters, etc, please post here. It has been brewed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, since April 1927 by Newcastle Breweries. WTF I had my first Broon Ale in the UK in 1978. We live 30 miles from the Canadian border, in upstate NY. Heineken, youre a monster! And, the new packaging wasnt what I was looking for, either. Bring back the original. a blend of light and dark malts for a unique, smooth flavor and cool temperature for easy drinking. I was thrilled to find the list on this page of all the people that HATE the new Newcastle Brown Ale. A deplorable move! All Grain, ABV 5.08%, IBU 27.79, SRM 14.21, Fermentables: (Maris Otter Pale, Crystal 45L, Torrified Wheat, Black Malt, Chocolate) Hops: (Kent Goldings) Other: (Whirlfloc) . Where did you get it from? Why change perfection? Newcastle Brown Ale is also now an all-malt beer, made with Lagunitas house malt. I thought I was done with my rant but Im going to keep going. Why? I can think of at least 3 other beers that taste like this taste more like a light Stout. Completely ruined it. Now all the loyal Rooks have flown! They are all pretentious pricks. Some fans may decry that this U.K. classic has become completely Americanized. Will not tell my friends about the Newcastle ever again. WTFingF?!? Totally fooled me. The search is still on since Lagunitas ruined Newcastle Brown Ale. The Lagunitas version is not the same. I went home and went online and found this site and my heart sank. Change sucks. Its like wanting a steak, you ask for a steak, and they give you chicken. Sucks big time!!! After that, I guess I might as well drink Buttwiper. Its well known for bitter beers. I complained to Heineken and they sent me a check for $7.00. Let me know if you ever fix the Newcastle beer. Im going to Canada to get some to bring back. It did lift my kilt a little bit but a little high on the alcohol content so now drinkin the Samual Adams Octoberfest . Lost even more when it was brewed in Yorkshire. We used to love Newcastle and now its terrible! The so called (new) new castle is awfully, please bring back the original AWWP. I will now turn my back on my favorite beer ever. Bad move Newcastle, you will be extinct in 12 months! They fucked up New Castle. [] Lagunitas Now Brews Newcastle Brown Ale Hows it Taste? [] Ale have changed hands faster than Watford football managers. It was THE BEST. Not anymore. As with all the other commentors, Im moving on from this. HEINEKEN USA Yeah, you are probably right. I started a conversation with a guy who was also pondering the available selection or brews and made my point about the spoiled Newcastle. 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. Over this weekend I found one from Bold City Brewing Jacksonville, Florida, their Dukes Cold Nose Brown Ale. OMG WTF you Fd up the original.new castle. It makes no sense! I was able to buy a 12 pack of the old and new recently Im down to my last few of the old. Louis What have you done to my beer!!! FU Jeremy Marshal. They have ruined perfection. Total dumbass move. Hey look at me, Im drinking an almost impossible to drink beer thats turning my mouth inside out at a beer festival! So what I am saying is focus on what we can get. If you want to taste good British ales then come to see us youll love the beer scene here but stay clear of the factory shit the media moguls are trying to sell you. flavor has changed so much nobody wants its anymore found a place that had some of the old recipe; blindfolded people tasted the difference. Go back to the old recipe. Customer loyalty is your brand!!! OMG. I sent them a note in the comments section. Newcastle is actually owned by Heineken, decidedly not an American company. And promptly went to get a refund. Newcastle Brown Ales packaging received a modernized update. like everyone else here , it was my fav brew my best friend ( r.i.p. Saw teh label had changed wondered what was up. My least favorite brewery in America was making one of my formerly favorite English ales. Heineken ruins everything they touch. Yes, Newcastle was never an award winner as advertised. This new recipe is awful, it should have another name because it doesnt come anywhere close to the one and only! 877-522-4577. Im switching to Alaskan Amber.a Grand substitute! In order to achieve this goal, we may collect information from you. Once the big conglomerates buy a beer they typically ruin it. 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. Now I can no longer enjoy Newcastle. Why change something that was sooo good. Check Availability. Very disappointed in new recipe and loss of clear bottle!!!. Now I am drinking it on tap and it is the same. Poor folks out west want it, and cant get it!! 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. Bad business bad marketing decision. I urge you the call or email Heineken and voice your displeasure and distaste. You suck, Lagunitas. If anyone has any suggestions for something better or a better match, please feel free to reply to this note and let me know. Nooooooo!!! That really satisfied me. A candy, banana fruitiness is also present. Just because you own the brand what makes you think you improve what has been made and appreciated for scores of years. Too many choices out ther to worry about Heiniken mistake, screw them! I know it is brewed in the Netherlands but they did retain the classic flavor. I wonder if the recipe of Heneiken has changed also, because it tastes more bitter as well. 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. Damnit!! Completely different than my one and only. I have been drinking Newcastle for more than 25 years and I have considered it the best beer anywhere. NEWCASTLE BROWN ALE 4FT Wall Sign Plaque bottle beer Pub Bar Man cave garage . New Newcastle sucks. If these people are so concerned about the trivial amount of brown dye, dont buy it, no one is pouring it down their throats. 4.7% ABV, IBU 27, 130 Calories Product information Feedback I get home crack one open and.omg.noplease no. I assume its to save cost. Ill never buy Newcastle or Lagunitas again unless they fix what they broke. Oh, they changed the bottle, ok. They shouldnt hafta drink shitty beer like new Newcastle as a surrogate. Gagged on the first swill what the hell?!?! Bring back the old Broon Ale as this relaunch is awful! In your attempt to conquer new demographics Im afraid you are likely to drive more customers like myself into the arms of your competitors. Good God this stuff is awful. HEY NEWCASTLE! Newcastle Brown Ale 121 Results ale brown bier Spiral Notebook By ercedeswood $13.16 $16.45 (20% off) Shearer 9 Raised Arm Celebration Sticker By FootballArcade From $2.52 Brown Ale Newcastle Sticker By otirno From $1.35 Classic Newcastle subbuteo team design Sticker By Subsnapper 73 From $1.68 Newcastle Brown Ale Sticker 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. There was a reason this Ale had been around for so many years, it tasted GOOD. Moved to the USA over 20 years ago and was so glad to see if was sold over here. Ive bought my last Newcastle. Plus it has more alcohol so I am forced to drink less. I was over the moon when i moved to the USA and could get Newcastle, now i will never ever buy this rubbish again IDIOTS! I bought a six pack, opened a beer. This new flavor ill treat the same as other craft beers, maybe one here or there but wont stock up on it like I did for the One and Only. Here is the link. I love Smithwicks but had a couple tonight after a long absence and it did seem different. Please bring it back. If this is what they do to a classic cherished beer then they have ZERO taste and ZERO class! 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. Im drinking ROGUE Hazelnut Brown Nectar Ive poured this into a New Castle glass that I have, and it looks just like the real thing! It now tastes like all the other shit beers on the market! Change it back!! I have never enjoyed your stupid Heinekens but I guess the beers have to be made to taste for the new generation that has zero knowledge about a good and bad beer. If thats what I was looking for thats what Id by. New asshole taste like shit. Newcastle was my very first beer. The sad truth is that the new owners dont care about our opinions. If anyone has found a good alternative, I would love to see it here. They are right. This is not Newcastle. Tastes like someone threw an old grapefruit in it along with a dash of dawn dish soap. 5 L. From $23.49. Ive enjoyed Newcastle for years, its been my Go to now its my No way and nor would I recommend it. I have been drinking NBA for more than 20 years. Why would Heineken be stupid enough to allow some dim bulb, wannabe brewer, to tinker with the recipe? But this is not what I wanted. Ive moaned and groaned to the point of absurdity and its done absolutely no good (I even wrote an article about it on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reimagining-icon-john-ledingham/). 6.50 postage. 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. First they stopped importing Tuborg Gold They changed Coke. This new formula sucks and I will not buy one more drop of it. The whole point of enjoying original (imported from Holland) Newcastle, was the flavor and followup. $0.00. Basically when I go to the store to buy beer, its either Shiner Bock or New Castle Brown Ale. They have ruined it. Newcastle Brown Ale is a brand of beer produced by Heineken International. Worst beer I have had the displeasure of ever tasting in my life. Beer. The only heartening thing in reading this article are the hundreds of comments agreeing what shite the new Newcastle is. I started drinking the original Newcastle somewhere in the mid 70s while stationed overseas. I hope the Dutch Piece of shit that is the officer in the company that bought Newcastle hates himself for being a totally worthless piece of living crap. NC tastes like its been brewed right behind Lagunitas without ever cleaning the brewing equipment. Nay suggestions? Quite messing with good recipes. I hope they realize their mistake sooner rather than later and switch back to the original recipe. Newcastle Brown Ale Clone. At least have the decency to dump the trademark the one and only, thats now a lie. BREWERIANA - NEWCASTLE BROWN ALE - SERVE COOL - BEER MAT - T22. I shall never buy another unless I see a new marketing campaign indicating that they have gone back to the old recipe. Digorneo changed sauce recipe. Theres plenty of good brown ales out there. This is not new news. They ruined my favorite beer. I hope this recipe change fails miserably and disappears forever. Ill buy that until they get gobbled up. Also Brown was never available on tap, only in pint (English pint ie 20oz) bottles. There is no shortage of hoppy beers, we did not need another and even if we did, we didnt have to loose a good brown ale to get it. Rant over! It just looks wrong in brown bottles. Jeremy Marshal should be ashamed of himself. Originally it was a blend of two definite styles, a strong dark beer . I have changed to Modelo Negara or Michelob Amber Bock, or even Dos Equis Amber in a pinch. Thank you for the recommendation. Hopefully, Heineken will see that sales have completely dropped off and change it back as soon as possible. They did respond politely but they are standing by their new product and proud of the fancy hops they use. Youve probably sales have probably dropped by 75% and lost your customers most loyal to Newcastle. In their mind, they did a really great thing and the world is soon going to love them for it. Reimagined the classic blah blah blah. I found this link from a new poster. But Ive stuck with it and Ive learned to like it. I will be complaining anywhere I see this and ANY lagunitas beer always. Real appropriate that Lagunitas, the brewer of this crap, has the word anus in its name. Would not buy another bottle. What a disappointment. This stuff brewed by Lagunitas is crap that tastes nothing like real Newcastle, but rather a dirty ashtray. So I bought another one. Im trying to be nice Thanks again for the feedback and perspective. Newcastle has been my favorite beer for many years. Pay Less. Way to go on making a shit beer!!! I just threw out 4 bottles. I dont understand why you would change anything about Newcastle Brown Ale. Then I closely read the bottle. And Im a little bit insulted. Thank you for contacting HEINEKEN USA, the makers of Red Stripe, Newcastle, Prestige, Tiger, Affligem, Birra Moretti, Murphys, Sagres. No more. Glad Im not alone in this. It was very malty, quite sweet and nutty, with an assertive bitter finish. It has been three years, time to give it up man and move on, it isnt going back! Its useful for cleaning my tools, killing snails, and in a pinch I can pour the beer in the toilet and use the bottle for a candle holder. Fuck your divorced parents. A lovely treat, crisp, nutty brown ale, like God intended, a joy to savor. That ended today when i purchased a six pack in their new packaging. (0.23-0.45 kg) per 5 gallons (19 L). I am so fooking pissed off right now too. NEWCASTLE WEBSITE. Newcastle WAS one of the best beers and quality beers I have ever had the pleasure to drink.. this is pure SHIT!!! newcastle was the only thing I drank for the last 25+ years. Thank you Alvin, I will. Last Sale: $1,550.NIKE dunk sb low newcastle brown The complete destruction of a great beer with the replacement having no character and an insult to the original. So this is now an American brown. Been drinking NBA for 10+years. Sell for $1,050 or Ask for More. Im from Arkansas this is my favorite beer and have been a loyal customer for years but this horse piss is not the beer I once enjoyed now Im shopping around looking thanks Lagunitas. This moron brewer at Lagunitis has single-handedly trashed my favorite brew by changing it into a crappy thin, acidic, hoppy glass of piss. 1. After that I guess Im SOL! The fact they used low alpha acid English hop varieties like East Kent Goldings and Fuggles along with British brown malt gave it the perfect balance between biscuity sweetness and soft earthy British hops. Please bring back the original recipe and keep it in clear bottles. Wont be buying it again. Bring back the old Newcastle!! Newcastle was never the best beer on the market. . The new one hoppy. What did I get? A good thing shouldnt be messed with. Devastated when I tasted my first new Newcastle. Will never buy either beer again: unless the old one is brought back. Laguntas and Heineken you should be ashamed of yourselves. Now I know the full story and am devastated. I have not bought it since attempting 2-3 times to see if it was just that batch. Someone help!?!?!!?!!! You will continue to lose us in BIG NUMBERS !! It is very similar to the manner that Aloha Beer has been marketed as a local Hawaiian beer although it is brewed and bottled on the mainland. I cant even look at their pathetic shit in the beer case. 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. Why would you want to ruin such a good beer like that??? But the reality is this is most definitely NOT Newcastle Brown Ale and is a fraud on consumers. Been there, done that. In my opinion, the entire decision tree who decided to change the original to this new bitter undrinkable crap should be terminated or demoted to janitor. To the contrary, Lagunitas Master Brewer Jeremy Marshal pointed out that the Chicago brewery uses a British-style house yeast. I dumped almost my entire bottle out and now have 5 full bottles taking up space in my fridge until I can find some dim witted craft beer aficionado stupid enough to drink it. Way to go Lagunitas, youve ruined one of the last great beers of the world. Please bring my beer back!! Heartbroken about Newkie, which I I bought without ever checking the price. newcastle now tastes like everyone elses brown ale!!!!!!! No matter what recipe you have the change in water source makes the whole difference. I agree. Huge fan most of my life. Just take what you have and give it to someone you dont like and search for a worthy replacement. 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. We will no longer buy your version. Another option is New Belguim Brewery out of Colorado. But the worst response to that is changing the recipe. Sign the petition to bring real Newcastle back. Quality beer is not a priority. I am so bummed. If our Policy changes in the future, we will notify our customers and website users of any such changes by posting an updated policy on our website. When sales improve, the brand may consider extensions. Its not New Castle anymore. Just a week ago I was drinking a REAL Newcastle and for some reason this six pack tasted particularly awesome! 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. Might as well call it any nut brown ale from any microbrewery in the USA. Lagunitas could have produced this new Newcastle and marketed it by another name for those who like hoppy beer. Equipment Profile Used. Newcastle Brown Ale 12pk, Newcastle, England, United Kingdom . It definitely not the drink I remember, mow its so bland and totally lost its originality. Michelob Amber Boch maybe??? Feel like Ive lost a friend. I was served one the new ones yesterday in a restaurant and sent it back; googled it and found the bad news. Well now I have to find another beer. This is just another of a million terrible beers pumped out each year to please the people occasionally drinking beer that know absolutely nothing about beer. From 1927 to 2005 it was brewed at The Tyne Brewery in Newcastle What a disaster. I immediately complained to my wife about buying the wrong New Castle box. One more same old same hoppy style beer!! My long time favorite beer changed their label. Thought this was a batch gone bad and took it back for a refund. The new recipe should NOT be called Newcastle Brown Ale at all! All i find is the new version. 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.. Hope they consider bringing back the original. 12 pack - from $17.98 6 pack - from $10.49. They probably couldnt get the right ingredients. There are not many things left in this world that maintain quality over time and can be counted on to always please. I noticed a new packaging, but I didnt think twice about it. Newcastle is Newcastle. FYSA: The USA-version of Bass Ale has been breed in New England for quite some time now. When do we hold a funeral for my beloved English brown ale? 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. Who knew the world needed another lame hoppy beer? Die horrible fucking deaths. Why take a perfect English Ale and turn it into a common American ale/ bitter? USA: (FL) Dunedin . Newcastle Brown Ale brewed by the Lagunitas Brewing Company will be relaunched in March 2019. Did no one taste this first? Where can I buy my old Newcastle??????? 6. https://WWW.NEWCASTLEBROWN.COM I am so disappointed in the new taste AND the new bottle. I wont ever drink the new crappy IPA but would love to have my favorite Newcastle beer back. Just wish they hadnt chosen my favorite beer to f**k with. Thank you very much for posting this link to the petition. With most of the color coming from the crystal, it should be dark, 80 L, or preferably 120 L, at 12 to 1.0 lb. The old Newcastle was perfect the new Newcastle is too bitter and not evan close in taste. I do not like it and will not be drinking it. Bass Pale Ale has been destroyed by AB-Inbev too. Fuck you. This new stuff sucks, if I wanted an ipa I wouldnt have bought New Castle, now its half IPa. No idea where some of you are getting that, they use the same type and amount of hops. Pour this crap directly into the sewer where it belongs. wheres the line to kick the guy who made this decision smack dab in the nuts? #bring Newcastle back. Excellent suggestion Jim!!! Two that I have been on for a while are Fat Tire, and one from Tampa area Big Storm Brewings Wave Runner. So, NC Brown, who cares about you anymore, not me. By Brewery. Previously I was concerned when my brown ale go to beverage moved from the UK to the Netherlands. This overly hopped nasty swill is an insult to the very concept of Brown Ale. I had no idea they changed the recipe and tried the new stuff yesterday and was terribly disgusted with this brew. Seems to me that a chef got someone elses recipe and had to put their own spin on it because thats what they do. No more Newcastle purchases for me and Lagunitas, you are now on my sh*t list, it will be a while before I can buy any of your products again after this stunt. Boycott new castle. Search. But the end result is not extremely bitter. Who is running things over there, Al Bundy? Lets make them fix this and bring back our beloved Newcastle recipe!! I can most definitely say, I will not be buying this beer again. You bastards! Newcastle never again. Hopefully I can still buy the original recipe online and the Lagunitas Brewery here in Petaluma CA burns to the ground It went down hill when it was brewed in Dunston at the federation brewery. Get yourself a home brew kit, a few Cornelius Kegs, and a copy of the book Clone Brews and make your own. Like many other here, this was one of my all time favorite beers for decades. Its hard to top the reviews above. Living in Hawaii means that not every beer type is available to us here, not to mention the cost. Could someone recommend another English Ale that I might buy instead? Im not sure exactly what all changed, but I dont like it. The beer I have loved for DECADES is gone! As far as Im concerned Newcastle Brown Ale does not exist anymore. What nasty stuff. Why change perfection. Big money beer giant ruining an amazing beer. This new recipe is horrible. Turn it back!!!. Simply put: you guys f$&@ed up. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. That is down to 2 million cases. light dry malt extract 12 oz. I told my wife tonight I will be looking for another beer to enjoy. Thank you Lagunitas for putting your own twist on an amazing beer. Wont buy it ever again! But in England, Newcastle Brown Ale is still pretty much the []. Brown bottle and label also dont cut it either. The one and only has now become the same as many. Havent tried this yet, but I have yet to drink a Lagunitas brewed beer I didnt like. Please bring back the original recipe as there is no other beer like it in the world! Scottish & Newcastle Breweries had it right. Thinking that if we make contact with them and they see what has been done maybe they can formulate something more similar to NCB. Originaly brewed in Newcastle, as the name would suggest, brewing moved to Tadcaster in 2010. Take all remaining bottles and kegs back to where they were purchased and claim fraud. You guys really messed this one up. And I will not drink this nor will I EVER buy a lugintas product for the rest of my life. Please go back to the it was. The new recipe is typical American so-called craft brewery swill, that hipsters drink too make them feel important and sophisticated. Kent Goldings hopsat :90 1 oz. Bland boring beer. I can drink every single style of beer there is but if they even think of calling this hoppy they are wrong. Sour beer is a thing that only overly self satisfied ignorant folk drink due to boredom. Now it just tastes like any other brown ale. Why break Newcastle Brown to add another? Lets make it like other crap beers but still have that microbrewery feel to it. New packaging sucks too. I am SOOOOO bummed. We still get the original English brewed version in Canada. Incredibly disgusting. 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. 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