tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post6338562190501947880..comments2024-03-28T13:20:29.156-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: I drank a bottle of Newcastle Brown - and I liked itRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-22646381059991115102022-06-08T09:35:45.654-07:002022-06-08T09:35:45.654-07:00Newcastle was my favorite beer for many years, but...Newcastle was my favorite beer for many years, but I can't bring one to my lips anymore.<br />Here in the USA it's brewed by Lagunitas in California (at least the last time I looked).<br /><br />It's not even a cooking beer anymore. Yet another good beer turned awful by large <br />breweries consolidating.<br /><br />P.S. Thanks for the posts! I enjoy them and I've brewed a few of the recipes. They've<br />been spot-on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-74223199302863429752022-06-07T09:38:45.544-07:002022-06-07T09:38:45.544-07:00I seem to remember once reading that Newcastle Br...I seem to remember once reading that Newcastle Brown was originally a blend of two beers - obviously not any more? The only major UK brewery still making blended beers that I know of is Greene King.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-75672584823706367332022-06-06T20:17:06.440-07:002022-06-06T20:17:06.440-07:00I haven't had it in many years, but I seem to ...I haven't had it in many years, but I seem to recall Doom Bar being fairly inoffensive. What about it doesn't appeal to you, Ron?O.C. Palmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-31116953659028731032022-06-06T16:20:54.004-07:002022-06-06T16:20:54.004-07:00The bottles on sale in the UK declare it's sti...The bottles on sale in the UK declare it's still brewed in the UK.Martyn Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843357962176591317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-47839813570836456072022-06-06T12:27:57.065-07:002022-06-06T12:27:57.065-07:00It's only good for cooking sausages in or maki...It's only good for cooking sausages in or making pies with. The classic example of "cooking beer". Used to be quite nice in the 70s and early 80s but it's garbage now in the UK. Full of malt extract, sugar and general nastiness. Ciaranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17246710673904166561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-14737789889735835222022-06-06T07:42:29.454-07:002022-06-06T07:42:29.454-07:00I had a bottle recently as it was the only thing o...I had a bottle recently as it was the only thing on offer in a steakhouse other than poor lagers. It was better than I remember it was about 10 years ago (when it was truly horrible) but not a patch on what it was like when I used to drink it in the 1980's - Newkie being the goto drink in any pub where the cask was poor or non existent back then.<br /><br />Last time I did some work with HUK, which must be 8-10 years ago now, I was told it was no longer brewed at Taddy but in the Netherlands! Don't know if they were pulling my leg.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16004629156666937633noreply@blogger.com