london66

Hi there

Has anyone else seen the Newcastle brown ale advert on tv, I was watching Discovery I think and it was on a couple of times, talks about the brown ale and the brew master - you don't see their face - shes a woman and not that pretty (this is what the advert said not me) and then finishes with a glass and the slogan Newcastle No Bollocks.

I just don't see how the Americans are going to take the slogan as they probably don't know what Bollocks is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-9KWK8MCek

Brendan

tonrob

But most of them will drink any old shit anyway so I suppose the nice people at Heineken won't suffer unduly.

sir_eccles

Not to nitpick but it doesn't say the brewmaster is an ugly woman rather "the brewmaster is not an attractive woman" as in he is not a woman.

Duncan Roberts

"because she's not an attractive woman." Doesn't sound like they are referring to a man.

sir_eccles

I could have sworn the first time I listened it said something else.

Sally Redux

I thought it was totally weird when I saw it.

"Newcastle - no bollocks" is going to make you want to drink it?

Strange non-Geordie accent also.

Peter525839

As a discerning beer drinker of 40 + years and heavily involved with CAMRA in the 70s I find the growth of NBA over here interesting
It has been my beer of choice for the last couple of years over Sam Adams etc.
At a pub in Boston last week they had it on draft and I was surprised to see how many others were drinking it. At parties I see more than a few six packs as well It is the younger crowd who are drinking it as well

tonrob

With the huge array of fantastic American beers available these days, it really does beggar belief.

Uncle Ebenezer

Disgusting stuff. I reckon it's made from bollocks.

tonrob

Bollocks that have been dipped in something really nasty. Like Newcastle Brown Ale, for example.

Peter525839

Each to his own is I believe the phrase
So what are you beers of choice and we can make fun of those
For what its worth I do support the local micro breweries, Blue Hills brewery in Canton MA is in the next town from where we live. Excellent IPA

kimilseung

On a beer related pet peeve; I am tired of asking "do you have any cask beers", then told yes, and given a list, and then get served keg.

Cask seems to just mean 'not in a bottle'.

tonrob

In many places I've been into they simply don't understand what 'cask' means. Even if they do actually serve cask beer. And if you manage to establish that they do have some then it's 50/50 whether the barkeep understands how to operate a beer engine properly. Many's the time I've had what appears to be a (far from) pint of brown milkshake plonked down in front of me.

Sally Redux

Newkie Brown does seem to have undergone an amazing revival, wasn't it rather looked down upon in the UK? I quite like it though.

Mr Weeze

Haway man, everyone needs a bottle of dog!