Way to go Lagunitas, youve ruined one of the last great beers of the world. Newcastle Brown Ale is a brand of dark brown ale. Why not keep the same recipe and just brew it here in America? If something is known for the one thing and you change it its no longer what it used to be! Newcastle Brown Ale is also now an all-malt beer, made with Lagunitas house malt. I agree with you about fraudulent marketing. Pre-Owned. I accepted the Brewing going to the Netherlands in 2018, because the taste remained! Ill never buy another bottle unless it goes back to the original brew. Now they say theyve modified it for the American market? So apparently they think Americans are either insensate creatures of habit or masochists. I got taken in by the craft industry and have been searching for decent beer ever since. If you are going to change the recipe, give it a new name. I guess because Heineken now owns the name, they can put it on anything they want. This new beer tastes like crap. Disappointed in your version of New Castle, I like everyone else was Shell Shocked when tasting this disaster. The american beer market is a hyper-hipster fad fest at this point. I still want to cry, but right now I need to run in to town and buy a 12 pack of Stella. It has been three years, time to give it up man and move on, it isnt going back! Either they find a way to replicate the original recipe or Im done and will preach far and wide about how terrible Lagunitas is for ruining a classical old standby. What were they thinking? A good thing shouldnt be messed with. If anyone has any suggestions for something better or a better match, please feel free to reply to this note and let me know. $7? 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. New Castle Brown Ale was world-famous beer and they new that the name alone meant future profits. Ive been drinking this beer since the early 90s and this is just disgraceful. Newcastle Brown Ale, England, Case of 6 12 oz. Unless they sell the rights to the Newcastle name to another company and the new buyer gets permission to use the recipe or import the original, we will never see our beloved NBA again. Way to turn an old favorite into generic crap. Sales are going to go down the tubes. Newcastle Brown Ale has a distinctive light cereal character described as whole grain, toffee and chocolate. Like another commenter said, if the packaging is different, and the recipe is different, can you really call it the same beer? This was all done in the name of money, some stupid brewer thought he could make the best beer in the world better. There are now many similar options out there, some only local or regional. Then I noticed it was the new packaging. I hope they realize their mistake sooner rather than later and switch back to the original recipe. Hopefully, Chicago continues to experiment and brings out another version, cause this one fails, I guess its back to Bass Ale. Score: 76 with 5,440 ratings and reviews. I will be looking for a new favorite. What Lagunitas did to this beer is criminal! It did lift my kilt a little bit but a little high on the alcohol content so now drinkin the Samual Adams Octoberfest . Bring back the old Broon Ale as this relaunch is awful! I thought I had got a bad batch, now I know that they ruined Newcastle. Poured all the rest down the sink. 5 L. From $23.49. My One and Only left me with None and Lonely! Grew up on Newcastle Brown and this is NOT it. Im not sure exactly what all changed, but I dont like it. Youve made one hell of an impression. It is almost impossible to find traditional English ales these days and craft breweries pretty much dont try to make English ales. It is horrible.i have not had one since the change. Im British. System Default. They are not going to suddenly go outside their established supply chain just to buy ingredients for a beer that they are probably prohibited by contract agreememt from producing. Maybe there will be something come along tgat is not tied to Americas youth lovimg hoppy beer. I couldnt even finish the first bottle, so the rest is going down the toilet; I wont subject my sink to this swill. So I googled it and learned the truth. To the contrary, Lagunitas Master Brewer Jeremy Marshal pointed out that the Chicago brewery uses a British-style house yeast. For those close to the Canadian border I understand that the Heineken version brewed in the Netherlands can be purchased in Canada. Our brewmaster blah blah blah. Thats because production has moved from the Netherlands to the U.S., where Chicagos Lagunitas Brewery will now make the beer under a new recipe. I will make it a point to never buy any of your products. This new formula sucks. This was prior to the kilning process that we know today. Thats not a thing anymore. I wont even call it Newcastle, because its not. The beer I have loved for DECADES is gone! This is complete bullshit Ive been drinking New Castle Brown Ale for over 20 years now, and this new formula does taste terrible it tastes like regular shitty beer. It is now just another run of the mill nut brown. You guys messed up big time. It is a cheap bitter, crappy beer that just happens to have the same name. I have been drinking the one and only for over 25 years.I cant stomach this bitter, hoppy taste labeled as Newcastle.it is not Newcastle! The best tasting beer, I loved so much Why did they change the recipe??? Americans havent brewed a decent beer since George Washington. Its perfectly balanced: roasted-malt caramel flavor with a subtle bitter backbone, more so than the old recipe. (190) 3.00. It was the best beer after Guinness Stout and this recipe change was certainly not for the better. Turn it back!!!. In 1994, 25% of Tyne Brewery's output was dedicated to Newcastle Brown Ale. For the past three decades, Newcastle Brown Ale has been my favorite adult beverage. If youre looking for a taste somewhat similar to the good ol New Castle, look for WeeMac from Sun King brewery they are getting all the money that we used to spend on New Castle! The BEER WARS in Europe will never end. The old Newcastle was perfect the new Newcastle is too bitter and not evan close in taste. Its not even close. I dont understand this at all. Newcastle has been my favorite beer for years. Crisp 60L crystal malt 4 oz. Bring back the original!!!! You will continue to lose us in BIG NUMBERS !! In my opinion, a huge fail in market research. The one and only has now become the same as many. PLEASE!!!!! The story they try and sell us is that the brewmaster wanted to reimagine Newcastle Ale with their special hops, blah, blah, blah. Total ass-hat move by these guys. Whomever made this decision should be fired and sent to Exile in Siberia! Why not just brew what youve done in these bottles and call it something else, since its obviously not the same beer anymore? Very disappointed. Brown ale is a style of beer made with a dark or brown malt. They took a classic, took a dump on it, IPAfied it. 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. Now I am drinking it on tap and it is the same. It taste like crap. WAKE UP AND READ THE REVIEWS. Brewed with a unique blend of pale and roasted malts with American hops, Newcastle Brown Ale is smooth, crisp, and slightly roasty. Consider yourself lucky. But I was really bummed out by the taste. Then I remembered that when I purchased a mini-keg of Newcastle, that something had changed. A candy, banana fruitiness is also present. OMG WTF you Fd up the original.new castle. The company should terminate everyone connected to this fraud. Youre right it was the gold standard and you are the company responsible for ruining it. Chill to 64F (18C) and pitch yeast. Newcastle was never the best beer on the market. Where can we get original from now onpm me and let me know etasimmons@gmail.com I hadnt had it in a while and decided to buy it despite the new logo. If you can find it, Shiner Bock is nice too, but we have a hard time finding it in California (its out of Texas). It is one of my absolutely favorites. Now I cant even finish one! You have destroyed a perfect brew. I have bought my last Newcastle. Trouble is some are regional brews. HEINEKEN USA I just dumped out the second half of my first bottle and will be returning the two twelve packs I bought for a refund. Thank you Alvin, I will. The ABV remains the same (4.7%), as does the color. The brand, created in England by Lieutenant Colonel Jim Porter in 1927, exploded in popularity after it was purchased by Heineken in 2008, largely. Terrible and way out of the lane for a ale drinker like me. After that I guess Im SOL! Im a fan of Boddingtons and New Castle. This new Newcastle taste like pond water. Scrap this new recipe and go back to the original! 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. I remember back in the 1990s there was a wonderful brewery called Petes Wicked Ale. 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. Because you have done this I will not be drinking Brown Sugga,Pilsner, lil Sumpthin, or any beer . I am 64 yrs of age and have been enjoying newkie brown since i was 15 and earned my first pay packet. Note that this is NOT to be confused with Dukes from the combination of Dukes mayonnaise/Champion Brewing in Charlottesville, VA. Its not Newcastle. Die horrible fucking deaths. So why buy this? So very disappointed.. First one is the last one for me. 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 must admit that I didnt really look at the bottle I just noticed the fancy new packaging. I hope they both fail miserably at this. I have been a fan of Newcastle Brown Ale since the 1980s. The sale of bottled beers began to fall off in the late 1970s. Really!! I thought it was just me on my first one, but while trying a second one I was thinking to myself that this tastes like a Very Poorly Made IPA, and then did a quick web search and found out I wasnt the only one to have their Favorite Beer ruined. Newcastle used to be one of my favorite five or six beers. The Newcastle Brown Ale is a good choice for those who like their beer to be dark and rich-tasting. This Privacy Policy sets forth the privacy practices with respect to your information when you use our software, mobile applications and services (Services) . We have been drinking Newcastle for over 25 years and are loyal consumers and Newcastle fans. With all the other BS lawsuits out there this pretty seems valid, to me?.? After that, I guess I might as well drink Buttwiper. The Hoppy-ness tastes like cat urine. They directed Lagunitas, an American brewery that is also owned by Heineken, to brew Newcastle Brown Ale in the states. I noticed a new packaging, but I didnt think twice about it. What the HELL did they do to my beer! FML. I bought a 6er of this not the dogs bollocks and drank itwith chasers of bud light because I am not one to waste money. What right-thinking business executive would even consider such a bad idea? Its absolutely terrible, disgusting. I have a case and will finish but guess wont buy again. With its release in 1925, Newcastle Brown Ale set the stage for the success and future popularity of the style. They are all pretentious pricks. 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. Please just repackage this again as another dumb ass version of everything else you make, there is no shortage of hipsters that will take the bait. Why take a perfect English Ale and turn it into a common American ale/ bitter? I hate all those fucks. I agree the vast majority of the comments above. The person that posted right after you included this link to a petition. Try it folks. Bass has a long history dating back to 1777, and it is still brewed in the same traditional way today. I do not like the new recipe and flavor. I tried it, yummy but lacked the traditional copper the Nukie Brown has, or had. Never again will I purchase this crap! How can this be called Newcastle?! Ditto to everyone else. Fake beer. Just make a new beer you idiots, dont take away one, smh. I miss drinking. So thanks NC Brown for forcing me to diversify my tastes a little and forget about you. This was by far my favorite beer and I have been drinking it for 20 years plus. 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. SO DISAPPOINTED! This privacy policy (this Policy) describes the personal information we may collect from you, the purposes for which we collect it, how we use it and when we may share it with third parties. It has been brewed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, since April 1927 by Newcastle Breweries. In 2010 brewing was moved to John Smiths brewery Tadcaster North Yorkshire until the present day How long before the suits at Heineken buy them out and screw me over again. Please continue to enjoy our brands responsibly. Ive tried and tried to like this new beer with the stolen name. If a beer tastes great for as long as New Castle, why do you you think you can make it better?! Ok I guess I will lead off with my opinion BUT if you are still reading this heres what I think. Exactly. What have they done with my beer! Originally it was a blend of two definite styles, a strong dark beer . Hopefully, Heineken will see that sales have completely dropped off and change it back as soon as possible. Over 20 years I have been a Newcastle Brown Ale fan. We are sorry to hear you didnt enjoy our relaunched Newcastle Brown Ale. I kept saying, why does this Newcastle taste like shit? Unless of course I go to one of the great craft breweries we have in the Houston area. So Heineken, you and your new NCBA crap, take a hike! 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 used to love this beer. Loved the old recipe, but this was a disappointment. Stupidity knows no bounds. What the mother fuck you ruined my fucking 4th!! I have enjoyed my One and Only Beer for years and it is a shame that your company ruined it for the masses of fans. This relaunch is to Newcastle what New Coke was to Coca Cola!! Quite messing with good recipes. The 6 packs that exposed the clear bottles to light, it had more of a green bottle beer taste. I guess Heineken has taken on the Apple mentality. Unless they go back to the old recipe, Ive had my last Newcastle. To the contrary, Lagunitas Master Brewer Jeremy Marshal pointed out that the Chicago brewery uses a British-style house yeast. I am very disappointed with this cheap and disgusting beer. Now all the loyal Rooks have flown! 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? This explains it. I saw the new packaging and was excited! My hatred for Lagunitas is even greater than it was a month ago. Thanks Heineken for completely ruining my favorite beer! Maybe next time people who consume your product should be asked to sample the new before changing the old. I just recently discovered New Castle Brown and it became my favorite beer. The taste of this new Newcastle is disgusting. Now what do I do!! Maybe we can bombard them to point that they see our point, because we are never going to come on board with this crap. Youve probably sales have probably dropped by 75% and lost your customers most loyal to Newcastle. Fire the dumbass who thought changing the recipe was a good idea. Then I tasted it and nearly spit it out on the floor. Goodbye dear friend, we will miss you. Unbelievable. I dont drink IPA because I dont care fore the hoppy flavor. I hate it! Rant over! Very Disappointed. 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. This is one of the dumbest decisions I can imagine. Now its Shiner all the way for this Texas native. Why mess up a great beer? Simply put: you guys f$&@ed up. Its like a very light rum or maybe a vodka. The New Castle is passable just do not expect Newcastle and it will be ok. RIP Newcastle! Plus it has more alcohol so I am forced to drink less. Im 63 been drinking broon ale, dog, brain damage since I was 16 when it was brewed in Newcastle near St James park. . Overall, a terrible decision. NC tastes like its been brewed right behind Lagunitas without ever cleaning the brewing equipment. I have drank and loved original new castle for decades and now the sell this junk under the same name and new horrible taste. Youre worse than a cheap whore endorsing this abomination!!! Click & Collect. You ruined the Only beer I ever enjoyed. For a while I could not find it anywhere, then it reappeared. It wasn't even the best brown ale on the market. All i find is the new version. In fact. The new recipe taste just like Budweiser. NOT. Ugh. English brown ale pretty closely hits the average mark here, making it a good choice if you're calorie and carb counting. 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. just wish I had read this before buying 4 casestoo bitter and just is not my old New Castle AleIm gone! After over a decade of loyal New Castle consumption I am not drinking this hoppy domestic crap! Sometimes you can find Kiltlifter at Tamuras. Yall shot yourself in the foot on this one!! LaGunitas, seriously, put a gun in your Chicagoland mouth and pull the fucking trigger for shitting on the working mans beer. These new age brewers who are tied to this over-hopped, bitter tasting brew seriously need some re-education. I actually like Lagunitas generally, but I do not like this new NewCastle. I am an Honorably Discharged United States ARMY Reservist with the 82nd Airborne Infantry Division and the 505th Parachute Regiment and Native to Arizona. 877-522-4577. Laugunitas did what they do best, make an IPA, unfortunately, it was at the expense of a delicious nut brown English ale. My brain interprets IPAs as soap so I avoid them like a plague and deliberately chose NBA because it was a nice English brown ale. 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. Im sad to say now Im looking for a new beer to replace the old New Castle. 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. Ive literally bought the new Newcastle maybe 20 times since its changed. Nothing redeemable about it!!! Another option is New Belguim Brewery out of Colorado. This used to be my favorite beer but never again. Are you kidding me? Maybe it doesnt taste like the original, I dont remember Ive never been an avid NBA drinker, but its fine for what it is. Now its just one more forgettable choice in the beer aisle. Thank you for ruining my favorite beer. Ive been drinking NewCastle Brown Ale for 30+ years. 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. It was unique in the industry and now is a me2 copy cat beer. Five days later, Newcastle United were crowned league champions - their last league title to date. Its terrible. wheres the line to kick the guy who made this decision smack dab in the nuts? I have touted and recommended the Newcastle beer for 20+ years as the best pure brown ale with a smooth flavor that coats your taste buds with no crappy after taste that the other American beers have. Hope they leave that one be. I actually found an old dusty case of old Newcastle for $20. I replied after the first comment to add my disgust with the decision to change an otherwise perfect beer. Ive enjoyed Newcastle for years, its been my Go to now its my No way and nor would I recommend it. My favorite smooth, thirst quenching and easy drinking beer in the world is now ruined by these douche monsters. The Dukes Brown Nose Ale has great malt flavor and easy to drink without the hops bitterness. I love Smithwicks but had a couple tonight after a long absence and it did seem different. And yes, they were as good as ever! Now drop it , and get back to the real thing again. https://www.change.org/p/heineken-usa-bring-classic-newcastle-brown-ale-back. Exactly! Really, everything since has been an inferior product to that. I can only echo all of the other negative comments about the Newcastle brewed in the US by Lagunitas. Has similar bottle name and label but is not Newcastle. Its just so sad to see a company completely ignore their legacy fanbase. I hope they go out of business!!!!!!!!!! 4.87. I will now look for a new beer to enjoy. 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 hope they go out of business!!!!!!!!!! Now it just tastes like any other brown ale. This company is an IPA crap-beer specialistIMO, I have stopped buying it. We want our old Newcastle back you assholes!! This crap doesnt deserve to even be called Newcastle Brown Ale! Newcastle Brown Ale definitely tastes different. He agrees that Shiner Bock is probably the closest. I have all the same gripes as everyone and I spoke to them for 10 minutes and let them know. Dont overthink it!!!!! Been there, done that. 7.99. Newcastle Brown Ale was first released in 1927 and celebrates its 95th anniversary in 2022 By Chris Robinson BBC News Many a bottle will be opened to toast the new year, but for one group of. Are you by chance related to the people who destroyed the flavor of the original fire-brewed Strohs back a couple decades ago? See new coke I was a NBA fan, but always open minded and willing to find and appreciate new quality brew. I bought a 12 pack of the new Newcastle not realizing the change had been made. Newcastle had been my go-to beer for years. Im pissed. We dont need more beers for American flavors, or whatever stupid excuse they give at corporate. Hey there, thanks for reaching out. Now we cannot even get them here. Newcastle Brown Ale skapades ursprungligen av verste James (Jim) Herbert Porter (fdd 1892 i Burton upon Trent ), en tredje generationens bryggare. Bottom line another customer lost. What a loss for the world. So this is now an American brown. Just because you own the brand what makes you think you improve what has been made and appreciated for scores of years. Yep, found the Smithwicks here in Florida, good stuff. If its any consolation, we can only get this piss in Newcastle (the birthplace of Dog AKA Newcastle Broon). This is worse than New Coke for those from the 80s. Only beers I found that compares were Moose Drool from Montana and Alaskan Brown Ale, neither of which are available in my area. the new stuff is rat piss. Long time newcastle drinker of dutch version (20+ years spending $800 each year). Heineken: Get this poor excuse for a beer off the market and bring back a winner! Now we get this trendy IPA wannabe??? The Lagunitas version is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike Newcastle Brown Ale. Absolutely no idea what they are doing. The new packaging and label was a give away how bad this would be, but had to try it since Ive been a Newcastle fane for several years. Its completely different. Heineken has one fine Marketing department for sure. 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. So disgusted I switch to vodka. 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. Sad day indeed. 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. Our son and I had agreed that it was the best all-around good beer we had ever tasted. You suck, Lagunitas. I just threw out 4 bottles. I gave it a shot and, well, Im done. Who ever changed the recipe should be fired. So sad. Bottom line, I wont buy it anymore, they have lost a long term, loyal customer. This is definitely no longer one of them. Will be the last I purchase unless its changed back. newcastle now tastes like everyone elses brown ale!!!!!!! There are literally thousands of IPAs on the market. Ill never buy anything from Lagunitas now.Dickheads. Make the original formula please. That ended today when i purchased a six pack in their new packaging. WHY?! Thank you very much for posting this link to the petition. I poured the other 11 bottles down the drain. Just because you put more hops in doesnt make it better just bitter. Shop $ 18.98. ex. GARBAGE beer. Why change perfection. I exclaimed to my wife that it was either spoiled or somebody turned it into a a $u%#ing IPA. I always enjoyed this beer every fall and winter and now its going down the drain. Just stopped by to congratulate you and thank you on ruining mine and apparently so many others favorite beer. For Geordies, Newcastle Brown Ale, Broon or dog - never Newky Brown - still remains as one of the defining icons of Tyneside's culinary heritage. They ruined my favorite beer. It would screw up my memory synapses! This new recipe flavor has an unpleasant bite. Will NOT be purchasing this, nor anything by Lagunitas and, if I can help it, anything from the Heineken conglomerate. 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