Brewed in the UK at the Heineken owned, John Smiths brewery in Tadcaster, Yorkshire, UK. The beer was first brewed at the Tyne Brewery In Newcastle in 1920 but consolidation of the beer industry, first when Scottish Breweries and Newcastle Breweries merged to form Scottish and Newcastle Breweries in 1960 and then when Heineken and Carslberg bought S&N in 2008 culminated in production of the beer in Tadcaster.
http://newcastlebrown.com/ (interesting web site with lots of flash videos)
Bought and drunk at the Hard Rock cafe in the theater district, Houston, TX where Patricia and I ate at light dinner before going to watch a performance at TUTS of Dolly Parton's musical 9 to 5.
The beer did not have the body or the bold taste I was expecting, in fact I was rather disappointed by the taste. It was pleasant enough compared to some of the other options available at the Hard Rock but I was expecting more. In one sense the beer performed it's job in that it very adequately washed down the many flavors that came with the appetizer sampler.
A little bit of trivia. I ate and drank at the very first Hard Rock cafe in London in the early 1970's. They had the best hamburgers in town. Then they started to get popular and well known and there was always a line to get in so I stopped going. I don't queue for food, there is always somewhere else to eat, usually just as good but without the line.
Oh, yes. The musical was fun. Not much of a story and a little slow at the beginning, but still a lot of fun and plenty to laugh at.
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