Newcastle Brown Ale:
‘Ello luvs, and welcome back to our little jaunt through the land of beer, pretzels, and brats and…damn I’m getting hungry.  Alright, let keep this short ‘cause I’ve got an appetite all the sudden and typing doesn’t fill the belly.  Newcastle, a name that should evoke thoughts of merry ole England with the knights of a table with measured by Pi and a good ole English Brown Ale.  To me this beer is one of knowing how to drink it with most people drinking this straight ice cold from the cooler/fridge/tap and its taste is average at best and gets dismissed as another beer.  You see, the secret to this beer is letting it warm up, hell it even says right there on the bottle to let it warm up to 45 degrees when consuming and really, I say it should be more like red wine and be in the 60-65 degree range in order to let the flavors come out.  The beer was consumed from a bottle and while the dark red amber color is apparent, the carbonation is not that noticeable and the nose, while faint, is of dark fruits and malts.  The beers taste is a uniform semi-sweet raisin and roasted malt flavor that stays just south of the “bold” line and delivers a really enjoyable beer consumption experience with a back end that is rather mellow and malty.  I really try to recommend this beer to as many people as I can but, like Guinness, it divides people like nothing else out there and that’s a shame.  Seriously people, just try this once if you haven’t before and follow my advice (at least let the beer get to the bottle’s suggested temperature) and I think you’ll end up liking this beer.