Newcastle Brown Ale "Newcastle Cabbie" as part of an Anti-Drunk Driving campaign. Newcastle Exhibition is a draught pasteurised keg beer (4.3% ABV) first introduced in 1929 and commonly found around the Newcastle area. Newcastle Amber Ale (1032 OG) was a light ale available until the 1980s. It was a diluted version of Exhibition. Amber Ale and a much stronger aged stock beer were formerly blended to create Newcastle Brown Ale. This method was discontinued sometime before the brand was moved to Dunston. Newcastle Star was a strong bottled beer (7.5% ABV) available from 1999 to 2006. In 2010, Heineken USA launched Newcastle Summer
Burton Ale and "needed cellaring for months before serving, and ... it almost certainly had some degree of secondary fermentation going on during that time – sour beers aren’t a new or strictly continental-European thing". At least in London the terms Burton Ale and old ale were interchangeable, but compared to other old ales and barley wines Burton Ale is distinctively dark, sweet and fruity. Old Burton is a strong version of Burton Ale. Allsopp’s Arctic Ale was originally 11.24% ABV. Old Burton was referenced in The Wind in the Willows: "The Rat, meanwhile, was busy examining the label on one of