Editing Newcastle Brown Ale (section)

===Move to Federation Brewery, Gateshead===
Despite investing £16.6 million in a new bottling plant at the Tyne Brewery in 1999,<ref>{{cite news|page=17|title=Bobby opens Geordie bubbly|newspaper=THE JOURNAL (Newcastle, UK)|date=1 December 1999}}</ref> Scottish and Newcastle announced its closure on 22 April 2004, in order to consolidate the brewing of beer and ale at the [[Federation Brewery]] site in Dunston, [[Gateshead]], which was to pass to them with their £7.2m purchase of the Federation Brewery.<ref name=BBC3648627/> The purchase and consolidation at Dunston created the new brewing company, Newcastle Federation Breweries.<ref name=BBC4580171/>

The last production run of Brown Ale in Newcastle came off the Tyne Brewery line in May 2005.<ref name=BBC4580171/> Pre-production trial brews were conducted at Dunston to ensure there was no change in its taste after the move.<ref name=BBC4580171/>

The Tyne Brewery site was bought by a consortium of [[Newcastle University]], [[Newcastle City Council]], and the regional development agency [[One NorthEast]], as part of the wider [[Newcastle Science City]] project.<ref name=BBC4417318/> [[Demolition]] of the former brewery began on 8 March 2007.<ref name=BBC6431255/> The triggering of the controlled demolition of the former Barrack Road bottling plant opposite [[St James' Park]] was ceremonially performed by [[Sir Bobby Robson]] on 22 June 2008.<ref name=BBC7468798/>