Editing Newcastle Brown Ale (section)

===Move to John Smith's Brewery, Tadcaster===
Bottling of Newcastle Brown Ale moved to the [[John Smith's Brewery]] in [[Tadcaster]], North Yorkshire, in 2007.<ref name=BBCTVNews13Oct09 />

Heineken bought Scottish and Newcastle in a joint deal with [[Carlsberg Group|Carlsberg]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carlsberg and Heineken buy Scottish & Newcastle |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=4195730&page=1|access-date=13 December 2020|publisher=ABC News}}</ref>

In 2010, Scottish and Newcastle closed the Dunston brewery, moving production of Brown Ale to the John Smiths Brewery in Tadcaster.<ref name=BBC8304274 /> The company cited the general fall in the market for beer, over-capacity in its plants in general, and the fact that the Dunston site was operating at just 60% capacity—despite the fact that sales of Newcastle Brown Ale had never been higher—as reasons for the closure.<ref name=BBC8304274 /><ref name="ncl" /><ref name=BBC8632846 />

In 2015, the caramel colouring, which has been used since the beer was launched,<ref>{{cite web|title=Newcastle Brown Ale Will Stop Using Caramel Coloring, Start Using Roasted Malts Instead|url=https://firstwefeast.com/drink/2015/02/newcastle-brown-ale-will-stop-using-caramel-coloring-start-using-roasted-malts-instead|access-date=13 December 2020|website=First We Feast}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=7 February 2015|title=Newcastle Brown Ale: Recipe change amid US colouring concerns|agency=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-31196933|access-date=13 December 2020}}</ref><!-- specifically, the next citation states that it formerly used roasted malt. --> was removed for health reasons.<ref name="usatoday.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/01/26/newcastle-ale-heineken-beer-brewer-caramel-coloring/22371053/|title=Newcastle removing caramel coloring|website=[[USA Today]] |access-date=6 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112054136/http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/01/26/newcastle-ale-heineken-beer-brewer-caramel-coloring/22371053/|archive-date=12 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Instead, roasted malt was used to darken the beer.<ref name="usatoday.com" />