Thursday 5 April 2012

Newcastle Brown Ale

Right on the cutting edge of craft brewing technology, this blog, what with reviewing a mass produced commonly available ale seemingly brewed by Heineken and such like.

Took me a moment to work out what was wrong with this photo, but indeed the bottle is totally clear. Not sure how that works? Beer is pretty damn brown though, bit more fizzy than I was expecting, very low head that evaporates instantly. Smells mostly of bittering hops. Oh boy.

The taste has a little bit more going for it, there's notes of caramel and very slight nut under a pretty drinkable lid. Still slightly too fizzy, bit aggressive early for my liking particularly for this style. Bit of bitterness but it's all  a bit characterless and watery.

A check of the label and yes it contains glucose syrup, caramel, and carbon dioxide. Still, as these things go, I've had far worse. 4.0

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