Newcastle Brown Ale

Brewed by John Smiths (Heineken UK)
Style: Brown Ale
Tadcaster, England

Serve in Dimpled mug

A storied beer with aunique history. Unfortunately, it is rather bland

Brown/Copper body with a weak head. Quite sweet and has a caramel flavor. I get the feel that this is a candy bar. Do men eat candy bars on a Saturday evening?

Malty aroma. Bittersweet taste. Nice stuff!

The only thing I can say is that I have had better beers.

Appearance: Pours a clear, walnut brown body with a small, fizzy, pale beige head. Smell: Light, nutty nose with a vague fruitiness and a faint hint of diacetyl. Taste: Weak nutty, apple flavor with a middling sweetness and a soft buttery quality to it. Not much hop character at all. Short, abrupt finish. Mouthfeel: Light-bodied. Watery mouthfeel. Somewhat spritzy carbonation. Drinkability: Fairly bland and yawn-inducing.

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

Bottle. Brown (!) colour with small tan head. First there is almost no aroma at all, but as the beer warms up, a faint nutty and toffeish malt aroma appears, along with some grassy hops. A bit watery. A weak and somewhat bitter finish.

Maybe I just got a bad glass, but I didn’t think much of it at all. It smelled and tasted more like an english strong ale than a brown ale, but even as an english strong it wasn’t very good. No head, zero body, watery finish.