Names and Phrases
In 2000, the beer was renamed "Newcastle Brown" with the "Ale" being removed from the front label. This change, only in the UK, was due to market research claiming that the term "ale" was outdated and costing the company sales in the youth drinking markets. The older name was reinstated with no fanfare in 2004, when it was realised that the change had made no difference to sales.
Geordies know Newcastle Brown Ale as "Dog" (alluding to the British euphemism of seeing a man about a dog) or Broon (Geordie accent for 'Brown'). Elsewhere in the UK it is known as 'Newkie Brown'.
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