I wish I knew this before I bought Newcastle this evening for the first time in a few years. Newcastle Brown Ale has a distinctive light cereal character described as whole grain, toffee and chocolate. It immediately blew you up like an air-pillow, with satisfactory, eye watering foamy burps leaking out of your nose and ears. 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. unless I can find the original somewhere. Insanely disappointing. Today you have turned it into just another mediocre, too hoppy, ho hum local craft attempt to copy the real Newcastle. NEWCASTLE WEBSITE. Join me? When sales improve, the brand may consider extensions. Why else would they change what they themselves call an iconic beer? By Brewery. It was so fucking delicious. At first I thought that it was just me. Just fuck them, fuck those dirty fucks in that shit country that bought Newcastle. They are not. And what to my horrified taste buds appeared? This was a terrible mistake and this change will prove to be a huge loss for them. Did you not learn from Coke? Sorry. Lagunitas and Heineken should not be allowed to profit from this. I hope Heineken paid Newcastle a lot of money to buy the owners out!! Kyle Swartz is editor of Beverage Dynamics magazine. More shipping info Go to shop $ 8.99 no sales tax applies 6 Pack 12oz Newcastle Brown Ale Stirling Fine Wines NJ: Stirling Standard delivery 1-2 weeks More shipping info Go to shop $ 8.99 What were they thinking? I was excited and had hoped the second one was the OldCastle but unfortunately, just another 12 of this garbage. LaGunitas is now the face of the worst in beer. I have been an exclusive Newcastle Brown Ale drinker for decades. There are plenty of great ales on the store shelves which will see an increase in sales because we will Not be buying Newcastle again. They ruined it! Then give us back the real deal. I exclaimed to my wife that it was either spoiled or somebody turned it into a a $u%#ing IPA. Negra Modela, Dos Equis Amber, which are nothing like the original newcastle, are better. Its completely bland and characterless! 3.20 average based on 572 ratings. I immediately complained to my wife about buying the wrong New Castle box. I finally got around to googling this topic, and actually entered WTF Newcastle in the search engine. But I was really bummed out by the taste. If its still available up there I will be making a trip to Canada as soon as the border opens! Hell, if I just wanted to drink alcohol, and didnt care about the flavor, Id use sugar, water, and yeast. Ive drunk the Tyne Brewery version back the 60, and that was the best. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); EPG Media LLC wants you to have a positive experience in connection with our products and services. I knew you well, rest in peace. Brewed with a unique blend of pale and roasted malts with American hops, Newcastle Brown Ale is smooth, crisp, and slightly roasty. Why not keep the same recipe and just brew it here in America? Exactly as you'd expect Newcastle Brown to taste - a light British bitter. Seems to me that a chef got someone elses recipe and had to put their own spin on it because thats what they do. I have been exclusively drinking New Castle for 20+ years and I will now have to change brands. JD, yep I ran into the new Crap little over a year ago. Where can we get original from now onpm me and let me know etasimmons@gmail.com Change it back! For a while I could not find it anywhere, then it reappeared. Will never buy this beer again: unless the old one is brought back. Brew that swill under a different name and give us back our delicious beer. I can drink every single style of beer there is but if they even think of calling this hoppy they are wrong. How is this done to a fantastic beer? Wont be buying it again. Make the original formula please. As soon as people figure our this new beer is terrible, sales will plummet. Score: 76 with 5,440 ratings and reviews. This new recipe sucks! The petition has had pathetic results. . Has similar bottle name and label but is not Newcastle. Drinking my first of the new New Castle Brown Ale right now and..IT IS TERRIBLE!!!! Not sure what they changed but they need to go back. 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! This new beer is disgusting and we will not drink it. One answer, Just bring it back. I am very disappointed with this cheap and disgusting beer. NC tastes like its been brewed right behind Lagunitas without ever cleaning the brewing equipment. 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? Their main stays have been Fat Tire and Vodoo Ranger. In 2010 brewing was moved to John Smiths brewery Tadcaster North Yorkshire until the present day This isn't as bitter as it could be. We have been drinking Newcastle for over 25 years and are loyal consumers and Newcastle fans. Over this weekend I found one from Bold City Brewing Jacksonville, Florida, their Dukes Cold Nose Brown Ale. It also delivers rich, sweet flavors while weighing in at far fewer calories/carbs than many other ales. Im so sad I cant get my favorite beer anymore. Today. They took a classic, took a dump on it, IPAfied it. There are no guarantees that a petition would be accepted, but it always helps to organize and document numbers. I suggest to focus on finding and recommending those and not worry about you can not change. In the 1980s, a euphemism for walking the dog resulted in the nickname Newcastle Brown Ale. BRING IT BACK!! This was one of my go to beers. Thats $7 more than its worth. Read the full policy here: https://epgmediallc.com/privacy-policy. (0.23-0.45 kg) per 5 gallons (19 L). That ended today when i purchased a six pack in their new packaging. This will eventually fail, and the Newcastle name will be lost. We used to love Newcastle and now its terrible! I went by today and there was another six. Maybe I missed the once respone that liked this Fake NCBA. Shove something at us that we do not like because they know better. The american beer market is a hyper-hipster fad fest at this point. I would by a case a month, but not anymore. It is a cheap bitter, crappy beer that just happens to have the same name. Though not brown you might want to try AndyGator. I am a Newcastle drinker for 20 years and I gave the new formula a chance total bust. But, now New Castle taste like every other IPA beer. It taste nothing like the original beer which is very disappointing to me. While there, we cleared several pitchers of Newcastle Brown Ale. Just take what you have and give it to someone you dont like and search for a worthy replacement. Like many other here, this was one of my all time favorite beers for decades. Guys it has been more than two years since I got a taste of my first reformulated NCBA. Heineken pulled a Becks on me I dont drink Becks brewed in St. Louis either. 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). I, and I imagine other previous Newcastle drinkers feel the same way. Yup moved on to Smithwicks. They probably couldnt get the right ingredients. Living in Hawaii means that not every beer type is available to us here, not to mention the cost. The one and only was sweet and I lived off it. $7? HORRIBLE taste. Is it true that HEINEKEN is producing Old Newcastle for sale in Europe but not in the USA? Can we move it back to the Netherlands? You dont change the recipe on a beer! I did try the Brooklyn Brown, not quite my taste but reasonable. The best American beer is worse than the worst Czech beer, for example. Bummer there are an infinite number of hoppy ales available out there, Newcastle didnt need to be another one. I despise the taste of the majority of micro brewery beers, and now one of my old favorites tastes like all that other crap. Yall shot yourself in the foot on this one!! Newcastle Brown Ale skapades ursprungligen av verste James (Jim) Herbert Porter (fdd 1892 i Burton upon Trent ), en tredje generationens bryggare. Total ass-hat move by these guys. I was surprised by the new packaging today when I bought my first (and only) 12 pack of the new recipe. Sign the petition to bring real Newcastle back. Please bring back the original recipe as there is no other beer like it in the world! Simply awful. The new recipe is typical American so-called craft brewery swill, that hipsters drink too make them feel important and sophisticated. I will try the Smithwick Red Alenever had that before. Truly Disappointed! Here is a tip.not everyone likes hops! Who ever changed the recipe should be fired. This horse piss doesnt deserve the Newcastle name and should be halted ASAP! Dont just say that you will never buy it again. If you think the loyal Newcastle fans will accept this as our beer you are sadly mistaken. We've cut our emissions when making our beers and ciders by 68% since 2008. Absolutely terrible. Please bring it back. Anybody else heard this? GARBAGE beer. Crisp chocolate malt 1 oz. Now this. I loved Newcastle. A shell of the original, made by an average brewery to US standards and practices. The one and only has now become the same as many. This is basically buying the name and slapping it on some crap beer from Chicago. This delicious beer is brewed in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom. The best thing that can be done is to sign this, https://www.change.org/p/heineken-usa-bring-classic-newcastle-brown-ale-back. Shame on all who ruined this medal winning beer. Ruined my favorite beer. 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. I did not realize that it would be the last Newcastles I would ever drink. My new go-to, along with Belhaven Scottish Ale (both available at World Market). Long time newcastle drinker of dutch version (20+ years spending $800 each year). The amateurs at Lagunitas think they have their finger on the pulse of ale drinkers, but clearly they do not. Thank you for ruining my favorite beer. If you think these guys are going to revert to the old recipe just because you and a few thousand others complained, youre just barking at the moon. Terrible. Then the moves to Gateshead, Tadcaster, Netherlands, and now USA? I couldnt even finish the first bottle, so the rest is going down the toilet; I wont subject my sink to this swill. In fact. They may have asked an additional price for the recipe that Lagunitas was not prepared (or able) to pay. The makers should be ashamed of themselves for serving this bland liquid as the Famous Newcastle Brown Ale. Who knows! 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. Times Temple Valley brings it in at my request along with Guiness Extra Stout. Heard nothing from Heineken, a feeble response from Lagunitas, and an incredibly stupid response from the FNBA folks that started with Well, at first folks didnt like Kale either! Been a loyal Newcastle drinker since 1975 After my find is gone Panic? In 1984, the company opened the most recent bottling plant in Europe, a 3.5 million facility. I always enjoyed this beer every fall and winter and now its going down the drain. Heck, when Im in London, I still have a hard time finding English ales. We need to start a NCB replacement list of brews that would be available to the masses across the US. Lagunitas Now Brews Newcastle Brown Ale Hows it Taste? In the mean time, just imagine how much $ Lagunitas is losing by brewing this fake newkie crap. Newcastle was my very first beer. They did the same. In stock. The greatest of Ales, with one of the nicest initial tastes and after tastes known in the beer drinking community. Your new Newcastle is really disappointing. But this is not a beer you want to get that cute with. Good luck finding it (its around) but its the treat I wish I had to wash down this new stuff . Not only am I never buying this again, Im never buying another Heineken product again EVER out of spite! My hatred for Lagunitas is even greater than it was a month ago. I urge you the call or email Heineken and voice your displeasure and distaste. I agree the vast majority of the comments above. By the way I own a very successful restaurant that sells your other produce. Why would you fix what isnt broken? Some of the best beers to ever come out of the UK (Theakstons is running a close second). The new formula tastes terrible. We have noticed the shelves are full of the new Newcastle because nobody will buy this crap. What marketing geniuses you are! What in the Hell happened to New Castle. Did Pepsi change the 11 herbs and spices when they acquired KFC?? She called me a while ago and said no more. I am soooo disappointed in this new recipe. You think some stuffy accountant would compare the numbers before and after Lagunitas and go back to the original recipe if only to make money. You dirty Dutch fucks, all of you fuck each other for sucking. All grain st fra Brewolution Bryg 1-2021 OG 1054 27/12 2020 FG 1020 6/1 2021 o Show More I have been drinking it since 1975 while stationed overseas. And Smithwicks? Ill never buy Newcastle or Lagunitas again unless they fix what they broke. With all the other BS lawsuits out there this pretty seems valid, to me?.? I absolutely hate what these foolish companies are doing. Feb 13, 2015 Newcastle and HISTORY introduce full-bodied Newcastle Vikings Amber Ale. And It looks cheap. Why change perfection? By the way, the new packaging is as cheap and shitty as your beer! So it probably isnt. Wow this is the most nasty shit in the WORLD!!! So far nothing has changed but we need to keep the pressure on them. A good thing shouldnt be messed with. Unfortunately, LCBO and The Beer Store are out of it and I have no idea when theyll get more in. Its a shame. Only way they saved it was to roll back and hopefully ncb will do the same. Theyve ruined it! All Newcastle lovers should BOMBARD Lagunitas social media pages with vitriol and rage until this travesty is ended. This new Newcastle absolutely blows! No wonder it tastes like everything else out there now! It is a completely different beer which does not even approach what Newcastle was Devastated. Newcastle Brown Ale 5 Ltr Keg. I agree with every one who posted above me. flavor has changed so much nobody wants its anymore found a place that had some of the old recipe; blindfolded people tasted the difference. I dont think its that bad, but I do prefer the original. By the look of these comments, New Castle will be a thing of the past! As with all the other commentors, Im moving on from this. I give it 1 year before they pull this off the market. I cannot imagine that there would be enough millenials out there who would buy this new trashy recipe that they would both replace and exceed the loyal fan base of the original NBA. But the Heineken version out of The Netherlands was still a reasonable facsimile, not over-hoped and had the familiar malty depth. Read my lips: UP YOURS! Just had my first new Newcastle. While some may . I hope your happy. My bartender brought me a bottle, and not having heard about the change, I told her I ordered a Newcastle. With so many negative comments, how long are you going to keep this up? I see zero benefit to changing the flavor of a well established, well liked brand. Customer loyalty is your brand!!! This new recipe is awful. For me the search has been difficult. Newcastle Brown Ale is a full-flavoured smooth ale with refreshing lightness. So disappointing! Completely different than my one and only. Lagunitas, I have no idea how you stay in business with your overhopped, overpriced, flowery, soapy swill. Would not buy another bottle. My wife bought a 12 pack thinking it was the same beer with a new label. In this way, your customers will not be duped into buying a cheap imitation. Also Brown was never available on tap, only in pint (English pint ie 20oz) bottles. Guess customer feed back does not mean anything to these chumps. Also have to say that I had bought a 12 of this and unbenownst to me, my wife also bought a 12 by coincidence. Rubbish! Not everything needs extra hops. They took a great genuine drink and trashed it and pissed all over it! I bought a six pack, opened a beer. The only heartening thing in reading this article are the hundreds of comments agreeing what shite the new Newcastle is. 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! I suspect that you may be correct about the Newscastle Ale recipe not being available to Lagunitas. The company has announced the March 2019 relaunch of Newcastle Brown Ale, brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company. Thank you for the recommendation. Not too bitter. Ill never buy another bottle unless it goes back to the original brew. - Mild English Brown Ale. Cant fix stupidity. Who stole my New Castle!!! Will find another brown ale made by someone else. Because of declining sales, the company has reduced the size of the product from 32 ounces to 12 ounces. Please change the receipe back. From that point forward, their Maple ale was nothing more than some lousy beer with maple flavoring. But hopefully others find your post helpful. Lagunitas makes great beers but no one needed to screw with this one! How it passes for the same brand beats the hell out of me. This latest version from California is nowt like it used to be, its a shame it is Shiite! WRONG! 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. Stupid IPA brewers thinking that they are smart. Because I just bought my last new castle ever. 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.. A premium brown ale, full-bodied, with a distinctive caramel, fruity character and a pleasantly sweet after-taste. how can one change a recipe then call it by what people now and like? Please go back to the it was. Set delivery address to see local pricing. I echo you all. Earned the Bravo for Brown badge! I remember my old XO and myself enjoying Lil Sumpin at a bar. Isnt labeling this new crap Newcastle Brown Ale, False Advertising..? 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