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Newcastle Brown Ale is a brown ale, originally brewed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. [2] It was launched in 1927 by Colonel Jim Porter after three years of development. The 1960 merger of Newcastle Breweries with Scottish Brewers afforded the beer national distribution, and UK sales peaked in the early 1970s. [ 3 ]
It currently brews and packages the ale brands John Smith's Original, John Smith's Extra Smooth and Newcastle Brown Ale, and the lager brands Foster's, Kronenbourg 1664 (Kronenbourg is a Carlsberg-owned brand brewed under license by Heineken in the UK), [60] Amstel and Tiger. [61] [62]
Since mid-2007, Heineken has taken ownership of former S&N International brands such as Strongbow and Bulmers ciders and John Smith's and Newcastle Brown Ale beers. [9] With the part acquisition of Scottish and Newcastle in 2007/2008, Heineken became the third-largest brewer based on revenues, behind the Belgian-Brazilian AB InBev and the ...
The Theakston Brewery was acquired by Matthew Brown following disagreements between members of the family and other shareholders. Scottish & Newcastle acquired Matthew Brown in 1987. Theakston left in 1988, and after a hiatus of more than a year purchased the North Yorkshire Malt Roasting Company, originally part of the former Lightfoot's ...
Newcastle Brown Ale; John Smith's; Websters; The Hofmeister brand was a 3.2% abv pale lager produced by Scottish Courage (later Scottish & Newcastle) from the 1980s to 2003. [26] [27] The brand was marketed in the 1980s with a series of advertisements featuring a bear, George, with a shiny, yellow jacket and a pork pie hat. [28]
Summit (4.2% ABV) - A cask-conditioned pale ale Barista Stout (4.2% ABV) - A nitrogen infused, coffee flavoured stout Pale (4.5% ABV) – A hoppy, cold filtered and unpasteurised pale ale Best Bitter (3.8% ABV) was awarded First Prize in the 1910 London Brewers Exhibition. [citation needed] XB (4.5% ABV) - A stronger bitter Mild (3.5% ABV) - A ...
Newcastle Brown Ale is a brand of dark brown ale. It has been brewed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, since 1927 by Newcastle Breweries, now a part of Scottish and Newcastle. Newcastle Brown Ale has been granted Protected Geographical Indication status by the EU. In August 2005, Scottish and Newcastle closed the Tyne Brewery, the last ...
After the war, Porter returned to Newcastle Breweries. [2] The company's directors became aware of the rising demand for bottled beer in the early 1920s and they asked their brewers to begin developing a new product. As assistant brewer, Porter worked alongside the firm's chief chemist, Archie Jones, to create a new formula: Newcastle Brown Ale ...