Wont buy again until its changed back. But this is different. The new flavor literally took away everything that made the pre-Heineken Newky worthwhile. 0.98 postage. I will NEVER buy another drop of that disgusting crap. After over a decade of loyal New Castle consumption I am not drinking this hoppy domestic crap! 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. you mother fuckers!! Im a southern California woman that has been drinking the original Newcastle beer for over 20 years. Fortunately I have found an alternate use for the remaining beers left in this unfinished 12 pack. I have been a Newcastle Brown drinker since the mid 80s. First they messed with Smithwicks and now my all time favorite. Tried new once drank half a bottle poored the rest into the sink and never bought this shit again. Click & Collect. Bad Shepherd Hazelnut Brown Ale 355ml Can. Just flavorless bitter water with absolutely no body, taste, or texture. Screw Heineken. How could take a perfect beer and ruin a perfect beer into a complete shit. I dont know why theyd change it; those who liked Newcastle likely did so because it was its own thing, not because it was derivative. It is possibleeven probablethat the purchase price for the Newcastle Brown Ale beer company only included the beer name, but not the recipe for NBA. I wonder if the recipe of Heneiken has changed also, because it tastes more bitter as well. Im returning the two unopened cases tomorrow. I am heartbroken. Now they say theyve modified it for the American market? So apparently they think Americans are either insensate creatures of habit or masochists. Why would you fix what isn't broken? We all got together for a party last weekend and to a man agreed that the new recipe is trash. Has similar bottle name and label but is not Newcastle. I complained to the management of Safeway until they moved it further down the shelf. $7.00. complete morons? Hoping for declining sales/stocks for Heineken. Your Father-in-law was a wise man . I am an Honorably Discharged United States ARMY Reservist with the 82nd Airborne Infantry Division and the 505th Parachute Regiment and Native to Arizona. I have been reading this thread for probably a year now and contributed early on and here is a solution. I just thought I got a skunk batch. If I wanted an American brown ale, I would buy one. Heck, on a recent day trip had a great ale from a micro in LaBelle, FL. Last Sale: $1,550.NIKE dunk sb low newcastle brown When you find a good beer that compares to the old BCA, please let me know. and thats being nice. Just a week ago I was drinking a REAL Newcastle and for some reason this six pack tasted particularly awesome! Over 20 years I have been a Newcastle Brown Ale fan. I hadnt had it in a while and decided to buy it despite the new logo. Newcastle had a distinctive individuality. Use the ORIGINAL RECIPE at Lagunitas, of course this assumes that Lagunitas is capable of duplicating that recipe. From 1927 to 2005 it was brewed at The Tyne Brewery in Newcastle Stupidity knows no bounds. Loved the old recipe, but this was a disappointment. Youve made one hell of an impression. Newcastle has been my favorite beer for years. That hard to do for a true beer drinker. Maybe one of our friends from the great white north can confirm for us? Given the latest cancer research, you made a good decision. RIP Newcastle! 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. Five days later, Newcastle United were crowned league champions - their last league title to date. They took a classic, took a dump on it, IPAfied it. Im British. How can this be called Newcastle?! $0.00. What kind of idiot factory are you guys running over there? No talent posers trying to hang with the real jam band killer musicians. Heinken and Lagunitas have destroyed it. Then the moves to Gateshead, Tadcaster, Netherlands, and now USA? Theyve lost another regular customer. Some giant established company purchased them like Miller or Budweiser or whatever. Bottles Reservoir Wines and Spirits MA: Brighton Beer and spirits only available for pickup and local delivery. You took the only decent ale on the market and ruined it. Bate and switch ? This delicious beer is brewed in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom. SO DISAPPOINTED! The petition has had pathetic results. Everyone should call the number on the bottle and complain. This was a delicious smooth lightly carbonated slightly sweet malty all day drinkable Ale, now its not, now its like most other craft brews. That was 16 years ago. So what I am saying is focus on what we can get. You should get together and work on destroying some of the over-population of overly-hopped beers, instead of ruining a classic. WTF.. Interwebs tells me it is now brewed in CA by Laguntas with a new recipe. 6 watching. I have tried for two days to drink this but I have noticed that it leaves an awefull bitter aftertaste. This worked out so well for Coca Cola in the 80s. Geez, I have to search to find it in my area, and now it tastes like every other IPA. Newcastle was never the best beer on the market. 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. I wii pour the rest to the chickens. Terrible decision, I like the smithswicks Kiltlifter. Im an American, but I liked it just how it was. They may have asked an additional price for the recipe that Lagunitas was not prepared (or able) to pay. First brewed in Newcastle in 1927, Newcastle Brown Ale is loved . I have been drinking Newcastle Ale for more than 19 years and am DISGUSTED by the change. No. Maybe next time people who consume your product should be asked to sample the new before changing the old. Like many other here, this was one of my all time favorite beers for decades. Can you say New Coke. It would screw up my memory synapses! Louis Worryingly packaged in a clear glass bottle, the blue . I will not be drinking this pig swill from Lagunitas that is masquerading as Newcastle Brown. Near perfection totally destroyed. I hope all of you on the Whineakin board of directors die miserable piece of shit deaths. I fell in love with NBA about 30 years ago and am mortified at the new taste. Then give us back the real deal. So far nothing has changed but we need to keep the pressure on them. "Newcastle Brown Ale Clone" Northern English Brown beer recipe by jeffpn. 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. The Newcastle I bought today will be my last purchase from you (including your other brands). All those potential sales gone cause you changed the formula. Who knew the world needed another lame hoppy beer? COME GET THIS SHIT OUT OF MY REFRIDGERATOR!!! The Dos Equis XX Amber or Modelo Negara is about right for me, but nothing can really compare to the original NBA. Very dissapointed with the new product. Boo!!!!!!!! How rare it was in those days. I guess Heineken has taken on the Apple mentality. 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 If you give one damn about sales youll fix this. just wish I had read this before buying 4 casestoo bitter and just is not my old New Castle AleIm gone! It has been brewed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, since April 1927 by Newcastle Breweries. First they stopped importing Tuborg Gold They changed Coke. Yuck! This is really a terrible beer. I just bought a 6 pack last night and boy oh boyThis is some awful stuff. Hard to find traditional real English ales in the US these days. Go back to brewing piss water IPAs so overhopped to cover up shit brewing skill, and leave Newcastle to people who can actually brew a real ale that doesnt taste like every other American piss-beer. Same thing. Very disappointed. Kyle Swartz is editor of Beverage Dynamics magazine. Shame on you!!!!! I fell in LOVE with NewCastle Brown Ale several years ago. How is the soul the same at all?? Why would a company make such a major change in a beer and think that its followers wouldnt notice. Ill never buy anything from Lagunitas now.Dickheads. I have drank Newcastle for years and loved that it was a smooth and light, brown ale. One question, WHY? This type of thing is happening everywhere. I wont drink it anymore and I wouldnt offer this crap to my worst enemy. Havent tried this yet, but I have yet to drink a Lagunitas brewed beer I didnt like. For the past three decades, Newcastle Brown Ale has been my favorite adult beverage. 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! Newcastle Brown Ale: from Miners to Hipsters. Yup. I will have to find another brown ale that someone didnt feel the need to fix. All Newcastle lovers should BOMBARD Lagunitas social media pages with vitriol and rage until this travesty is ended. My favorite beer now sucks. I wont even call it Newcastle, because its not. 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 Im bummed because its gone. Newcastle was my favorite beer for well over 25 years. I, and I imagine other previous Newcastle drinkers feel the same way. 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. What can we do to get the old flavour back? I havent had a beer in well over a year while giving up alcohol in solidarity for my wife while she was pregnant. Then I noticed it was the new packaging. This Privacy Policy sets forth the privacy principles we follow, in accordance with our operations. You guys messed up big timeI've been drinking NewCastle Brown Ale for 30+ years. That's because production has moved from the Netherlands to the U.S., where Chicago's Lagunitas Brewery will now make the beer under a new recipe. After that, I guess I might as well drink Buttwiper. In short, it was a great beer for any occasion and Lagunitas ruined it by turning it into yet another crappy overly hopped quasi IPA. Im pissed. Not everything needs extra hops. Id rather drink my own urine than the new castle brewed in the U.S how can I get the good stuff. NBA was the perfect blend of smooth, light, not too heavy, caramelly, perfect. the new label is crap as well, but at least it reminds me not to buy it, Ever Again. I accepted the Brewing going to the Netherlands in 2018, because the taste remained! Lagunitas would have been better off developing their own English brown ale and selling that, rather than sully the name of what was once a cracking beer by peddling its corpse. Not only am I never buying this again, Im never buying another Heineken product again EVER out of spite! Why not keep the same recipe and just brew it here in America? Onto greener pastures, just dont know what it will be. Not any more. If wanted to make another brown ale and put your own stamp on do it but please do not market the drink you make as Newcastle Brown Ale, it is Not Newcastle Brown Ale and never will be. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. How it passes for the same brand beats the hell out of me. Good luck, Big Business Brewers in Petaluma your new pet project will be off the market within a year or 2. Why change the flavour ? I have changed to Modelo Negara or Michelob Amber Bock, or even Dos Equis Amber in a pinch. I will press in and find out the rest of the story. It was the one beer that was dependably tasty and always the same; slightly sweet, malty, with great body. The complete destruction of a great beer with the replacement having no character and an insult to the original. Way to go assholes. Brewed with Centennial and Chinook hops. So, NC Brown, who cares about you anymore, not me. Why change perfection? Were known for our super-hoppy beers, our barrel-aged specialties and other crazy brews, so the temptation was there,Marshalsaid. USA: (FL) Dunedin . This was all done in the name of money, some stupid brewer thought he could make the best beer in the world better. You can keep this new recipe all to yourselves. I will never purchase this bottle of piss water. Ill never buy another bottle unless it goes back to the original brew. One taste and Im spluttering, cursing and mad as hell. From first to wort trending in the wrong direction. IPA? Wow this is the most nasty shit in the WORLD!!! This new American version sucks! System Default. Not too sweet. At Safeway it was always located in the Local section just because it was called Aloha Brewing Co. 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! 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. Heineken ruins everything they touch. Im beyond upset.smh. Apparently, the American version has been taken over by Lagunitas brewery and completely changed the recipe. It has a distinctive light cereal character described as whole grain, toffee and chocolate. While there, we cleared several pitchers of Newcastle Brown Ale. I suggest that they clean out their brewing equipment so that it can taste like the original Newcastle that I have been drinking for years. No malt beverage involved. When my wife & I tried the 1st bottle, I tasted it, asked her to taste it, and we both poured it out. Its stupid, honestlybut there seems to be no sign of resignation by Heineken, who mandated the change, or Lagunitas, who actually committed the crime. shame on you Heineken. On the other hand if you got it I. In the past, Newcastle was never sitting on the shelves. Ive literally bought the new Newcastle maybe 20 times since its changed. Damnit!! 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. I cant say it enough. Its very good and helps support the Cajun brewers. Someone in on the original formula should create OLDCASTLE Brown Ale. Especially if they are still making it supposedly outside the US. I hope your happy. I noticed it tasted different and thought I got a bad batch. This new formula sucks and I will not buy one more drop of it. How DARE you call this garbage Newcastle?!? I join others in wanting the original recipe back. Change it back! P.S. Thats really the only beer I wanted to drink. From my first swig, it tasted wrong and not how I remembered, and my friend soon concurred that theyd changed it. I am so fooking pissed off right now too. Theyre all slowly becoming like trash. Long time newcastle drinker of dutch version (20+ years spending $800 each year). Ive been drinking the new recipe and it is disappointing. Do not buy this crap. We dont drink IPAs and this is too bitter. Disappointed in your version of New Castle, Brew that swill under a different name and give us back our delicious beer. Suggestions welcomed. It is horrible.i have not had one since the change. I just dumped out the second half of my first bottle and will be returning the two twelve packs I bought for a refund. Lets make them fix this and bring back our beloved Newcastle recipe!! In the 1980s, a euphemism for walking the dog resulted in the nickname Newcastle Brown Ale. They took a great genuine drink and trashed it and pissed all over it! What happened to if it aint broke, dont fix it? Hes a bit too fond of the beers tbh- though he hates Newcastle Brown. Ive drunk the Tyne Brewery version back the 60, and that was the best. Please please bring back the original recipe. Its possible and I heard that too. As soon as people figure our this new beer is terrible, sales will plummet. It is almost impossible to find traditional English ales these days and craft breweries pretty much dont try to make English ales. 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. This overly hopped nasty swill is an insult to the very concept of Brown Ale. Browse our range of Brown Ale beers. I was served one the new ones yesterday in a restaurant and sent it back; googled it and found the bad news. Very disappointed in new recipe and loss of clear bottle!!!. This new bitter Lagunitas shit is horrible and I will not be a Newcastle patron any longer! 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. Please post.. Flat Tire is the closest ale I could find. Totally fooled me. What else is out there yall like? But I was really bummed out by the taste. This recipe is nowhere near as smooth as it used to be. I am so disappointed in the new taste AND the new bottle. It is banned. Just freakin sucks. Free standard shipping with $35 orders. Terrible new taste. New New Castle completely sucks! She didnt think any more were coming but would check. I am really angry that youve done this to my favorite beer. Somebody started a change.org petition, but Im only the 8th signer. You ABSOLUTELY SUCK!!!! 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