I find everything made by Sam Adams unremarkable. It's just OK, and I'll drink it in a pinch. All hype IMNSHO.
Yuengling
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I find everything made by Sam Adams unremarkable. It's just OK, and I'll drink it in a pinch. All hype IMNSHO.
I agree that "all natural" is a meaningless BS marketing ploy. However, USDA organic (follows fairly strict guidelines) is the real deal. It is NOT a craze I assure you. Some of the highly processed non-organic garbage (unfit for human consumption IMO) that passes as "food" out there is intentionally or unintentionally concocted to kill you over time via nasty chronic maladies they can cause. Many conventionally produced veggies and fruit I would never ever consume (due to high pesticide and herbicide content); non-organic potatoes and strawberries to name just two.
Just found Straub’s lager, from St. Mary’s, Pa., in my Bucks County grocery store. O frabjous day!
Not true.
Sam Adams is all malt and uses quality hops, rather than adjuncts like corn and rice. All malt beers are just more expensive since malted barley costs more.
Yuengling uses adjuncts, but I suspect it’s a lower percentage of the mash than Bud/Miller/Coors. Really cheap beers are almost all adjuncts like corn, and that’s why some of them taste like the water in a can of corn.
Yuengling has a brewery in Tampa and most bars in south Florida have it on tap. I sometimes drink it
but it is the beer of choice for many of my friends. I also have friends in Pa. that prefer it. They must
be doing something right.
O'Brien's in San Diego. Also have it at Toronado. These places have been in the beer game since the 1990s and have longstanding relationships with the brewery. So they always have it on tap and get all the other good stuff when it is released.
Here is a Yuengling can I drank from in the 1970's at Penn State, and part of my can collection from the 70's, when it was just known as Yuengling beer. I don't think the Amber Lager, Chesterfield Ale or Porter existed at the time. It was just regular local swill at that time. Not as bad as the worst beer I ever had, Schaefer, which I tried to drink at $4 a case, but only could down 2 of them before giving the rest of the case away. You get what you pay for.
Lager came out in 1986. Porter and Chesterfield have been around for many years, but it’s likely that their distribution and production was very limited in the 70’s as Yuengling as a whole was not very popular.Here is a Yuengling can I drank from in the 1970's at Penn State, and part of my can collection from the 70's, when it was just known as Yuengling beer. I don't think the Amber Lager, Chesterfield Ale or Porter existed at the time. It was just regular local swill at that time. Not as bad as the worst beer I ever had, Schaefer, which I tried to drink at $4 a case, but only could down 2 of them before giving the rest of the case away. You get what you pay for.
The old recipe is now the Premium, barring some tweaks that have likely been made over the years.
Here is a Yuengling can I drank from in the 1970's at Penn State, and part of my can collection from the 70's, when it was just known as Yuengling beer. I don't think the Amber Lager, Chesterfield Ale or Porter existed at the time. It was just regular local swill at that time. Not as bad as the worst beer I ever had, Schaefer, which I tried to drink at $4 a case, but only could down 2 of them before giving the rest of the case away. You get what you pay for.
That was known as the "robin's egg" can among my compadres.
Yuengling has been around since before baseball. It was what the coal miner and the average working shlub drank back in the Coal Region after all the other local breweries shut their doors, such as Columbia, Kaier's and F&S. It became the only local brand around and it was cheap. I'm old enough to remember $0.35 drafts at a corner bar and I'm not an old guy. It didn't really take off until they came out with the Lager style and that was extremely popular in Philly and the Shore. It was a tastier choice than Bud or Miller. The craft phenomenon hadn't hit yet and people liked it and it wasn't going to be a big drain on your wallet for a night.
I don't remember them marketing the stuff as some upper-end beer for yuppies, it just kinda worked out that way. Lager was a more flavorful option then their "premium" style which I agree, is not great but it was the ubiquitous beer of choice for the local guy. Now you're lucky if you can find Yueng Premium in a bar outside of Schuylkill Co. If you ask for a Yuengling, in most places they're pouring you a Lager. Yueng has a place in the hearts of old coal crackers who moved away and if they're out for a drink and it's available they're going to buy it and recommend it to their friends. For everybody shizzing on the stuff I understand it's not some elixir of the gods, but that's why there are other choices to be had if you don't enjoy it. It was always in the house back where I came from.
I was not introduced to the Porter and Ale until slightly after 1980 when visiting friends in Allentown. I lived fairly close to the brewery (Hazleton) in the early 90's and took a tour with my wife and toddler daughter at the time, which was led by one of the daughters, I think it was Wendt. I used to buy the Porter and Ale by the case, returnables of course, at the local beer distributor. I still am a fan of the Porter, but it does give me gas. In college at Penn State, we always considered Yuengling crappy beer along the lines of Iron City, etc. I drank what I considered a slight grade above such as Genny Cream, Blatz, etc. and of course a box of Rocks at the Skellar.
Blatz?!?!?!?!?! Hands down, the worst beer I ever had in my life. Went to a friend’s house from college one weekend. He had a 12 pack of that stuff. I had two, acquired a miserably splitting headache instantly, then fell asleep for 12 hours.
I live 20 minutes from the brewery. I loathed the stuff since high school. It's monkey piss. Even when we were scraping together money to buy a case between friends, we would choose a case of Blatz over Yuengling. The man's name suits him well, Dick, and he treats his employees rotten. I'll buy craft before that stuff.
Was your friend named Bill Cosby?
Here is a Yuengling can I drank from in the 1970's at Penn State, and part of my can collection from the 70's, when it was just known as Yuengling beer. I don't think the Amber Lager, Chesterfield Ale or Porter existed at the time. It was just regular local swill at that time. Not as bad as the worst beer I ever had, Schaefer, which I tried to drink at $4 a case, but only could down 2 of them before giving the rest of the case away. You get what you pay for.
Your math is terrible. Can from 150 year plus 1829 = 1979. Thier beer
were yuengling premium ( pilsner) , Chesterfield ale, and Porter.
Lol, you’ve been saying as much for 15+ years. Personally, I’m convinced you somehow drank a bad batch, but, whatever.
We used to bring beer to the beach, but the girls kept getting sand in their Schlitz. I’ll show myself out....
Very true. We drank Old Milwaukee as our cheap, go to beer. And for parties, always had kegs of the Bull. Got you wasted much quicker
Are they still making it without preservatives?
One of my PSU friends was from St Mary’s and knew the owners. We approached them to try and market it in the NYC area, the way RR got marketed here and took off, before the sale. This was before the craft explosion. They showed some interest and I started to apply for city and state distribution licenses. And then they backed out and decided they weren’t interested. I really think it would have done well in the NYC area.
Osprey Lion said:
No one is surprised that people who make bad friend choices would also make bad beer choices.
Not surprised... Yuengling is the beer equivalent of Pitt.
Am I describing Yuengling or Pitt?
- Regional brand, that many across the country have never even heard of.
- The brand is only chosen if no better option is available, it's never the first choice.
- Fans of it pretend that it's awesome, but deep down know it sucks and wish they had a better brand
- Has never won an NCAA national title
- Commonly found in delivery pizza joints
- Is led by a dick
I was once somewhat of a beer aficionado, I drank many of the best highly rated, high to very high ABV ales and lagers. However esophageal problems have limited me to 2-3 5% or lower beers at a time. Yuengling lager has been my very enjoyable choice since then. As a side note, in my middling years of beer enjoyment I preferred ales to lagers by a wide margin, but had gradually moved to appreciating lagers before my health problem.
I've tried it and a friend of mine works for New Belgium, but I prefer Yuengling. Different strokes...
Wandering Spectator
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I’m a big fan of Yuengling but I do recall growing up that it was considered swill. When they reintroduced Lager in 1987, everything changed for them.
I tell everyone that I must have the anti-hop gene because I can’t stand bitter, hoppy beer.
I just toured the brewery for the first time and loved it.
Here’s my writeup about it.
wanderingspectator.wordpress.com
I tell everyone that I must have the anti-hop gene because I can’t stand bitter, hoppy beer.
I just toured the brewery for the first time and loved it.
Here’s my writeup about it.
Yuengling – “The right beer at the right time”
While visiting Scranton, we had the opportunity to make a quick trip down I-81 to Pottsville to visit America’s Oldest Continuously Operated Brewery, Yuengling. I’ll admit, I’ve p…
wanderingspectator.wordpress.com
I’m a big fan of Yuengling but I do recall growing up that it was considered swill. When they reintroduced Lager in 1987, everything changed for them.
I tell everyone that I must have the anti-hop gene because I can’t stand bitter, hoppy beer.
I just toured the brewery for the first time and loved it.
Here’s my writeup about it.
Yuengling – “The right beer at the right time”
While visiting Scranton, we had the opportunity to make a quick trip down I-81 to Pottsville to visit America’s Oldest Continuously Operated Brewery, Yuengling. I’ll admit, I’ve p…
Great article. Thanks for sharing. I took the tour a couple years ago. On that day Dick was running a fork truck in the plant. I truly respect his hands on approach to running the business. Since it was introduced Lager had been my favorite beer. A buddy and I recently started brewing, we just produced a lager clone that honestly tastes pretty dam close. In a blind taste test I can’t tell the difference.
Solid article. Having lived in the Skook for many years I have a familiarity and affection for what the Yuenglings accomplished. Dick in particular understood his roots and endeavored to make the locals know he appreciated them.I’m a big fan of Yuengling but I do recall growing up that it was considered swill. When they reintroduced Lager in 1987, everything changed for them.
I tell everyone that I must have the anti-hop gene because I can’t stand bitter, hoppy beer.
I just toured the brewery for the first time and loved it.
Here’s my writeup about it.
Yuengling – “The right beer at the right time”
While visiting Scranton, we had the opportunity to make a quick trip down I-81 to Pottsville to visit America’s Oldest Continuously Operated Brewery, Yuengling. I’ll admit, I’ve p…
Always consistent and better from the can than the bottle, Lager as it’s referred to ( go into any taproom left in the area or anywhere they sell Yuengling and just ask for a Lager ) is what we refer to as the style of beer our fathers drank when listening to Phillies games at night on the radio or after doing yard work through the summer.
There are other excellent beers from the region as well, Stegmaier Lager and Lionshead Pilsner ( brewed now in the same facility in Wilkes Barre ) are other beers with long histories.
First beer I ever LOVED! (probably because I couldn't get it for a few years)
Their Black and Tan seems to be the only on in its niche. I like having one every once in a while or starting with it and going lighter next. I also use it in a recipe I got once out of Midwest Living (a number of their states' governors offered different recipes) to first roast short ribs in the B&T with some spices, then use the drippings to other ingredients to make a smoky barbecue sauce.
Fist time I ever had Fat Tire was at a friend’s wedding, on tap. Ended up absolutely hammered. Talking jibberish in half sentences type of hammered. A good time was had by all (mostly at my expense)!!!
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