Newcastle Brown Ale - The Caledonian Brewery Company Limited

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rAvg: 3.36
pDev: 18.75%
Reviews: 1408
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Brewed by:
The Caledonian Brewery Company Limited

United Kingdom (Scotland)

Style | ABV
English Brown Ale | 4.70% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (1036), on-tap (288), can (79), nitro-tap (3), cask (1), growler (1).

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Reviews by Groomsy:

Groomsy

Kentucky

3.33/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Had this on-tap tonight at a local Buffalo Wild Wings. Served in a pint glass.

Appearance: Pours a deep but transparent brown with some red hues in it. ("Brown ale" about covers it.)Thin and slightly fizzy head that quickly fades to some wisps on top. Leaves some good rings around the glass at first, but there's very little lacing and head retention to be found.

Smell: Definitely a more malty smell here. Caramel is what dominates, but there is also a VERY mild hop aroma and a bit of nuttiness with some grains. Pretty standard, but nothing mindblowing. The sweetness is pretty enticing though.

Taste: Following the smell closely, malts dominate the tongue at first with a rich caramel taste. The initial taste has an almost candy-like sweetness to it, maybe too much for me. There's very little hop bite to this one, which wasn't really surprising. The aftertaste is what gets me the most about this beer: While there's a slightly metallic note, there's also an overwhelmingly nutty taste as well... almost like peanut butter? As I said about the aroma, pretty straightforward; it won't wow you or tear your face off, but it's pretty pleasing.

Mouthfeel: A little too thin for me, but decent for the style. It goes down pretty smooth but there's some coarseness in the finish that is undesirable.

Drinkability: As bad as this sounds, the blandness and sweetness of the beer make it very drinkable. Definitely could be used as a session beer if desired, I almost wanted another one just for the heck of it.

I realize that this isn't the best brown ale out there, but I had to start somewhere. Fairly standard beer across the board, very drinkable, not offensive... a good one for those who are starting with darker European styles (like myself).

Serving type: on-tap

11-07-2010 01:05:15 | More by Groomsy

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2.81/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.75

Poured from an oversized bottle into a perfect pint glass.

The head quickly settled into the body and very little residue stuck to the sides.

The aroma was earthy and mineral and decidedly British, with some alcohol in the nose. the beer is a pretty copper-ruby color.

The first taste revealed a pleasantly thick mouth-feel without much carbonation at all, a toasted bread characteristic mid palate, and then, a vinegar-esque bitterness in the finish with a taste of minerals and yeast. No alcohol taste at all. The bitterness remains.

I wouldn't slam this beer- it is full of British nostalgia, and is quite drinkable, especially deep into the six pack.

The color and mouth-feel are standouts here, making the beer almost beautiful and full bodied.
The off flavors and bitterness would be much better replaced with true hop flavor, but until then, its not a bad choice at an outdoor barbecue, or when the alternative is euro lager green or keg beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-17-2013 02:33:35 | More by andjusticeforale