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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]
Newcastle Brown Ale [106] PGI (EU) 2000 Until 2007, limited to beer brewed within the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The PGI was cancelled on request of the sole producer, Scottish & Newcastle, when production was moved to Gateshead, outside of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. [106] [107] [108] Swaledale cheese: PDO (EU, UK) [e] 1996
The geographical limitations are strict: Newcastle Brown Ale was restricted to being brewed in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in England. However, having obtained this protection for their product, the brewery decided in 2004 that it would move across the river Tyne to Gateshead. As Gateshead is a separate town—albeit only the width of the ...
English brown ales range from beers such as Manns Original Brown Ale, [8] which is quite sweet and low in alcohol, to northeastern brown ale such as Newcastle Brown Ale, Double Maxim and Samuel Smith's Nut Brown Ale. North American examples include Sam Adams Brown Ale and Brooklyn Brown Ale. [citation needed] They range from deep amber to brown ...
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 ...
Maxim Brewery is now the biggest independent brewery in the North East of England. Along with the famous Double Maxim, Samson, Wards and Lambtons, the company also produces Swedish Blonde a 4.2% IPA style beer and Maximus a 6% strong Ale. [4] Maxim was first brewed in 1901 to celebrate the return of the Maxim Gun detachment from the Boer War. [5]
Heineken Ireland began marketing a pale ale, "Cute Hoor", distributed in the craft beer sections of supermarkets and off licences and without plainly identifying the brewer. Heineken also briefly deceptively marketed "Blasket Blonde", in Kerry, from March 2015 to September 2016, and "Beanntrai Bru" in Cork in August 2016, as locally-made craft ...