I called Lagunitas to ask if they had finally got the brew formula back to original. 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. What I sent to Heineken: Weak af. They shouldnt hafta drink shitty beer like new Newcastle as a surrogate. This stuff is absolute toilet water. Plz bring back the old recipe! 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. We dont drink IPAs and this is too bitter. I echo you all. My only complaint is that we cannot get the pint bottles here I remember drinking back in the UK. It taste nothing like the original beer which is very disappointing to me. New asshole taste like shit. I poured the other 11 bottles down the drain. Talk about larceny by false pretenses, Lagunitas lying to your customers and taking their money. The response,sorry you feel that way blah blah blah. Sign the petition to bring real Newcastle back. No more skunky New Castle! I have been drinking Newcastle Brown Ale for nearly 30 years! You killed my favorite beer a blend of light and dark malts for a unique, smooth flavor and cool temperature for easy drinking. How can they dare to put the same label on this swill. 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. Its not even remotely close to the real thing. This new recipe SUCKS! That is word for word the response I got. Bottles of the new flavor ship in March. New packaging sucks too. What Lagunitas did to this beer is criminal! I went home and went online and found this site and my heart sank. You took the only decent ale on the market and ruined it. We have told them for years now and they dont even have the courtesy of responding to the community. Overall, a terrible decision. Newcastle used to be classy and smooth; but now it is just another cheap brown ale. Who thought this was a good idea? Drank another, blah. This is complete bullshit Ive been drinking New Castle Brown Ale for over 20 years now, and this new formula does taste terrible it tastes like regular shitty beer. But, why ruin Newcastle? I have a friend in Quebec that brought me a six pack more than a year ago before Covid-19 and the border closure. Ive literally bought the new Newcastle maybe 20 times since its changed. Use the ORIGINAL RECIPE at Lagunitas, of course this assumes that Lagunitas is capable of duplicating that recipe. My OTHER fave is Anheuser/Busch Amber Bockits considered a dark lager, but has a real taste that I like. It immediately blew you up like an air-pillow, with satisfactory, eye watering foamy burps leaking out of your nose and ears. Newcastle Brown Ale. Just because you put more hops in doesnt make it better just bitter. I wish they would bring the original recipe back. Reminds me of New Coke, back in the day. Today. The Hoppy-ness tastes like cat urine. Heineken, the company that . Then give us back the real deal. Please help me find another source of quality Brown Ale. Newcastle Brown Ale Beer, 6 Pack, 12 fl oz Bottles (4.0) 1 review $11.27 Price when purchased online Add to cart Pickup, today at South Hill Supercenter Aisle A29 Add to list Add to registry Sponsored $10.48 87.3 /fl oz Athletic Brewing Company Upside Dawn Golden, Craft Non-Alcoholic Beer, 12 fl oz Cans, 6 Pack 1 Pickup Delivery I beg every person who was so open in your remarks about the repulsive change to our favorite beer to let your money do your talking. What did I get? So I bought another one. This new bitter Lagunitas shit is horrible and I will not be a Newcastle patron any longer! I cant believe they did this! Ill never buy a case again. Like pretty much everyone else that made a comment I am absolutely pissed off! Come up with a new name for the NCBA that you created and lets get the perfect beer back to the market. I keep hoping every time that I will get over the fact that the beer isnt even the same GOD DAMN FUCKING BEER. Hope they leave that one be. Wow this is the most nasty shit in the WORLD!!! Read the full policy here: https://epgmediallc.com/privacy-policy. Please revive the old recipe so I can enjoy beer again. Its absolutely terrible, disgusting. Please continue to enjoy our brands responsibly. Bottom line is all that matters I see. And I dont like IPAs. A shell of the original, made by an average brewery to US standards and practices. There are literally thousands of IPAs on the market. Boy did lagunitas screw this up. Terrible and way out of the lane for a ale drinker like me. The old recipe did not leave an after taste. Yep, Smithwicks is one I keep in frig, Yingling Black & Tan, Modela Negra have a reasonable taste also. What a disappointment. I remain thoroughly stumped by Heinekens refusal to listen to all of the negative feedback out there about Lagunitas Newcastlesimply TOO hoppy. Browse our range of Brown Ale beers. Friend bought me a 12-pack recently (unexpected gift for a weeks cat-sitting). I dont understand why you would change anything about Newcastle Brown Ale. Basically when I go to the store to buy beer, its either Shiner Bock or New Castle Brown Ale. Clearly whoever was behind this decision didnt drink the original. Pre-Owned. Gavinget a grip man, there are a lot of brews out there better than that lie that is now Crap Castle. Hopefully Lagunitas goes out of business soon. 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. My One and Only left me with None and Lonely! This Lagunitas version is crap, it looks like the vast majority of us agree. I had a bottle of the original NC that has been in my fridge since February 2019. My father-in-law is from Newcastle and was a pub landlord for over 20-years. Whomever made this decision should be fired and sent to Exile in Siberia! 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/). Totally worth it! Way to turn an old favorite into generic crap. No more Newcastle purchases for me and Lagunitas, you are now on my sh*t list, it will be a while before I can buy any of your products again after this stunt. Please bring back the original recipe and keep it in clear bottles. This is fraud. Heineken recently showed off the new flavor during a Lagunitas tour for distributors, retailers and media. Worst beer I have had the displeasure of ever tasting in my life. It now tastes like all the other shit beers on the market! Fucking disgrace. I will NEVER buy this horrible denigration of what was once a magnificent beer. Would love to know more info on that assertion. Good news for me Wish I could share but The greatest of Ales, with one of the nicest initial tastes and after tastes known in the beer drinking community. I would be ashamed of this product. It tastes NOTHING like the original. Hi as I live in UK I would just like to point out that Original Newcatle Brown Ale is still brewed in the UK I agree 100% I will not never buy new castle beer again unless I can get the old one.the new one tastes like shit. If this is what they do to a classic cherished beer then they have ZERO taste and ZERO class! By the way all your other beer sucks and I have never liked any of them! Bottles Reservoir Wines and Spirits MA: Brighton Beer and spirits only available for pickup and local delivery. Than I drank one.WHAT THE HELL IS THIS! It definitely not the drink I remember, mow its so bland and totally lost its originality. Shiner Bock is the closest I have come to NCBA. They should at least have offered both recipes. | Beverage Dynamics []. I agree. Read his recent piece 8 Craft Beer Trends in 2019. The new formula tastes terrible. I dont see the purpose of purchasing a name then changing the recipe. So very disappointed.. And promptly went to get a refund. 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. Please change it back. These new age brewers who are tied to this over-hopped, bitter tasting brew seriously need some re-education. I also really loved to get it in the mini keg when available and have it on draft. Just fuck them, fuck those dirty fucks in that shit country that bought Newcastle. This was a delicious smooth lightly carbonated slightly sweet malty all day drinkable Ale, now its not, now its like most other craft brews. Complaining is fine, but someone needs to act. But this is not what I wanted. Newcastle was my favorite ale, but the new recipe has no flavor or taste. Im drinking ROGUE Hazelnut Brown Nectar Ive poured this into a New Castle glass that I have, and it looks just like the real thing! The next 11 werent any better. You bastards! Bummer, not available in NM I was a fan of this beer ever since I was introduced to it in 1992. I went by today and there was another six. There are not many things left in this world that maintain quality over time and can be counted on to always please. This was my favorite beer for 15 years! One question, WHY? Newcastle Brown Ale Er en gyldenbrun ale med en fyldig smag med stor krop og en frisk, let og sd finish, der giver en sublim bld smagsoplevelse. I am so sick and tired of going for a beer somewhere and all they have are micro brewery beers. Bring back the original!!!! Boo! Why dont they re-imagine their own brand and actually make it taste better than a skunk anus? SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER. Im sure it wont matter for Heineken, they probably did the math this will cut costs and they will turn a higher profit in the end typical these days, The new Newcastle sucks nothing like the old stuff just bought 68 cases from total beverage at 11.99 a case get it while it lasts R.I.P new castle. Customer loyalty is your brand!!! So next best is just for all of us to move on and search for the best replacements. Absolutely terrible. At Safeway it was always located in the Local section just because it was called Aloha Brewing Co. If you think the loyal Newcastle fans will accept this as our beer you are sadly mistaken. Copying here. Some giant established company purchased them like Miller or Budweiser or whatever. There are always 2 or 3 bozos chiming in who claim to like the new stuff better, and they are the only people that get responses from the overlords. Notify Me. I started a conversation with a guy who was also pondering the available selection or brews and made my point about the spoiled Newcastle. I will press in and find out the rest of the story. I will not buy new castle ever again unless they bring back the original. Hey EVERYBODY!!! The brand, created in England by Lieutenant Colonel Jim Porter in 1927, exploded in popularity after it was purchased by Heineken in 2008, largely. If its any consolation, we can only get this piss in Newcastle (the birthplace of Dog AKA Newcastle Broon). Didnt notice it said lagunitas on it. I dont understand this at all. This new recipe sucks! Newcastle was just and ugly, berry flavored beer but people loved it. they have been making this for 100 years. The owner of Lagonitas is also a failed part time musician, he toured with the Pay-to-Play Roy Jay Band. 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. Over this weekend I found one from Bold City Brewing Jacksonville, Florida, their Dukes Cold Nose Brown Ale. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Sad sad beer. Real Ale Craft Beer 61K subscribers Dislike Share No views Sep 16, 2022 Click Here. 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. So, NC Brown, who cares about you anymore, not me. Feb 13, 2015 Newcastle and HISTORY introduce full-bodied Newcastle Vikings Amber Ale. Hes a better brew master than that. Way to ruin a perfectly good beer. Although NCBA was a favorite, time to move on! On his visits to the USA, he found Shiner Bock to be the closest thing made to the Blue Star Broon Ale, Yes! 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