IT AIN’T BROKE, YET…
We live in an extreme world where Gen Z’s techno addiction is fuelling an incessant quest for instant gratification. As Gen Z and millennials become a larger part of the consumer population, we expect that interest in stunt- or story-based brands will intensify. Today’s hungry youth expects brands to stand up and stand out and remain dynamic to […]
Newcastle Brown Ale is fighting a common misconception about its famous British beer in a video campaign that finds the brewer reassuring its new fans that they’re not idiots. The video titled “Misconceptions,” created by creative agency Droga5, debuted here. It features several new-to-Newcastle beer drinkers learning that everything they thought about the beer was […]
Newcastle Brown Ale has joined forces with 37 other brands for the Super Bowl, cramming them all into a tongue-cheek advert that pokes fun at the hype surrounding advertisers’ efforts to exploit the popular event. Instead of shelling out millions of dollars on an ad for next month’s game, the brewer has ingeniously convinced 37 […]
Crowdfunding has produced everything from limited-edition records and books to T-shirts, health products and drone technology. To date, though, crowdfunding hasn’t cracked the biggest advertising stage in the world: that big American football game in February. The brand geniuses at Newcastle Brown Ale, who made their great beer famous during last year’s Big Game season, […]
Newcastle Brown Ale tried but failed to sneak an ad into this year’s Super Bowl after entering a thinly disguised spot for its beer into Doritos’ Crash the Super Bowl user-generated ad competition. The irreverent beer brand has posted the deliberately clunky ad online after it failed to make the grade for Doritos’ Crash the […]
For centuries, the United Kingdom has stood for togetherness, collaboration and union. After all, making the whole better than its parts is a specialty of the British. Take some of the finest cultural exports the U.K. has produced: Tea and crumpets. Bangers and mash. Lennon and McCartney. Most Brits know a thing or two about […]
Newcastle is resurrecting its popular Werewolf Blood-Red Ale, which was the top-selling imported limited edition in 2013. Like the nocturnal man-beast that serves as its namesake, Newcastle Werewolf has something of a split personality. Tear into a bottle or a pint and it mysteriously transforms — starting out smooth and mellow, then transforming to a […]
Joining the ranks of Stephen Merchant, Zachary Quinto and Elizabeth Hurley bring their personalities to the ‘Independence Eve‘ campaign for Newcastle Brown Ale. In the spots by Droga5, Quinto muses how great British actors really are, and how he – and many other great US thespians – could in actual fact be British, putting on […]
Every Independence Day, American beer companies festoon their cans with stars and stripes and exploit the nation’s strong sense of patriotism — not to mention the outcome of a 231-year-old war — to sell more beer. The makers of the famously British beer Newcastle Brown Ale think that’s bollocks, mostly because they’re British and they […]
Newcastle Brown Ale is seeking to bolster its Twitter followers as part of its latest ‘no bollocks’ marketing drive, by offering the next 50,000 followers $1 each for keeping tabs on the drinks brand. Devised by Droga5 the chequebook stratagem is a deliberate attempt to remove all pretense of fair play from the cut throat […]