Newcastle Brown Ale to be a failure, as he had actually been attempting to recreate Bass ale. The original beer had an original gravity of 1060º and was 6.25 ABV, and it sold at a premium price of 9 shillings for a dozen pint bottles. Newcastle Brown Ale went into production at Tyne Brewery in 1927, with Newcastle Breweries having occupied the site since 1890, with brewing on the site dating back to 1868. The blue star logo was introduced to the Newcastle Brown Ale bottle in 1928, the year after the beer was launched. The five points of the star represent the
Burton Ale the direction of Henry Allsopp, 1st Baron Hindlip. The catalogue of The Great Exhibition in 1851 advertised: In 1853 the firm opened a depot in London in which year an 18 gallon cask of "Allsopp's Strong (the Old Burton) Ale" cost 45s, compared to 30s for pale ale and 33s for mild ale. "Well into the 19th century, Bass had six different versions of Burton Ale, ranging from 6% to 10.5% in strength. Bass No 1 ... is labelled a barley wine but is in fact the last-remaining example of Bass's Burton Ales." In 1876 Bass obtained the first two