Newcastle Brown Ale

Brewed by Dunston (S&N, Heineken)
Style: Brown Ale
Gateshead,, England

Pours B... with large offwhite head. Matly aroma, malty flavor (feels a bit artificial) with a bitter finish. Carbonation is stingy on the tongue and a bit unpleasant. Watery palate.

A dark amber beer with a hoppy aroma. Good creamy head that lasts. A little bitter to drink, but has good depth. Not bad, but I wouldn’t want more than 1 or 2 at a time.

Well, I have no real complaints about this beer. Decent enough caramel taste with a decent amount of hops thrown in. Drinkable.

Overall Impression: A nice balanced beer that is one of the better Macro(ish) options at many places. A solid, tasty brew, that looks even better when you are at a bar/restaurant where the options are something like: various BMC options, maybe a Killian’s, a Heineken, and this.

Tap @ Social NYC: Pours a clear amber/ brown, not much head to speak of. Nose is light, maybe some sweet malts? Taste is mild, some complexity between bitter and sweet although very thin. Overall very drinkable.

Reddish brown color with a thin white head. Skunky aroma. A sweet caramel flavor with a slightly bitter finish. I’ve had better.

Bottled and on tap. Brown with off.white head. Aroma of malt. Flavor is caramel with a nice balance of dryness.

Bottled. Poured clear, medium reddish-brown with a short-lived cap of white head. The aroma opened with notes of skunk, followed by sweet caramel and nutty sugars.. warmth brought out some brown sugar and vanilla.. the skunk never did go away, though. The flavor had sweet, tacky caramel and vanilla at the core with a quick hit of spicy earth and a whole lot more sweetness on the edges.. finished dry with nutty notes and skunk. Lighter-bodied and very sweet on the palate with high, prickly carbonation.. went down easily, but too sweet, and the clear bottle didn’t help.