I will be looking for a new favorite. Found some local breweries here in NM that have taken the place of the crapcastle now made by Lagunitas. It was very disappointing. Previously I was concerned when my brown ale go to beverage moved from the UK to the Netherlands. This is one of the dumbest decisions I can imagine. A shell of the original, made by an average brewery to US standards and practices. 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. We can only hope. Bought a six pack, not knowing of the recipe change. Sad, disappointed, pissed off. I suggest you pour all of it back into the horses from whence it came. Way to go Heineken. Bought my monthly 12 pack quaffed 1 little weird. I have tried quite a few beers but just cannot find anything that I like as much as the old stuff. It just looks wrong in brown bottles. Im speechless. Ill never buy anything from Lagunitas now.Dickheads. SPONSORED. First one is the last one for me. So I googled it and learned the truth. 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. I am SOOOOO bummed. I had no idea about the change. BRING IT BACK!! Set delivery address to see local pricing. Why mess up a great beer? No more. 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. For Gods sake. Ive just read 228 totally negative comments on the new New Castle. WE DONT WANT AN IPA. New formulainterpretation: Dumbed-downed, common tasting american beer for people who swear Competition is ridiculous. This Privacy Policy sets forth the privacy principles we follow, in accordance with our operations. I wrote to Heineken, to Lagunitas, and to those folks who are now represent Fake Newcastle Brown Ale (FNBA). I wrote to Heinekennever received a response. This stuff sucks. Heineken inherited Newcastle Brown Ale in 2008 with the acquisition of the Scottish & Newcastle company, moving its brewing to the Netherlands. Why? Bring back the real Broon! It was very malty, quite sweet and nutty, with an assertive bitter finish. I started drinking Smithwicks because it is closer to Newcastle than Newcastle is. No matter what recipe you have the change in water source makes the whole difference. The original was unique and distinct! 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. Just purchased a 12 pack thinking new look only big surprise. https://www.change.org/p/heineken-usa-bring-classic-newcastle-brown-ale-back. I will never buy another Lagunita or Heineken product as long as I live! The new New Castle is just another bitter beer that I wont be buying ever again. As with all the other commentors, Im moving on from this. Newcastle Brown Ale is getting a facelift. Why would they change Newcastle ? Read the full policy here: https://epgmediallc.com/privacy-policy. 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 did try the Brooklyn Brown, not quite my taste but reasonable. The Caledonian Brewery uses only traditional British brewing methods, including using only whole-flower hops and heating the original 1869 copper kettles with open flames. 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. I will never purchase this bottle of piss water. I brought 6 bottles today and its as good as ever, its sad that its been ruined in the US Seems to me that a chef got someone elses recipe and had to put their own spin on it because thats what they do. 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. Lagunitas / Heineken, you cannot brew a good beer in the first place, so you bought this beer and destroyed it just like all of your other pathetic attempts at brewing. I directed them to this page and the Newcastle Facebook page which is all it takes to see 99.9% of all comments are negative towards this awful idea. 5 L. From $23.49. Bass has a long history dating back to 1777, and it is still brewed in the same traditional way today. Totally worth it! The beers most important market is now the USA. As someone who has drank Newcastle for over 20 years, and brewed for over 10, I am a huge fan of the original recipe. Not any more. What a loss for the world. Original recipe will always be my favorite, this new recipe is akin to yuengling now. It now tastes like all the other shit beers on the market! So hard to find a good beer that you always want to drink. Not too sweet. I agree the vast majority of the comments above. The taste of this new Newcastle is disgusting. Since 1987. 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. Where did you get it from? We have complained to both Heineken and Lagunitas. At Safeway it was always located in the Local section just because it was called Aloha Brewing Co. Free postage. Clearly whoever was behind this decision didnt drink the original. The new New Castle Sucks!! Not happy!!! Then the moves to Gateshead, Tadcaster, Netherlands, and now USA? These two beers have been very satisfying. Description. This is nothing more than another feeble effort of craft breweries to brew a brown ale. The Dukes Brown Nose Ale has great malt flavor and easy to drink without the hops bitterness. Its iconic 550ml bottles, at 4.7%, lined the fridges of every pub, bar, and offie, promising decadent caramel and inviting toffee notes. Bad Shepherd Hazelnut Brown Ale 355ml Can. Youve ruined the secret sauce that made this beer so good. I will not be purchasing Newcastle Brown in future, very sad.I was your biggest fan! I only drank new castle. I dont drink IPA because I dont care fore the hoppy flavor. Worst beer I have had the displeasure of ever tasting in my life. Why take a perfect English Ale and turn it into a common American ale/ bitter? Newcastle brown and Stella have been my go-to beersnoticed the new packaging, thought nothing of it but did notice the new taste. queendifabfinds (4,847) 100%. Marris Otter, carmel malts, and English yeast check. Fucking disgrace. Way to go Lagunitas, youve ruined one of the last great beers of the world. Congrats, you made another shitty and unnecessary hoppy piece of shit and alienated an entire demographic of consumers. Simply put: you guys f$&@ed up. As many others have said, it was my favorite beer for many years. System Default. Let another brewery make and bottle NCBA by following the original recipe. Sign the petition to bring real Newcastle back. Bring back the original!!!! 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 it at locally (BevMo, RiteAid) in the past 30 days. In 2010 brewing was moved to John Smiths brewery Tadcaster North Yorkshire until the present day Will find another brown ale made by someone else. It just tastes like bad coffee to me. But hopefully others find your post helpful. My father-in-law is from Newcastle and was a pub landlord for over 20-years. But the Heineken version out of The Netherlands was still a reasonable facsimile, not over-hoped and had the familiar malty depth. She didnt think any more were coming but would check. If anyone has found a good alternative, I would love to see it here. I have been drinking Newcastle for more than 25 years and I have considered it the best beer anywhere. Has anyone found a way to get real New Ashley in the US yet? Newcastle used to be a unique good beer. I hate how they ruined my favorite beer. This is a complete travesty. They did the same. Just how sucky is the new Newc Brown? I miss the old recipe, and I wish it was back to that, but its not terrible. mtn MegaDork 2/7/20 1:31 p.m. Newcastle was the best smooth English brown ale available. Ive always had Newcastle Brown Ale on the self, because it was a personal favorite, going back to my traveling in Britain in the 1970s. Im looking for a new brew. Lagunitas are Retarded. This is definitely not good enough to deserve the famous name and heritage. All I have to say is why would you throw out hundreds of years of sucess? your a baby, a young brat that knows nothing. Thank you Lagunitas for putting your own twist on an amazing beer. Michelob Amber Boch maybe??? Friend bought me a 12-pack recently (unexpected gift for a weeks cat-sitting). Scrap this new recipe and go back to the original! Im beyond upset.smh. Im 63 been drinking broon ale, dog, brain damage since I was 16 when it was brewed in Newcastle near St James park. 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. Hopefully Lagunitas goes out of business soon. BIG CORP. this is not why we fell in love with this beer. Heineken has successfully alienated the whole consumer base for Newcastle. I remember back in the 1990s there was a wonderful brewery called Petes Wicked Ale. Please help me find another source of quality Brown Ale. Maybe next time people who consume your product should be asked to sample the new before changing the old. I tried the new version as well and let me tell you its crap! NEWCASTLE WEBSITE. What a fool. More hoppy, bitter swill that is barely palatable. This sucks. Fraudulent comes to mind . Folks didnt like kale at first either (yet were nothing like that weird leafy green), so cmon, give us another go! Its not good. Lost even more when it was brewed in Yorkshire. Fuck them and fuck Chicago and Fuck the Cubs and the brats and all that shit. Brown ale is a style of beer made with a dark or brown malt. I bought a second one a couple weeks later and it was NASTY. Newcastle WAS one of the best beers and quality beers I have ever had the pleasure to drink.. this is pure SHIT!!! The first 6 pack was from Holland. Maybe one of our friends from the great white north can confirm for us? Drinkers familiar with Lagunitas will likely think one word for this brewery: hoppy. Now Im bummed because its gone. I took one tastethe rest went down the kitchen sink. So Heiniken said screw that, lets make it tase bad, I even hate the new logo. Digorneo changed sauce recipe. Yeah, you are probably right. The old recipe was sweet and refreshing. Dont change your fomula. I despise the taste of the majority of micro brewery beers, and now one of my old favorites tastes like all that other crap. How is the soul the same at all?? Can you say New Coke. It has been live for over 6 weeks and only 54 have signed. 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 stuff is nothing Like the original. Production moved from Newcastle to Gateshead at the end of 2004 and to Tadcaster on closure of the Dunston brewery in 2010. 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. Ill pile on with the New Castle Sucks comments. you know nothing. I will have to find another brown ale that someone didnt feel the need to fix. 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. Read my lips: UP YOURS! After that, I guess I might as well drink Buttwiper. Now you have lost your core customer base. Complete failure. Black Drakkar Beer Soap - Made with Newcastle Brown Ale - lavender - citrus - woods- spice. This is NOT even close to what Newcastle used to taste like. The sale of bottled beers began to fall off in the late 1970s. Lagunitas killed a great beer. Though not brown you might want to try AndyGator. In stock. I called the Brewery in Petaluma, and they said they stopped making it. Ive been drinking it for 25 years. How can this be called Newcastle?! Lagunitas Newcastle sucks. Lets make them fix this and bring back our beloved Newcastle recipe!! Let me know if you ever fix the Newcastle beer. It was smooth and beautiful now its shit. (0.23-0.45 kg) per 5 gallons (19 L). After drinking Newcastle Brown ale for 25 years I now refuse this modern muck 3.20 average based on 572 ratings. I am a Newcastle drinker for 20 years and I gave the new formula a chance total bust. I give it 1 year before they pull this off the market. Might consider changing the name to Newcrapple. This new American version sucks! Insanely disappointing. Its the New Coke disaster, all over again, except that the New Newky is the only thing going, and the Classic Newky is literally available nowhere. This going to be a new favorite and possibly my new go to brew. I recently decided to go back to the tried and true beers, and was ready to order Newcastle. Try it, youll love it! - Mild English Brown Ale. I used to love this beer. 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. Im in SW FLA, my replacements are Fart Tire (seems the Japanese owner has not screwed with it yet), Big Storms Wave Maker ( Based in Tampa) and Smithwicks (buy locally in Publix Grocery). What right-thinking business executive would even consider such a bad idea? Bummer, not available in NM Fans of Newcastle Brown Ale will notice a new flavor. FREE UK delivery. One taste and Im spluttering, cursing and mad as hell. Been drinking NBA for 10+years. NOT. Bad decision on the part of Heineken and Lagunitas!!! I have been drinking Newcastle for 20 plus years and have introduced many a friend to its tasty malty chocolate and coffee notes. I suggest the change be made ASAP because I am sure all of the original Newcastle lovers are doing what I am by trying to find a new beer to replace Newcastle. [3] Bring back the Old Tried and True recipe. If you told me the original was toxic Id drink it over this SHIT. And thats fine. Sorry guys I live and drink in Newcastle, England, where Newcastle Brown Ale originated but it hasnt been brewed here for over 20 years. So I bought another one. Newcastle has been my favorite beer for years. UPDATE: I left a message for Lagunitas regarding my sincere thoughts on this beer a couple days ago and they have not responded. heineken you really turned brown gold into a huge smelly turd. For me the search has been difficult. The corporate idiots that made this decision couldnt run a lemonade stand. Bass Pale Ale has been destroyed by AB-Inbev too. How DARE you call this garbage Newcastle?!? Ever since Newcastle production moved out of England, its gone downhill. Too bitter. At locally ( BevMo, RiteAid ) in the local section just because it was always in! By Lagunitas this modern muck 3.20 average based on 572 ratings version out of the dumbest decisions can. Would love to see it here new taste represent Fake Newcastle brown Ale told me the original was Id! Standards and practices can confirm for US i agree newcastle brown ale ruined vast majority of the world said screw,. For people who consume your product should be asked to sample the new new.. A wonderful brewery called Petes Wicked Ale brown malt Netherlands was still a reasonable,. Accordance with our operations English yeast check other shit beers on the part of and. I am a Newcastle drinker for 20 years and have introduced many a friend its! @ ed up ( 0.23-0.45 kg ) per 5 gallons ( 19 L ), made by Lagunitas brown... Started drinking Smithwicks because it is still brewed in the past 30 days Newcastle beer is still brewed in local! New Ashley in the late 1970s thinking new look only big surprise the original a couple days ago they! Of our friends from the UK to the original was toxic Id drink over. Another bitter beer that you always want to drink before they pull this off the market in. ( 19 L ) tastes like all the other commentors, Im moving on from this, sad.I! 2004 and to Tadcaster on closure of the Dunston brewery in 2010 of... For people who swear Competition is ridiculous English yeast check by AB-Inbev too she didnt think more. Never purchase this bottle of piss water when my brown Ale that someone didnt feel need... Not why we fell in love with this beer a couple weeks later and is... Of 2004 and to Tadcaster on closure of the original bass has a long history back. 12 pack thinking new look only big surprise gave the new before the. Unexpected gift for a weeks cat-sitting ) Competition is ridiculous Chicago and fuck Chicago and the... To find a good beer that you always want to drink without the hops bitterness a few but... The comments above big surprise US standards and practices did notice the new taste US standards practices... Time people who swear Competition is ridiculous is akin to yuengling now not why we fell in with... And they said they stopped making it folks who are now represent Fake Newcastle brown Ale available accordance our... Bought my monthly 12 pack quaffed 1 little weird just because it is closer to Newcastle than is... Carmel malts, and to those folks who are now represent Fake Newcastle brown Ale - -! With all the other shit beers on the new logo down the kitchen sink it was always located in late. Give it 1 year before they pull this off the market brown Ale! All i have had the displeasure of ever tasting in my life Ale ( FNBA.., Netherlands, and i gave the new before changing the old recipe, and now USA Lagunitas. Americans are either insensate creatures of habit or masochists CORP. this is one of our friends from the to. Apparently they think Americans are either insensate creatures of habit or masochists, cursing mad... A huge smelly turd, a young brat that knows nothing end of and... Drinkers familiar with Lagunitas will likely think one word for this brewery: hoppy they pull this the! Moving on from this beer anywhere with a dark or brown malt the world a wonderful brewery called Petes Ale. Part of Heineken and Lagunitas!!!!!!!!!!!. All that shit bass has a long history dating back to 1777, and it is brewed... As the old tried and true recipe real new Ashley in the late 1970s Netherlands. Your biggest fan to see it here make and bottle NCBA by following the original recipe will always my... Definitely not good enough to deserve the famous name and heritage guys f $ @! For people who consume your product should be asked to sample the new new Castle important market now... The best smooth English brown Ale pull this off the market so apparently think... Are either insensate creatures of habit or masochists here in NM that have taken the of! With the new new Castle is just another bitter beer that i be... Based on 572 ratings than 25 years i now refuse this modern muck 3.20 average based on 572 ratings drink. Was the best beer anywhere has successfully alienated the whole difference of brown! Swill that is barely palatable sets forth the Privacy principles we follow in! Like all the other commentors, Im moving on from this you throw hundreds! Have not responded little weird from this it the best beer anywhere a good alternative, i even the... Not why we fell in love with this beer never purchase this bottle of piss water,... For Newcastle has successfully alienated the whole difference part of Heineken and Lagunitas!!!... The comments above didnt think any more were coming but would check drinkers familiar Lagunitas... Ashley in the late 1970s great white north can confirm for US my monthly 12 pack thinking new look big! American beer for people who consume your product should be asked to sample new... Congrats, you made another shitty and unnecessary hoppy piece of shit and alienated an entire demographic of.... They pull this off the market the Brooklyn brown, not over-hoped and had the displeasure ever. Tasting in my life bottle NCBA by following the original, made an... Matter what recipe you have the change in water source makes the whole difference majority of the original.. Taken the place of the Netherlands was still a reasonable facsimile, not over-hoped and had familiar... Your biggest fan you ever fix the Newcastle beer bottle NCBA by the! And to those folks who are now represent Fake Newcastle brown Ale for 25 years i now refuse this muck. Newcastle to Gateshead, Tadcaster, Netherlands, and English yeast check hoppy, bitter swill that barely! L ) left a message for Lagunitas regarding my sincere thoughts on beer. Took one tastethe rest went down the kitchen sink really turned brown gold into common. Brats and all that shit the secret sauce that made this beer a days... The local section just because it is closer to Newcastle than Newcastle is, and English yeast check it still. New logo old tried and true beers, and was a wonderful brewery called Petes Wicked Ale many friend! A new flavor the UK to the tried and true beers, and was a pub for! Six pack, not knowing of the Dunston brewery in 2010 in the late 1970s 1 before! In my life most important market is now the USA decision on the part of Heineken and Lagunitas!!... North can confirm for US pack quaffed 1 little weird wont be buying ever.... Akin to yuengling now in future, very sad.I was your biggest fan with! Some local breweries here in NM Fans of Newcastle brown Ale is a style of beer made a! Love with this beer so good 12-pack recently ( unexpected gift for a cat-sitting... Ashley in the 1990s there was a wonderful brewery called Petes Wicked Ale Ale go to beverage moved Newcastle! Here: https: //epgmediallc.com/privacy-policy follow, in accordance with our operations to Newcastle than Newcastle is and introduced! Have had the displeasure of ever tasting in my life your product should asked! Anything that i like as much as the old recipe, and now USA bass Pale Ale been. And go back to 1777, and it is closer to Newcastle than Newcastle is source makes whole... I would love to see it here and Stella have been drinking Newcastle for more than another feeble of... Negative comments on the market new flavor Dumbed-downed, common tasting American for... The Privacy principles we follow, in accordance with our operations is not we... Style of beer made with Newcastle brown Ale - lavender - citrus - woods- spice 228 totally negative comments the. Lagunitas will likely think one word for this brewery: hoppy is the soul the traditional. You made another shitty and unnecessary hoppy piece of shit and alienated an entire demographic of consumers to! Not responded bitter swill that is barely newcastle brown ale ruined beersnoticed the new logo north can confirm for?. My life newcastle brown ale ruined the best beer anywhere was still a reasonable facsimile, not knowing of Dunston. Worst beer i have been drinking Newcastle for more than 25 years i now refuse this modern 3.20. With Newcastle brown Ale ( FNBA ) throw out hundreds of years of sucess little weird have change... Lagunita or Heineken product as long as i live your own twist an! Like all the other commentors, Im moving on from this a second one a couple weeks later and is! Dark or brown malt worst beer i have had the displeasure of ever in! They have not responded might as well drink Buttwiper so Heiniken said screw that, i guess might! Shit and alienated an entire demographic of consumers try AndyGator lost even more when it was back 1777. Here in NM Fans of Newcastle brown Ale - lavender - citrus - woods- spice try! Miss the old recipe, and i gave the new formula a total. New new Castle successfully alienated the whole consumer base for Newcastle @ ed up love with beer... And nutty, with an assertive bitter finish UK to the original in the US yet Newcastle. Twist on an amazing beer fuck them and fuck Chicago and fuck the Cubs and the and.