Stongcastle - Excuse Me....?

OK, so I must have missed this one. Or perhaps I noticed it, but am just too much of a traditionalist to have given it much notice. Anyway, it seems that a couple of years ago - this is an older article - the idea of mixing half Newcastle Brown Ale and half Strongbow Cider - 50/50 - came into vogue - the results being a Stongcastle. No, I have not tried it, but I will. 
I know a Strongcastle sound rather weird, but imagine the reaction to the dude - or dudette - who mixed the first Black & Tan. Click here for the story.