Its a whole new recipe that is a disgrace and embarrassment to the original Newcastle Brown Ale. I dont understand the Big FUSS over IPAs. Shame on you, Lagunitas, for ruining a beer that has been part of so many fond memories for me for decades. Newcastle brown and Stella have been my go-to beersnoticed the new packaging, thought nothing of it but did notice the new taste. We discuss our information collection practices below. It was earlier this year that I discovered that a favorite beverage of mine had been runined and left comments here. The label should say New and not improved to be factual I assume that this swill will be pulled once sales decline, but you have lost the trust of fans of the original and best of luck on getting them back. Never buying newcastle ever again. Drank one and left the rest out on display at the dumpsters near my apartment. For those who are still looking for an acceptable replacement to Newcastle Newcastle was one of the best beers all around! . Follow; The new recipe is very disappointing. I miss that very distinct flavor. Ok I guess I will lead off with my opinion BUT if you are still reading this heres what I think. Did we need another IPA.?? I will never purchase this bottle of piss water. For years Newcastle was my goto, now it will be my soso. Pissed This new recipe SUCKS! Bad business decision because your core Newcastle lovers are what keeps your sales up. I cant even look at their pathetic shit in the beer case. Dont change your fomula. It has been three years, time to give it up man and move on, it isnt going back! For a while I could not find it anywhere, then it reappeared. Im begging! Good luck, Big Business Brewers in Petaluma your new pet project will be off the market within a year or 2. Excellent suggestion Jim!!! I will not be buying any longer. Might as well call it any nut brown ale from any microbrewery in the USA. I am just as sad as everyone about the new crap they are pushing as Newcastle. Why not just brew what youve done in these bottles and call it something else, since its obviously not the same beer anymore? We have complained to both Heineken and Lagunitas. This Lagunitas version is crap, it looks like the vast majority of us agree. That is word for word the response I got. Ruined my favorite beer. Lagunitas could have produced this new Newcastle and marketed it by another name for those who like hoppy 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. Now we get this trendy IPA wannabe??? Try it folks. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use the services. The taste will never be the same as the pulled down scottish and newcastle brewery. Hes a better brew master than that. This stuff brewed by Lagunitas is crap that tastes nothing like real Newcastle, but rather a dirty ashtray. Will not tell my friends about the Newcastle ever again. Bad move Newcastle, you will be extinct in 12 months! Tried new once drank half a bottle poored the rest into the sink and never bought this shit again. keep trying: https://www.change.org/p/heineken-usa-bring-classic-newcastle-brown-ale-back. The new packaging is lame, but whatever. Youve completely ruined my favorite beer. Newcastle needs to go back to the original recipe. Fine, and a warm and friendly f*** y** to you, too. It said sales were down, so they changed it. Why would take an already great recipe and fuck it up by changing it? Look if people like the dog as it was then promote that flavour , if you want to entice drinkers that dont like the dog then give them another brew , that way you can target everyone and alienate no one considering the number of flavours available by each brewery , faffing about with our drinks is a joke it probably tastes like the office US. If its any consolation, we can only get this piss in Newcastle (the birthplace of Dog AKA Newcastle Broon). [] Lagunitas Now Brews Newcastle Brown Ale Hows it Taste? Bring back the original!!!! I was a NBA fan, but always open minded and willing to find and appreciate new quality brew. Det er en mrk l uden sidestykke: Den har bde karakter og er drikkevenlig. That hard to do for a true beer drinker. I read through the comments and it appears there is no one who likes it. Our goal is to provide you with an experience that delivers the information, resources and services that are helpful to you. Go back to the old recipe. But the reality is this is most definitely NOT Newcastle Brown Ale and is a fraud on consumers. Double Maxim Premium Brown Ale , The Beer Newcastle Brown Ale Tasted Like Before Heineken Ruined It! It was a classic English brown ale that I could rely on. WHY?! Terrible decision, I like the smithswicks Kiltlifter. The greatest of Ales, with one of the nicest initial tastes and after tastes known in the beer drinking community. Ill have to agree with everyone on this topic! And It looks cheap. What a stupid move! Screw you Heineken. Its like a very light rum or maybe a vodka. Read reviews and buy Newcastle Brown Ale - 6pk/12 fl oz Bottles at Target. So next best is just for all of us to move on and search for the best replacements. If its not broke dont try to fix it! And youve ruined an English classic in the process. This moron brewer at Lagunitis has single-handedly trashed my favorite brew by changing it into a crappy thin, acidic, hoppy glass of piss. They say they didnt deviate that far from the original recipe. This was a terrible decision to change . It was a disaster! Now I am drinking it on tap and it is the same. It has been live for over 6 weeks and only 54 have signed. The worse thing about this bastard of a classic is that I paid money for it, only to dump it. Alongside McKewans IPA and Best Scotch. All those potential sales gone cause you changed the formula. My wife had been buying 12 packs of Newcastle Brown Ale for me for some time. I am really pissed that my favorite beer has been turned into something so horrendous that I poured the rest of a 12 pack down the drain. Are you by chance related to the people who destroyed the flavor of the original fire-brewed Strohs back a couple decades ago? In order to achieve this goal, we may collect information from you. its unanimous: the new beer Lagunitas came up with tastes like shit. The bad news is that the locals here never really rated it as a beer, as it was always too sweet most drinkers would only ever order a bottle of dog (the local name for it) if the pub had no decent draught beer on tap and believe me there were plenty of pubs like that in the 70s and 80s! bad decision Heineken. Newcastle Brown Ale was first brewed in 1927 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, by Jim Porter after three years of development. the new label is crap as well, but at least it reminds me not to buy it, Ever Again. Wrong! Competition is ridiculous. I used to drink Newcastle starting when the weather turned in autumn, straight through until it got warm in late spring. Goodbye, new Newcastle, youve left me! Its stupid, honestlybut there seems to be no sign of resignation by Heineken, who mandated the change, or Lagunitas, who actually committed the crime. Newcastle Brown Ale 5 Ltr Keg - Mild English Brown Ale. Anyway, one final comment. Please bring back the original recipe as there is no other beer like it in the world! I am SOOOOO bummed. If I wanted a nasty IPA, Id buy one. Are there enough negative comments here that theres a chance they will revert to the old recipe? Its defamation of a Geordie tradition. No malt beverage involved. We may offer you the ability to connect with our websites or use our applications, services, and tools using a mobile device, either through a mobile application or via a mobile optimized website. They have ruined a great drink In summary, today Newcastle is a great place for beer, micro-breweries and micro-pubs but nobody gives a shit about Newcastle Brown any more its history only, and the corporate brewers can do what they like with it, as if we care! After I recently picked up a 12 pack and tried the first bottle I thought something was funny but assumed it was me, so I tried another. My bartender brought me a bottle, and not having heard about the change, I told her I ordered a Newcastle. Why is it their ale of choice? Because they marketed it as such and it costs more. Personally, I am drinking Modelo Negra, Dos Equis Amber, or Michelob Amber, but none are as good as the original NBA. Really!! 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. Then bring back the original recipe for all of us who have been drinking NBA for years. Lagunitas makes great beers but no one needed to screw with this one! Its what we have bought when the English made it, Holland made it, until I just bought a 12 pack as usual & noticed It looked different. To answer the question in this articles title (Hows It Taste?), in a word: ruined. Just make a new brand if you want. I loved Newcastle. Newcastle Brown is paler and drier than the Southern version, and uses only crystal malt with the pale malt base. Newcastle WAS one of the best beers and quality beers I have ever had the pleasure to drink.. this is pure SHIT!!! Been drinking NBA for 10+years. Way to go on making a shit beer!!! This is no different than throwing Camaro labels on a Camry and calling it a Camaro. But for me it was the Yuengling lager version of a brown ale. 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. In the mean time people have mentiioned a few replacements, however most seem regional and pretty difficult to obtain. And I dont like IPAs. If you loved old Newcastle, you will hate and despise new Newcastle! Who ever thought up changing the recipe must have their head in the sand. I havent had a beer in well over a year while giving up alcohol in solidarity for my wife while she was pregnant. . I was excited and had hoped the second one was the OldCastle but unfortunately, just another 12 of this garbage. I like all beer styles. Production in the Netherlands was only for export to USA If you are going to change the recipe, give it a new name. I also really loved to get it in the mini keg when available and have it on draft. Its terrible. 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! Thank you for the opportunity to express myself. They mentioned how many calls like mine they have had and that they are still taking input and may adjust. It is a cheap bitter, crappy beer that just happens to have the same name. Newcastle was my very first beer. View the full list: Beer. Ill never buy Newcastle or Lagunitas again unless they fix what they broke. Newcastle has been my favorite beer for many years. The new one hoppy. shame on you Heineken. Americans havent brewed a decent beer since George Washington. It was my favorite beer: we bought a 12 pack of the new stuff and we thought, What the hell? We noticed the packaging was different and thought maybe there was another product with the same name, but after being unable to find the original we loved, I googled to see what I could find out, especially when I noticed that it was now being brewed in Petaluma.and I found this thread with a host of disappointed fans of the real Newcastle. "Newcastle Brown Ale Clone" Northern English Brown beer recipe by jeffpn. 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. Change it back! Im so hip and cool! I feel like I lost my best friend. 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. I have been a fan until this. This tastes NOTHING like an ipa! Who stole my New Castle!!! Enter a delivery address. The company should terminate everyone connected to this fraud. BRING IT BACK!! Another loyalist lost, good luck. #bring Newcastle back. I tried the new version as well and let me tell you its crap! How it passes for the same brand beats the hell out of me. I am a long time Newcastle fan but will never buy this Lagunitas brand again! Major miss by your executive team. I just recently discovered New Castle Brown and it became my favorite beer. Newcastle Brown Ale is also now an all-malt beer, made with Lagunitas house malt. I didnt know the beer changed any more than the ridiculous new label. It was like if Iced Tea was beer. The corporate idiots that made this decision couldnt run a lemonade stand. At least it should be!!! I sent them a note in the comments section. Someone (or maybe A LOT of someones) needs to get fired. But Ive stuck with it and Ive learned to like it. Might consider changing the name to Newcrapple. To all of the Heineken officers/managers who signed off on this abortion and to Lagunitas Master Brewer Jeremy Marshal, you should pull your heads out of the dark, smelly, places where you mistakenly inserted them and correct this disaster before its too late. It WAS my favorite and I really dont like this. they have been making this for 100 years. Totally idiotic to change the recipe. The new recipe is garbage. I suspect that Heinekin did some advertising and NCBA became the Fad beer to go to by those that listen to that stuff. It has a very bitter after taste like an IPA. What happened to if it aint broke, dont fix it? 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. The recipe for Newcastle Brown Ale is changing to keep customers in the US happy, after drinkers across the Atlantic worried it contained a carcinogenic food colouring. I have been a fan of Newcastle Brown Ale since the 1980s. 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