The sad truth is that the new owners dont care about our opinions. Now, goddamnit. FYSA: The USA-version of Bass Ale has been breed in New England for quite some time now. Newcastle Brown Ale (4.7% ABV) is full-bodied and smooth, showing restrained caramel and notes of bananas and dried fruit. Expecting smooth light carbonation and slightly sweet, clean finish. Bottles of Newcastle Brown Ale were as abundant as the portraits of white menformer members of the gentlemen's clubon the pub's walls. I cannot express fully just how upset I am about this. Terrible new taste. This is sad, sub par and patently ridiculous. 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. Let the hate and honesty continue until the LEGEND returns!!!! Whomever made this decision should be fired and sent to Exile in Siberia! I hope that when new Newcastle fails , which it surly must, they bring back old Newcastle and accept the profits from us hard core fans! Never buying newcastle ever again. keep trying: https://www.change.org/p/heineken-usa-bring-classic-newcastle-brown-ale-back. Why mess up a great beer? 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. I noticed a new packaging, but I didnt think twice about it. Its perfectly balanced: roasted-malt caramel flavor with a subtle bitter backbone, more so than the old recipe. Fans of Newcastle Brown Ale will notice a new flavor. Im telling everyone I like it and I posted to Instagram! This is not new news. . you mother fuckers!! Like pretty much everyone else that made a comment I am absolutely pissed off! 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I so zero benefit to hanging the flavor of a well established, well liked brand. Turn it back!!!. In any case, loyal drinkers of the original NBA must find some alternative beer. For Gods sake. Then I noticed it was the new packaging. Create a new beer and sell it under the name of a different beer? I called Heineken USA and they told me that everyone else in the world will still be able to enjoy the Original recipe, but we Americans get to enjoy this new recipe swill!! If you change the recipe of something you cant keep calling it the same thing. At least the single New Coke I tried before switching to Pepsi. This stuff brewed by Lagunitas is crap that tastes nothing like real Newcastle, but rather a dirty ashtray. I have found out the old recipe is available in Holland. newcastle now tastes like everyone elses brown ale!!!!!!! This Crap Sucks!! Can you say New Coke. The new packaging is lame, but whatever. If I wanted an American brown ale, I would buy 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. Newcastle Brown Ale is also now an all-malt beer, made with Lagunitas house malt. I would be ashamed of this product. Lagunitas is owned by Heinekin. Colloquially known as 'Newkie Brown', Newcastle Brown Ale was launched in 1927 by Colonel Jim Porter with UK sales peaking in the early 1970s. Its a whole new recipe that is a disgrace and embarrassment to the original Newcastle Brown Ale. System Default. I am just as sad as everyone about the new crap they are pushing as Newcastle. If Heineken actually ruined Smithwicks as well, a major ass beating is due to those Dutch blowholes. Please, listen to your faithful customers. Two that I have been on for a while are Fat Tire, and one from Tampa area Big Storm Brewings Wave Runner. Hopefully if everyone stops buying it something will change. I will have to find another brown ale that someone didnt feel the need to fix. 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. Even Scarlett OHara stopped beating a dead horse. Not buying it anymore, unless I can find the orginal one. Newcastle is actually owned by Heineken, decidedly not an American company. I have a friend in Quebec that brought me a six pack more than a year ago before Covid-19 and the border closure. heineken you really turned brown gold into a huge smelly turd. This is NOT Newcastle Brown Ale. Hopefully theyll come to their senses by then and bring back the original. Folks didnt like kale at first either (yet were nothing like that weird leafy green), so cmon, give us another go! What happened to if it aint broke, dont fix it? Lagunitas beers have always been crap. Laugunitas did what they do best, make an IPA, unfortunately, it was at the expense of a delicious nut brown English ale. Thanks a lot for nothing. How DARE you call this garbage Newcastle?!? Guess Ill be buying more Smithwicks. The one and only has now become the same as many. No malt beverage involved. Newcastle Brown Ale definitely tastes different. You bastards! Not happy!!! I like everyone else was Shell Shocked when tasting this disaster. Im a fan of Boddingtons and New Castle. They deserve a nice made in America class-action suit against them for this nonsense. I wouldnt even boil sausage in this pedestrian sewage. No more Newcastle for me. You just lost the business of a couple of lifelong fans! HORRIBLE TASTE. Newcastle was my favorite go to beer, but now Im looking for an alternative. 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). 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. Im switching to Alaskan Amber.a Grand substitute! This will eventually fail, and the Newcastle name will be lost. This isn't as bitter as it could be. More hoppy, bitter swill that is barely palatable. Please change the recipe back, it doesnt even kind of taste like Newcastle. They dont give a crap. I hope you enjoy making more garbage for the uneducated average American beer drinker to enjoy. I guess Heineken has taken on the Apple mentality. It would screw up my memory synapses! Please change it back. Brown bottle and label also dont cut it either. I shall never buy another unless I see a new marketing campaign indicating that they have gone back to the old recipe. This is a new beer all together! I rather drink MGD. Kind of bland, so less likely to nauseate non-fans; and, I suspect, made to drink chilled for the US palate. In 2010 brewing was moved to John Smiths brewery Tadcaster North Yorkshire until the present day The search is still on since Lagunitas ruined Newcastle Brown Ale. I will not buy new castle ever again unless they bring back the original. It tastes a little different to the original (probably the water), but at least they have made every attempt to keep with the original recipe. They were right along side the new stuff. Why are all Ceos, etc. This crap doesnt deserve to even be called Newcastle Brown Ale! Imagine being handed a Ferrari plant and then you churn out Pintos. Unfortunately, it is only a seasonal . Why would they even continue to call it Newcastle? Im looking for a new brew. When sales improve, the brand may consider extensions. If its not broke dont try to fix it! I can think of at least 3 other beers that taste like this taste more like a light Stout. Because I just bought my last new castle ever. Did we need another IPA.?? After a fairly shaky start to the day, Arthurs mind was beginning to reassemble itself from the shell-shocked fragments the previous day had left him with. Suggestions welcomed. People just quit drinking it. I agree the vast majority of the comments above. 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 Fat Tire is a good beer but still not the same. Bought a six pack, not knowing of the recipe change. I just signed it but dont have Facebook so Ill share by email. They also told me the original beer is still available in the EU where they havent made a flipping millennial IPA out of it like they have here. 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. Its not Newcastle. So Heineken, you and your new NCBA crap, take a hike! More recently my usual New Castle retailer stopped stocking it and I was fortunate to find a source elsewhere. Smithwicks is my new go to brew, the ale that Newcastle once was. Wow, this new beer (tastes like dirty) socks! Its a domestic in a can, but very tasty. This was a terrible mistake and this change will prove to be a huge loss for them. (Thank the gods, the craft brew houses in America have saved the working mans taste buds.) When my wife & I tried the 1st bottle, I tasted it, asked her to taste it, and we both poured it out. Weak af. I agree. FML. But this is neither a nice malty semi sweet low hop brown ale like we all came to know and love. Not sure what they changed but they need to go back. Im trying to be nice How do you ruin a beer that is almost one hundred years old? I have changed to Modelo Negara or Michelob Amber Bock, or even Dos Equis Amber in a pinch. I know it is brewed in the Netherlands but they did retain the classic flavor. The new taste is horribly disappointing! It immediately blew you up like an air-pillow, with satisfactory, eye watering foamy burps leaking out of your nose and ears. This is a slap in the face. I have tapped beer since 1976, and I tapped Newcastle until 2013 when I decided that half barrels were too heavy and bulky. Basically when I go to the store to buy beer, its either Shiner Bock or New Castle Brown Ale. New taste is terrible! queendifabfinds (4,847) 100%. The provisions of this Policy apply to all such mobile access and use of mobile devices. Your point is a good one Michael. Especially if they are still making it supposedly outside the US. Its not good. UK production is for UK and Europe and is still Original Brown Ale Its not New Castle anymore. Free standard shipping with $35 orders. I tried the new version as well and let me tell you its crap! Terrible. 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. Given the latest cancer research, you made a good decision. What is going on with the new label?! Click & Collect. I fell in love with NBA about 30 years ago and am mortified at the new taste. They fucked up New Castle. Im super sad. It is just fucking the worst FUCKING SHIT I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY ENTIRE FUCKING LIFE. I too gave you a year to improve it, but this is the last bottle for me. Very dissapointed with the new product. If enough people rise up, take the time and complain, maybe someone, somewhere will take notice realize they screwed the pooch on this one. Why any sane person would change a beer recipe that was as established, beloved by millions, and successful as the original NBA, I guess nobody will say. Newcastle was just and ugly, berry flavored beer but people loved it. Operation Urgent Fury was never as bad as the New New Castle Brown Ale. I found this link from a new poster. 5 L. From $23.49. I was in my spirits store today picking up the last six pack of real Newcastle and noticed they had singles of this NewCRAPle on sale for $1.49 so I bought another one to give it another chance. Too many choices out ther to worry about Heiniken mistake, screw them! Boo!!!!!!!! Dont overthink it!!!!! 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. To answer the question in this articles title (Hows It Taste?), in a word: ruined. You ruined my favorite beer of all time. (0.23-0.45 kg) per 5 gallons (19 L). Newcastle Brown Ale has taken a meta approach to advertising ahead of the Super Bowl. Who knows! Both brands are owned by Heineken, which made the switch as part of the U.S. relaunch of Newcastle Brown Ale. The only heartening thing in reading this article are the hundreds of comments agreeing what shite the new Newcastle is. Somebody started a change.org petition, but Im only the 8th signer. Larry, when I commented directly to Lagunitas the response was a non apologetic dribble about how their master brewer wanted to reimagine the iconic Newcastleand tried to make it my problem for not embracing it. Than I drank one.WHAT THE HELL IS THIS! I agreeafter having consumed many gallons of Newcastle Nut Brown Ale in my day, I am sadly disappointed with this new version. Might as well call it any nut brown ale from any microbrewery in the USA. Bring back the old recipe. Shame on all who ruined this medal winning beer. Did no one taste this first? The brand will continue to be marketed . The Lagunitas version is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike Newcastle Brown Ale. Newcastle used to be one of the few beers that jacked up my sinuses but now that theyve switch Im have the same problems as every other beer. Near perfection totally destroyed. Is it true that HEINEKEN is producing Old Newcastle for sale in Europe but not in the USA? Well slip of the fingersFAT TIRE! The new recipe should NOT be called Newcastle Brown Ale at all! Make it 9 people so far. You have destroyed a perfect brew. 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. Its clear nobody likes this new recipe! I will not be buying any longer. Fine, and a warm and friendly f*** y** to you, too. Great business plan Lagunitas, take an already great ale and wipe your asses all over it? Good God this stuff is awful. Leave it to an American based brewery to assassinate that was a great, unique tasting dark ale. Newcastle Brown Ale is getting a facelift. Totally worth it! is this an attempted at a New Coke debacle? The new packaging makes me think of a scorching summer day at the beach with a big blue star on a beach ball which doesnt in ANY WAY make me feel like drinking an English Brown Ale. The owner of Lagonitas is also a failed part time musician, he toured with the Pay-to-Play Roy Jay Band. Just not the same. Different taste, different color, couldnt even leave the bottle alone. My favorite beer now sucks. When I got home and trepidatiously opened a can and tried a sip I was sold! I wish they would bring the original recipe back. I am going to try to return the unused bottles from the case I bought and am now searching for a replacement that is not as expensive as Rogue hazelnut. Lagunitas and Heineken should not be allowed to profit from this. If they wait too long, they will have lost us forever. I wonder if the recipe of Heneiken has changed also, because it tastes more bitter as well. Hoping for declining sales/stocks for Heineken. It was unique in the industry and now is a me2 copy cat beer. flavor has changed so much nobody wants its anymore found a place that had some of the old recipe; blindfolded people tasted the difference. Boycott laguitas for changing new castle. So what I am saying is focus on what we can get. 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 Thought this was a batch gone bad and took it back for a refund. Email. Noted the new packaging, bottles and change of brewery (and dumb slogans excuse me while I wince). Id rather drink my own urine than the new castle brewed in the U.S how can I get the good stuff. Mash grains at 154F (68C) for 60 minutes. Anyhow, goodbye Newcastle! Lagunitas ruined the once great beer. There was nothing wrong with the taste before, I used to drink quite a bit of NEWCASTLE Im bummed doesnt go down as smooth anymore. She said it is! Laguntas and Heineken you should be ashamed of yourselves. The new recipe is very disappointing. I am heartbroken. And Smithwicks? R.I.P my poor beloved Newcastle. What have they done with my beer! This new stuff sucks, if I wanted an ipa I wouldnt have bought New Castle, now its half IPa. . Read his recent piece 8 Craft Beer Trends in 2019. I also really loved to get it in the mini keg when available and have it on draft. why not make both? Never buying it again. Eat a fat prick Lagunitas for fucking up another great and time-honored recipe! Well now I have to find another beer. I want my Brown Ale back. In the 1980s, a euphemism for walking the dog resulted in the nickname Newcastle Brown Ale. I have been buying every old Newcastle packs I can find. 64.99. Just not the same. I keep searching for a replacement but nothing as good as the old Newcastle. They may have asked an additional price for the recipe that Lagunitas was not prepared (or able) to pay. They mentioned how many calls like mine they have had and that they are still taking input and may adjust. Would not buy another bottle. I will try the Smithwick Red Alenever had that before. It was an antidote for what she called the dire rear. (My dad used to pour it down the sink.) Today. The greatest of Ales, with one of the nicest initial tastes and after tastes known in the beer drinking community. Terrible decision, I like the smithswicks Kiltlifter. Get yourself a home brew kit, a few Cornelius Kegs, and a copy of the book Clone Brews and make your own. If those responsible are smart enough (which remains to be seen), you know that an advertising campaign will be needed to convince the Newcastle faithful that the original ale they love is back. Thank you Alvin, I will. What contact addresses did you use? Fans of Newcastle Brown Ale will notice a new flavor. Search. I have been drinking NBA for more than 20 years. Place Bid. Not anymore!!! Please post.. Flat Tire is the closest ale I could find. I will be complaining anywhere I see this and ANY lagunitas beer always. A weak buckling of the knees by corporate America. Who ever thought up changing the recipe must have their head in the sand. I will now turn my back on my favorite beer ever. I suggest you pour all of it back into the horses from whence it came. I took a sip and thought it was an IPA. I couldnt even finish the first bottle, so the rest is going down the toilet; I wont subject my sink to this swill. Demand money back and if they refuse, remind them that they could implicated in legal action. or Best Offer. Bring back the original!! New Castle was my favorite, but now I am going elsewhere. How do we get OUR Newcastle beer back? Thanks alot for Never Notifying a Loyal NBA Drinker Since 1983 and I like everyone else well never buy this New NBA beer again. I have been a huge fan of Newcastle for decades. 65 years old grew up in newcastle. It is a cheap bitter, crappy beer that just happens to have the same name. Now you have lost your core customer base. I scarfed them up. What a loss for the world. I cant even look at their pathetic shit in the beer case. Take all remaining bottles and kegs back to where they were purchased and claim fraud. I used to be a huge fanbut will never buy it again as long as they use the latest recipe. 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. English brown ale pretty closely hits the average mark here, making it a good choice if you're calorie and carb counting. -. I get home crack one open and.omg.noplease no. Now what G D! Yup. Hes not an outright liar, he just believes his own bs. Thats $7 more than its worth. FU Jeremy Marshal. wheres the line to kick the guy who made this decision smack dab in the nuts? I hope this recipe change fails miserably and disappears forever. Heineken has surely screwed up this time! Why dont they re-imagine their own brand and actually make it taste better than a skunk anus? Please bring back the original recipe and keep it in clear bottles. Take the name off the bottle bc this shwill is not anywhere near the Newcastle Good news for me Wish I could share but This isnt a new Kool-Aid recipe. Gave it a try, hated it, they ruined one of the most unique wonderful beers in the world. Would love to know more info on that assertion. 22 130 209 I will now look for a new beer to enjoy. They have lost my business and it truly breaks my heart. 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. The new recipe is garbage. Change it back!! View the full list: Beer. RAWPRINTShop. There will be no more Newcastle Brown Ale allowed in my house. We both left the store with a six pack of cans. Lets all do the same. Just make a new beer you idiots, dont take away one, smh. All I know is that Lagunitas is definitely not earning the profit they anticipated by marketing this new crappy NBA recipe. Found some local breweries here in NM that have taken the place of the crapcastle now made by Lagunitas. Then I looked it up. Fuck them sideways, Fuck it all. Lagunitas are Retarded. Newcastle Brown Ale is a brand of dark brown ale. Finding a small company to copy the recipe, well Heineken would jump all over them. I will never buy this new shit again. Five days later, Newcastle United were crowned league champions - their last league title to date. What kind of idiot factory are you guys running over there? I now actually prefer it over Newcastle. Their main stays have been Fat Tire and Vodoo Ranger. Incredibly disgusting. Ill have to agree with everyone on this topic! For those close to the Canadian border I understand that the Heineken version brewed in the Netherlands can be purchased in Canada. I will NEVER buy this horrible denigration of what was once a magnificent beer. I bought a twelver of New Castle, popped the top and took a swig.. then quickly spit it out! This was a terrible decision to change . Cannot see that Heinekin wouldnt let them have the recipe. This beer is terrible. Shame on you all. And I dont like IPAs. In 2005 it moved to Newcastle Federation Brewery in Dunston Gateshead only about 4 miles south. One question, WHY? 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. Did NOBODY learn anything from the New Coke debacle in the 80s??? Thank you for the recommendation. Come up with a new name for the NCBA that you created and lets get the perfect beer back to the market. Just make a new brand if you want. The new one sucks. Try it, youll love it! But this is not what I wanted. Newcastle is Newcastle. in Drink Beer. I dont get it either and I certainly dont get the US as the only country getting this crap while the rest of the world gets the old recipe. I do not like the new recipe and flavor. I doubt the corporate idiot decision makers ever read these responses but if they do, kiss my ass goodbye from your products.. Now I know. Thanks for ruining what was once my favorite beer. It also delivers rich, sweet flavors while weighing in at far fewer calories/carbs than many other ales. I have never had leftover beers with the old Recipe Stupid IPA brewers thinking that they are smart. Brew that swill under a different name and give us back our delicious beer. If thats what I was looking for thats what Id by. Spot on commentary! Hi as I live in UK I would just like to point out that Original Newcatle Brown Ale is still brewed in the UK Newcastle Brown Ale is a beloved English beer, known for its distinctive flavour and amber hue. But for me it was the Yuengling lager version of a brown ale. I think it sucks. 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. I have been a Newcastle Brown drinker since the mid 80s. I only drank new castle. 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. 4.7% ABV, IBU 27, 130 Calories Product information Feedback Bring back the original recipeIf Lagunitas is supposedly such a good brew house, they should be able to duplicate the REAL RECIPE! The aftertaste is akin to the home-brewed medicine my crazy Aunt Ethel used to cook up when I was a kid. 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. 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. So Heiniken said screw that, lets make it tase bad, I even hate the new logo. 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