There are thousands of other beers if you want another flavor. This new beer is disgusting and we will not drink it. Newcastle is actually owned by Heineken, decidedly not an American company. I will never buy any Lagunitas beer product. Good lord, why? (So much for Loyalty)! Im sad to say now Im looking for a new beer to replace the old New Castle. Fat Tire is a good beer but still not the same. I give it 1 year before they pull this off the market. You guys messed up big time. Long time newcastle drinker of dutch version (20+ years spending $800 each year). Some giant established company purchased them like Miller or Budweiser or whatever. FU Heineken. I agreeafter having consumed many gallons of Newcastle Nut Brown Ale in my day, I am sadly disappointed with this new version. Just had my first new Newcastle. 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. Newcastle Brown Ale has taken a meta approach to advertising ahead of the Super Bowl. I hadnt had Newcastle in a couple years, but was having a delicious summer dinner with a friend: I had just shucked a dozen oysyers, made a roasted corn salad, and a caprese salad from the garden, and had a taste for Newcastle. After all, the new recipe includes classic Lagunitas hops: Centennial and Chinook. Newcastle was my very first beer. I will be complaining anywhere I see this and ANY lagunitas beer always. Heineken pulled a Becks on me I dont drink Becks brewed in St. Louis either. 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. Well my decades long favorite Ale Is now some hoppy swill with a bad after taste. I found Shiner Bock to be the closed Made in USA brew to Newcastle Brown. The new recipe is very disappointing. The package looked different, but I didnt think much of that. They say they didnt deviate that far from the original recipe. I hope your happy. This is a new beer all together! Anybody remember New Coke? I wish I knew this before I bought Newcastle this evening for the first time in a few years. Fuck your divorced parents. And so, no more. I remain thoroughly stumped by Heinekens refusal to listen to all of the negative feedback out there about Lagunitas Newcastlesimply TOO hoppy. It tastes bitter to me. Your life doesnt matter. See new coke Fake beer. Still have to say after years, how disappointing it is to have all of these comments and no change by the brewer, not even comments that I have see. Die you piece of shit. My favorite beer now sucks. Hes a bit too fond of the beers tbh- though he hates Newcastle Brown. This is garbage. Today you have turned it into just another mediocre, too hoppy, ho hum local craft attempt to copy the real Newcastle. The greatest of Ales, with one of the nicest initial tastes and after tastes known in the beer drinking community. I do not like or drink IPA. As many others have said, it was my favorite beer for many years. Wife brought some home the other day Hmm new label. Ill have to agree with everyone on this topic! I would love to experience the old and true brew one more time. Lagunitas did add 8-10 more IBUs, but they blend in rather than stick out. Gavinget a grip man, there are a lot of brews out there better than that lie that is now Crap Castle. They did the same. Why would take an already great recipe and fuck it up by changing it? Changed the bottle, changed the label, changed the recipe but you kept the name?THATS FALSE ADVERTISING! The complete destruction of a great beer with the replacement having no character and an insult to the original. It went down hill when it was brewed in Dunston at the federation brewery. Pour this crap directly into the sewer where it belongs. Just not the same. Altogether an uncommonly balanced Brown. If I bought a six pack I would finish it! The reimagined Newcastle Brown Ale is a smooth, crisp, slightly roasty and hoppier beer, that's not too bitter, not too sweet, and altogether uncommon. Its completely bland and characterless! It was smooth enough when I wanted something light and had flavor and body when I wanted something more than a lager. This new recipe flavor has an unpleasant bite. Newcastle was my favorite beer for well over 25 years. This Policy will be referenced by all such mobile applications or mobile optimized websites. Damnit!! the new brown bottling sucks, your new labeling sucks, you have the original recipe and cant even follow it. I actually like Lagunitas generally, but I do not like this new NewCastle. Terrible new taste. I usedto go to TGIfridays who had it on tap and it was just the best. Where did our Newcastle go..?? Ive been drinking the new recipe and it is disappointing. The ABV remains the same (4.7%), as does the color. I hadnt had it in a while and decided to buy it despite the new logo. There are not many things left in this world that maintain quality over time and can be counted on to always please. Shame on you, Lagunitas, for ruining a beer that has been part of so many fond memories for me for decades. Plus it has more alcohol so I am forced to drink less. On the other hand one of my closest old friends is half brother of a brewer, who, he claims developed a new recipe for the brew when it moved to Yorks. There is a great brewery in the Tampa are, Big Storm Brewing, they have a great lineup, my favorite is WaveMaker. Can we move it back to the Netherlands? Not anymore. 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). With so many negative comments, how long are you going to keep this up? The subtle sweetness was replaced with hipster IPA sucking-on-a-pinecone bitterness. I also really loved to get it in the mini keg when available and have it on draft. First they messed with Smithwicks and now my all time favorite. I just bought a six pack for the first time since the change. This beer's flavor is enhanced by a blend of pale and roasted malts and American hops. You suck, Lagunitas. Cannot and will not drink it. my Yuengling and I are offended that is being compared/equalled to new-recipe Newcastle swill (fm chicago & california). I have been an exclusive Newcastle Brown Ale drinker for decades. Imagine my surprise when I was in a Kitchen & Co. and there on the shelf were six fresh bottles of the original NCBA. What a disappointment. But in England, Newcastle Brown Ale is still pretty much the []. Ive always thought Heineken beer, in its green bottle, was one of the skunkiest tasting beers around. Very Disappointed. 12 pack - from $17.98 6 pack - from $10.49. Bring back the old Broon Ale as this relaunch is awful! 4.87. Instead of making an ad about Newcastle Brown Ale they've created a super ad cramming in 37 other. #bring Newcastle back. I called Lagunitas to ask if they had finally got the brew formula back to original. But, now New Castle taste like every other IPA beer. They should change the name because it in no way resembles the NEWCASTLE we all loved. In the mean time, is there anywhere that imports the original?? One taste and Im spluttering, cursing and mad as hell. Drank NBA for years . WAKE UP AND READ THE REVIEWS. If you do not continue to use the EPG websites following a change to our Policy but take no other action with respect to your personal information, our use of that information will remain subject to our Policy as it was in effect prior to the change. Shame on you!!!!! Since 1987. I will partake no more, damn Ill miss it. It is not welcome here !! 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. Ill never buy Newcastle or Lagunitas again unless they fix what they broke. I love Smithwicks but had a couple tonight after a long absence and it did seem different. Im so upset they did this.why? Im a southern California woman that has been drinking the original Newcastle beer for over 20 years. And I love Lagunitas IPA. Its well known for bitter beers. Im not a fan of hoppy. Bring the original dog back. 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. Following the posting of such non-material changes, your continued use of any EPGs websites will constitute your acceptance of these changes and you will be bound by such changes. Would not buy another bottle. Ever since Newcastle production moved out of England, its gone downhill. It has been brewed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, since April 1927 by Newcastle Breweries. So hard to find a good beer that you always want to drink. Also poured out 11 out of 12.. literally couldnt get myself to have another one. Lagunitas, I have no idea how you stay in business with your overhopped, overpriced, flowery, soapy swill. 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. So I dont get it. Youre worse than a cheap whore endorsing this abomination!!! They have ruined a great drink One question, WHY? Newcastle Brown Ale: from Miners to Hipsters. This horse piss doesnt deserve the Newcastle name and should be halted ASAP! Same thing. Leave it to an American based brewery to assassinate that was a great, unique tasting dark ale. Are you kidding me? Or at least honor the orginal and change the name. Change it back. Heineken are you listening????? Only when the bottom live changes will the producers realize and pay attention to their once faithful customers. I will never buy another Lagunita or Heineken product as long as I live! I told my wife tonight I will be looking for another beer to enjoy. Im devastated! I will have to find another brown ale that someone didnt feel the need to fix. You dont change the recipe on a beer! Customer loyalty is your brand!!! Size: All. What sort of ego driven dolt, has the balls to think that they can improve on an established favorite? Its a shame no one at Heineken understands that the original Newcastle is what will succeed. Originally it was a blend of two definite styles, a strong dark beer . Hey Kyle, how much did they have to pay you to shill for this fucking swill? Well then change the F-in name and make a new one. I immediately complained to my wife about buying the wrong New Castle box. FREE UK delivery. Started out with Smithwicks. We have been drinking and buying New Castle since 1987, not anymore! Youve completely ruined my favorite beer. We have told them for years now and they dont even have the courtesy of responding to the community. yes, cans! This is just terrible. Ithaca Beer Company Nut Brown Ale Dark amber in color, this English brown ale is medium-bodied with nutty, bread-like flavors. How about keeping the original receipe and new one, calling this other junk New Castle Light Brown. Let me know if you ever fix the Newcastle beer. I cant say it enough. 20 plus years of drinking NBA as my number one beer, now I tried this garbage and I cant reimagine what the morons at Heineken or Lagunitas were thinking. Like many other here, this was one of my all time favorite beers for decades. Thanks for finding this article from 2015. Can you please pass on my friendly complaint to Lagunitas, who I think is brewing Newcastle under license in CA , regarding their brewing of Newcastle beer. Just adding my 2 cents with my negative comment. the new stuff is rat piss. This used to be my favorite beer but never again. Its absolutely terrible, disgusting. At first I thought the beer had turned skunky unintentionally but once I found out why it broke my heart. What you have done is absolutley ruin a wonderful recipe. Way to ruin a perfectly good beer. 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 Thanks for the note. Then I researched and saw that it is brewed by Lagunitas, the lame AF brewery that sued Sierra Nevada over a font. 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. They ruined it! HEINEKEN USA As soon as people figure our this new beer is terrible, sales will plummet. Michael, I cant add to anything you said. Copper and grapefruit, are you flippin kidding me! This is horrible. It has been live for over 6 weeks and only 54 have signed. Change sucks. The rest of the 6-pack is still sitting in my fridge. queendifabfinds (4,847) 100%. Im pissed. This new Newcastle absolutely blows! While I have nothing against a solidly hopped beer your derivation has destroyed the smooth malty character that I have for so long found endearing. Americans havent brewed a decent beer since George Washington. I once knew. Ive been drinking this beer since the early 90s and this is just disgraceful. I miss that very distinct flavor. In 1986, American craft beer pioneers, Pete Slosberg and Mark Bronder, released Pete's Wicked Alethe beer largely responsible for establishing the American brown ale as a commercial beer style and category for beer competitions. Why are all Ceos, etc. I wii pour the rest to the chickens. Too bitter. Hopefully theyll come to their senses by then and bring back the original. My buddy asked for Budweiser as soon as I gave him one of these New Castle beers while roofing shingles. I guided many friends to trying Newcastle and they liked it! Bring back the old beer! What the hell did you do to the best brown ale ever? LaGunitas is now the face of the worst in beer. Had you left the recipe intact and advertised the benefits of the brown bottle, you would have been a hero. Hey EVERYBODY!!! The first time I tried this New NBA I took a couple of sips then poured the bottle out and took the 12-pack back to my grocer and got a refund. It makes no sense! They have lost our business unless they change the recipe back. I am so disappointed in the new taste AND the new bottle. Sparge into two kettles, one at a time, then adjust wort gravity to 1.050 and 1.035, respectively. I stock the refrigerator for my Mens Club. Dont be a non caring corporation, please go back to what worked before the move to the US. Ill never buy anything from Lagunitas now.Dickheads. Fuck you lagunitas, Im wondering if the US version uses the original recipe. I will not be drinking this pig swill from Lagunitas that is masquerading as Newcastle Brown. I agree the vast majority of the comments above. Here is the supposed reason for the sad and bad flavor change: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-31196933. Ive been a dedicated Newcastle drinker for over 20 years and they just ruined a great beer!! Newcastle Brown Ale 12pk, Newcastle, England, United Kingdom . Way to go Lagunitas, youve ruined one of the last great beers of the world. $0.00. After first sip, completely disappointed. But leave Newcastle Brown out of it, it has nothing to do with this. I thought I had got a bad batch, now I know that they ruined Newcastle. From my first swig, it tasted wrong and not how I remembered, and my friend soon concurred that theyd changed it. I bought a twelver of New Castle, popped the top and took a swig.. then quickly spit it out! Didnt notice it said lagunitas on it. Their main stays have been Fat Tire and Vodoo Ranger. I went home and went online and found this site and my heart sank. Why did you have to touch it? Bate and switch ? Somebody owes me $15 bucks for this new scam. I just got some and was pretty much duped by the label. The old Newcastle was perfect the new Newcastle is too bitter and not evan close in taste. Will NOT be purchasing this, nor anything by Lagunitas and, if I can help it, anything from the Heineken conglomerate. In 2010 brewing was moved to John Smiths brewery Tadcaster North Yorkshire until the present day Its like wanting a steak, you ask for a steak, and they give you chicken. Petition signed only 14 so far..get this link out! WHY???!!! Not happy!!! Its not fit for pigs. Is it true that HEINEKEN is producing Old Newcastle for sale in Europe but not in the USA? "Now with Lagunitas in the family, we have the perfect partner to reimagine our beloved Newcastle Brown Ale," says Amy Tay, brand director. U.S. sales of the brand have slipped in recent years, prompting this rejiggering, and now its only available in 12-oz. Horrible!!!! It looks like Im one of many disappointed fans of Newcastle; its been my only beer for 20+ years. Newcastle has been my favorite beer for years. I will NEVER buy this horrible denigration of what was once a magnificent beer. Bring back the old recipe. I havent seen one positive review. sales tax. It WAS my favorite and I really dont like this. a blend of light and dark malts for a unique, smooth flavor and cool temperature for easy drinking. Go to shop . This is basically buying the name and slapping it on some crap beer from Chicago. The new recipe is very similar to every hoppy IPA that apparently sucks as noted by nearly all reviews. Unfortunately, LCBO and The Beer Store are out of it and I have no idea when theyll get more in. Its just bitter enough to not be smooth yet not enough aroma and flavor hops if one were to go for a pale or ipa for citrus. Ive moaned and groaned to the point of absurdity and its done absolutely no good (I even wrote an article about it on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/reimagining-icon-john-ledingham/). Theres plenty of good brown ales out there. It was created in 1927 by Colonel Jim Porter in Newcastle, England during two years of painstaking development, where he sought to develop a unique tasting beer combining the full flavour of ale with easy drinkability. There are no guarantees that a petition would be accepted, but it always helps to organize and document numbers. Our son and I had agreed that it was the best all-around good beer we had ever tasted. System Default. Why on earth did they have to take a toasty sweet delicious original and make it a mediocre American craft? 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. I am no longer recommending Newcastle and am extremely disappointed. 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. Why did Heineken think that they knew better? The taste is garbage as well. The whole point of enjoying original (imported from Holland) Newcastle, was the flavor and followup. I would by a case a month, but not anymore. Thanks real Newcastle for 20 great years of great ale. I miss the old recipe, and I wish it was back to that, but its not terrible. The petition has had pathetic results. If you have a favorite food, I hope you become allergic. There are now only 10 million beers selling across the US. Not even close to the crappy new recipe. Ill be switching to Alaskan Amber now and hoping the original comes back! So sad. December 19, 2015 Tom Draper. Just because you own the brand what makes you think you improve what has been made and appreciated for scores of years. It was my go to beer with meals and didnt weigh you down on Summer days. 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