Operation Urgent Fury was never as bad as the New New Castle Brown Ale. Long time drinker of Newcastle is going to find something else to drink. Thats not a thing anymore. What a high recommendation it is not terrible! mtn MegaDork 2/7/20 1:31 p.m. In my opinion, the entire decision tree who decided to change the original to this new bitter undrinkable crap should be terminated or demoted to janitor. 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. Who cares, your still making money and if selling elsewhere, then why not keep importing it to the US? We've cut our emissions when making our beers and ciders by 68% since 2008. In fact. This is terrible tastes like longboard. 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. The new recipe taste just like Budweiser. NOT. You have entered an incorrect email address! SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER. Feel like Ive lost a friend. newcastle has been growing in availability and popularity in midwest now it has been changed into a mass produced overly hoppy run of the mill home brew Folks didnt like kale at first either (yet were nothing like that weird leafy green), so cmon, give us another go! This over powering Roast Flavor that lingers. Never again and no Heineken or lugie water either ! While some may . Newcastle was good, now I would literally buy Seltzers, Not your fathers bullshit and just plain fucking dick on a platter. Major miss by your executive team. The new recipe is very disappointing. That hard to do for a true beer drinker. Theyre all slowly becoming like trash. I would love to experience the old and true brew one more time. One day I wake up and La Gunitas and some European-ass-fucking-corporated-fucks destroy one of the few things that make the working man happy. Please post.. Flat Tire is the closest ale I could find. Its not even close. After over a decade of loyal New Castle consumption I am not drinking this hoppy domestic crap! Its possible and I heard that too. My OTHER fave is Anheuser/Busch Amber Bockits considered a dark lager, but has a real taste that I like. They should change the name because it in no way resembles the NEWCASTLE we all loved. This recipe is nowhere near as smooth as it used to be. I wii pour the rest to the chickens. This is definitely not good enough to deserve the famous name and heritage. Boy did lagunitas screw this up. Will never buy this beer again: unless the old one is brought back. Thank you for a genuinely well-constructed blog post. It now tastes like all the other shit beers on the market! You ruined my favorite beer. Hell, if I just wanted to drink alcohol, and didnt care about the flavor, Id use sugar, water, and yeast. Nothing redeemable about it!!! Newcastle had a distinctive individuality. Just adding my 2 cents with my negative comment. What sort of ego driven dolt, has the balls to think that they can improve on an established favorite? Newcastle Brown Ale 330ml Can. After reading all the comments here, I sure hope the US version stays south of the border. Very sad. Wont be buying any more. Just aweful stuff. And it was hideous. Newcastle was my favorite beer for well over 25 years. Terrible!! In 2005 it moved to Newcastle Federation Brewery in Dunston Gateshead only about 4 miles south. Anyway, one final comment. If anyone has any suggestions for something better or a better match, please feel free to reply to this note and let me know. Share your NEW finds and screw Heineken. Maybe one of our friends from the great white north can confirm for us? NEWCASTLE WEBSITE. Newcastle has been my favorite beer for years. I havent had a beer in well over a year while giving up alcohol in solidarity for my wife while she was pregnant. Production in the Netherlands was only for export to USA Newcastle is Newcastle. The provisions of this Policy apply to all such mobile access and use of mobile devices. Newcastle was once a GREAT fish & chips beer. Anyways, if any of you fine beer drinkers hear of any efforts to bring the original Newcastle back, like a gofundme, march to Heineken headquarters, etc, please post here. Newcastle was just and ugly, berry flavored beer but people loved it. Just one day in the fridge and it peels right off the bottle. This Privacy Policy sets forth the privacy principles we follow, in accordance with our operations. Has anyone found a way to get real Newcastle in the US yet? The old recipe was fantastic. Newcastle Brown Ales packaging received a modernized update. I am very disappointed with the new beer, its terrible and I wont purchase any more unless it goes back to the original formula. Im not a fan of hoppy. Nothing wrong with that but dont call it Newcastle. Overall, a terrible decision. Thanks for finding this article from 2015. I will be looking for the Kilt Lifter and give it a go. Newcastle Brown is paler and drier than the Southern version, and uses only crystal malt with the pale malt base. I actually was look online to see if there was any recalls as of late when I noticed not only was it brewed in the USA but they changed the recipe? The response,sorry you feel that way blah blah blah. If you can find it, Shiner Bock is nice too, but we have a hard time finding it in California (its out of Texas). 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. I am now in a (rather expensive) search for a replacement. I have been drinking it for around 40years. I have been reading this thread for probably a year now and contributed early on and here is a solution. No frills, slightly sweet, and beautiful on a hot summer day. Menu. And I will not drink this nor will I EVER buy a lugintas product for the rest of my life. No wonder why you dont see it that much in the stores nowdays! t will never buy anything again from a fly by night outfit that just messed up the one and only. Shame on you!!!!! There are now only 10 million beers selling across the US. Then I looked it up. This was prior to the kilning process that we know today. By no means am I disparaging lemonade stand owners with that comment. Bring back the real Broon! in Drink Beer. I guess Heineken has taken on the Apple mentality. This is NOT even close to what Newcastle used to taste like. or Best Offer. So Heineken is in the process of destroying New Castle Brown Ale. That ended today when i purchased a six pack in their new packaging. They have ruined a great drink Drinking my first of the new New Castle Brown Ale right now and..IT IS TERRIBLE!!!! I wont be drinking New Castle anymore, stupid change on your part!!! You killed my favorite beer HEY NEWCASTLE! Why, why, why did Heineken choose Newcastle to change. What have you done?!? P.S. I will not be drinking this pig swill from Lagunitas that is masquerading as Newcastle Brown. Sad day indeed. I knew there was trouble when HEINEKEN stopped producing the Newcastle mini kegs. Newcastle Brown Ale is a brand of dark brown ale. So I went out to our local liquor store a bought all their stock of 3-12 packs, then went to the grocery store and bought 2-12 packs, then to the last store and bought their remaining 1-12 pack so now I have 6- 12 packs which should last me about 6 months. Never buying newcastle ever again. Please change the receipe back. By the way, the new packaging is as cheap and shitty as your beer! This is a complete travesty. I remember back in the 1990s there was a wonderful brewery called Petes Wicked Ale. I did not realize that it would be the last Newcastles I would ever drink. I dont understand the Big FUSS over IPAs. Im trying to be nice Here is the supposed reason for the sad and bad flavor change: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-31196933. First they stopped importing Tuborg Gold They changed Coke. Could not finish the second and poured on the ground. Is there any way you could continue offering the old New Castle Nut Brown Ale? Lagunitas are making the same mistake Coca Cola made with New Coke. Just bought my usual three cases (3 bottles a day with a good maduro cigar) at Wine Plus, Laguna Hills, Southern California, my regular booze emporium for the last three years ($24.99 a case). Tried new once drank half a bottle poored the rest into the sink and never bought this shit again. This is not new news. After that I guess Im SOL! Reimagined the classic blah blah blah. I found this link from a new poster. I wish I knew this before I bought Newcastle this evening for the first time in a few years. What is Heineken thinking? GARBAGE beer. Its terrible. So it probably isnt. I have been drinking NBA for more than 20 years. Bottom line, I wont buy it anymore, they have lost a long term, loyal customer. Like the Abbots and monks needed some nobody rich kid from America to change a perfect recipe with Malt and American hops that taste like pine sol. Given the latest cancer research, you made a good decision. It was the best beer after Guinness Stout and this recipe change was certainly not for the better. We want our old Newcastle back you assholes!! Thats what the new recipe tastes like to me. I think it sucks. Wrong! 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. Good luck finding it (its around) but its the treat I wish I had to wash down this new stuff . Newcastle Brown Ale is getting a facelift. I kept saying, why does this Newcastle taste like shit? Thank you for ruining my favorite beer. For those who are still looking for an acceptable replacement to Newcastle This reintroduced Newcastle blows! Hard to find traditional real English ales in the US these days. The new brewery has added hops because apparently the average US beer consumer is so obsessed with bitterness that a traditional English brown ale was too radical flavor or something. What a waste! This is a new beer all together! It tastes nothing like the sweeter, yeasty/bready, non-bitter Newcastle from England that I used to love. We still get the original English brewed version in Canada. OMG. This new recipe sucks. HORRIBLE TASTE. Shame on you all. This new recipe sucks! With its release in 1925, Newcastle Brown Ale set the stage for the success and future popularity of the style. Its trash. Why would Heineken be stupid enough to allow some dim bulb, wannabe brewer, to tinker with the recipe? Which is all to say: if youre a beer nut, make the pilgrimage to Lagunitas. All they care about is profit. I have been drinking the one and only for over 25 years.I cant stomach this bitter, hoppy taste labeled as Newcastle.it is not Newcastle! One taste and Im spluttering, cursing and mad as hell. I went by today and there was another six. Please!?! I bought a 12 pack of the new Newcastle not realizing the change had been made. Than I drank one.WHAT THE HELL IS THIS! You will lose all sales and profits in this New Coke blunder. I read through the comments and it appears there is no one who likes it. So why buy this? Why not ship me the Newcastle I like and serve this new crap to people who like beer that tastes like stale bark and dirt and call it something else? This new stuff is a horrible!!!! So I googled it and learned the truth. Just take what you have and give it to someone you dont like and search for a worthy replacement. This was my favorite beer for 15 years! [] Lagunitas Now Brews Newcastle Brown Ale Hows it Taste? I cant see how sales had slumped if everyone that drinks it is complaining. I have never had leftover beers with the old Recipe Avoid. I had not bought in a whilehad looked for the old brown box and just didnt see it..found it finally in yellowkinda wish I hadnt. Very dissapointed with the new product. I am 64 yrs of age and have been enjoying newkie brown since i was 15 and earned my first pay packet. I poured the remaining bottles down the drain as well. WTF I had my first Broon Ale in the UK in 1978. When you find a good beer that compares to the old BCA, please let me know. Check Availability. Total ass-hat move by these guys. It has been live for over 6 weeks and only 54 have signed. Why? Hey EVERYBODY!!! I didnt read them all but i did read enough to say I dont think theres one positive review here. Most Recent Top Raters Highest Score Rated By Ticked By 3.3 tontalus (1527) - - DEC 26, 2022 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. Previously I was concerned when my brown ale go to beverage moved from the UK to the Netherlands. Sad, disappointed, pissed off. Not too sweet. Some one seriously needs their asses kicked for this. If thats what I was looking for thats what Id by. They ruined it! I doubt the corporate idiot decision makers ever read these responses but if they do, kiss my ass goodbye from your products.. Fuck you lagunitas, Im wondering if the US version uses the original recipe. Heres a hashtag to trend But hopefully others find your post helpful. Quite messing with good recipes. The person that posted right after you included this link to a petition. Somebody owes me $15 bucks for this new scam. Just purchased a 12 pack thinking new look only big surprise. So Heineken, you and your new NCBA crap, take a hike! To the contrary, Lagunitas Master Brewer Jeremy Marshal pointed out that the Chicago brewery uses a British-style house yeast. Unfortunately, LCBO and The Beer Store are out of it and I have no idea when theyll get more in. the other guy. I complained to the management of Safeway until they moved it further down the shelf. Fullers is still brewed in the original location and style. As with all the other commentors, Im moving on from this. Sometimes you can find Kiltlifter at Tamuras. I scarfed them up. Boycott new castle. Thanks alot for Never Notifying a Loyal NBA Drinker Since 1983 and I like everyone else well never buy this New NBA beer again. What is going on with the new label?! Thats because production has moved from the Netherlands to the U.S., where Chicagos Lagunitas Brewery will now make the beer under a new recipe. 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