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), growler (1), cask (1).

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Jason

Massachusetts

3.63/5 rDev +8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance: The head is a little fizzy, good clarity but not much in the head retention department.

Smell: Faint malt sweetness in the aroma, touch of buttery diacetyl and toasted grain too.

Taste: Modest malt flavour, low hopping but there is noticeable hop flavour of an earthy fashion. Sweetness upfront with a drying toasted grain in the back. Hint of buttery and dark fruity flavour typical to these kinds of ales.

Mouthfeel: Slick crispness in the mouth, some residual sugars forms a bit of a body.

Drinkability & Notes: A decent brown ale and that is about it, quite easy to find this beer as a good session brew. Somewhat of a cult classic in the US as well.

Serving type: bottle

01-11-2003 15:13:11 | More by Jason

Todd

Massachusetts

2.15/5 rDev -36%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

Presentation: 12 FL OZ custom clear bottle.

Appearance: Tawny/leathery brown. Nice and rich in colour with a bit of a creamy, bubbly lace of a head. Semi-sticky and seems to retain well.

Smell: Medicinal, astringent aromas. Smells crisp and clean. Most of the smells come from the funky ass Ringwood yeast.

Taste: Sweet (but not very malty) and light bodied in the begining. Toasted notes. A crispness creeps up pretty quickly followed by corn sweetness and a definite alcohol taste distinctly from the added maize grits. DMS (cooked vegetables) is also on the palate. Hop notes are leafy, a bit oily. They meld with the prominent yeast profile, that seems to dominate, to create a dryness. Brew gets a bit tea-like, then the tongue then gets coated with a light hop oil/astringent dose of residual flavours from the yeast. Finishes odd.

Notes: This brew uses corn grits, added liquid sugar and is pasteurised. Hardly a "real ale" from England. It's very much a commercial beer these days, and long gone is the age old "goodness." It's now another brew victim to global fame and demand. Despite this, it's drinkable. Not the best brew, or Brown Ale even. In fact, some might find its claimed "special flavour" hard to swallow. Newky Brown uses the tag line "The One and Only" ... let's hope so.

Serving type: bottle

10-29-2000 00:00:01 | More by Todd

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canders0927

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3/5 rDev -10.7%

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3/5 rDev -10.7%

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3/5 rDev -10.7%

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Ohio

3.75/5 rDev +11.6%

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1/5 rDev -70.2%

05-18-2013 00:22:57 | More by HisBoyElroy

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3/5 rDev -10.7%

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andjusticeforale

Connecticut

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