Looking for a new English Brown Ale

Maybe Nut Brown Ale from Samuel Smith

 

Check this list out for stuff near you: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/styles/74/
I can recommend Bell's Best Brown if you get their stuff near you

 

Have you checked out the Newcastle on draught at your local? Our Old Chicago has always had it and it most definitely isn't the one brewed by Lagunitas.

Sweetwater Georgia Brown. Have you tried it?

 

Not exactly similar to Newcastle, but Sumatra Mountain Brown is the best brown I've had.

I'm not sure when it will be released again, but its cousin Underground Mountain Brown is being released nationwide in a few weeks. UMB is an imperial version of Sumatra which also happens to be aged in bourbon barrels.

 

Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale is a great beer but way more flavorful than Newcastle. We need to come up with something bland and watery. No offense to the OP, but that's the Newcastle (lack of) flavor profile.

I'm tempted to recommend Shiner Bock and Modelo Negra. They're not English, and they're not ales, but they are brown, bland, and widely available.

 

If that's an honest opinion, then don't bother trying any of the recommendations that people will make here for brown ales brewed by any American "craft" brewers. Odds are you'll dislike a clear majority of them. I'm with the folks above who recommend imports or "macro" beer. Having said that, I think you'll have a really hard time finding a beer that's readily available that actually tastes like the previous version of Newcastle. You might have better luck looking for a new favorite in a different style rather than a real replacement. Maybe try the Hofbrau Dunkel.

 

Try Big Sky Moose Drool. Brown ales are hard to find on draught, though.

 

Along the same lines, I was actually trying to come up with an amber lager with a slight roasty edge to it, but hell, that Hofbrau Dunkel is so good that he may as well start there.

 

Certainly not in my wheelhouse but I do enjoy the darker German efforts of Red Oak here locally. If smooth, creamy, malty beers are your thing then I’d think the style would be available most everywhere.

 

Welcome to the BA site, Kacyk2. It looks like the bar has been set up for you by all of the recommendations above, so I can't add to those that are listed. Good luck on your search.

(I will reiterate one that is recommended above because I think you'll like it: Bell's Best Brown Ale. It is seasonal so you won't see it in stores yet, but it's due to show up in September and October. http://www.bellsbeer.com/beer#availability)

 

Hello Kacyk2,

Not a brown ale but Bass ale is not bitter and smooth, unfortunately not made in England any more but I think it fits the taste you are looking for and easy drinker well rounded beer.