Try as I might, there is no chance of getting the heavenly stuff out here in the west..

I spent six months in Charleston,SC back in '03 and was introduced to the stuff at a local watering hole. Some mighty tasty suds. Seems that this beer is ONLY sold in 13 eastcoast states and nowhere else. I know, we've tried anywhere and everywhere to get some sent out here..no go!

Ah well, I suppose if it was as easy as running down to the local Circle K and picking up a 6 pack it wouldn't have that "special" feeling the rare times we are able to get a couple.

Anyone else on here enjoy this brew?

Dry mouthed out here in partched AZ..

About the best stuff I ever drank.

I drink it fairly regularly. It's one of my go-to beers.

ABSOLUTELY..!!!

For once, I can brag that we have something in Alabama. The pale lager is very good as is the dark. I like both.

Good stuff! We didnt get it in GA for a long time even though stores in surrounding SC, AL and FL stocked it. There was a petition going around the internet that everyone was signing called "Bring Yeungling to GA". I dont know if that really had anything to do with it coming here or not, but a few months after I saw and signed the petition, Yeungling indeed came to GA. Maybe yall out to give that a try in your state!!

I'm guessing you are talking about Lager or Black and Tan. Both wonderful PA beers. Another favorite of mine is Straubs, from St Marys. it's lighter and sweeter, totally different from the full flavor Yuenglings. Yuengling makes another caledl Premium, which is better now than it used to be, but still not a favorite.
When I used to go to a hunting camp up near White Deer, we would go down to a bar about midweek to get some different food and a beer. There was no drinking in camp. The guys I hunted with were Dutchmen, and were men of firmly held opinions. We went in and ordered our food and one of the guys asked for a bottle of Black and Tan. The bartender looked at him and said, "Now looky here Dutchie, you're gonna drink the last five bottles of that Yuengling Premium that I got last year for you guys, before you drink anything else." Premium was not a big seller back then.
Gotta Love Lager, a bowl of Wheaties in every bottle.
Bfly

Great Beer

Very good beer. One of my favorites.

I don't drink it a whole lot, but now and then...and I live here in Pottsville...the home of Yuengling. My parents owned two bars here from 1950 to 1975 and I know Dick Jr very well. I have many friends that work at both the old and new bottling plants. Dick Jr is a great businessman but a very hard person to work for...can be very arrogant. He raised his daughters to be just like him...difficult. My youngest son drinks the Premium beer. Dick is expanding the company...slowly. He wants to "sneak" up on the big boys...like I said, he is a sharp businessman and is flying under the radar. He did NOT inherit the company like many think....he had to buy it from his father...and his daughters will do the same, which is why he has them deep into the business. Dick Jr. ain't no office-n-tie guy as he frequently works out on the floor driving fork-trucks and "rollin" barrels. He is one owner who knows what is going on in his company. Just to show how ballsy this guy is he thumbed his nose at the union shop and "bought-out" every employee to vote the union out...offered better pay and benefits if they vote the union out...and the employees did just that. He did it very openly stating it's his company and he will do whatever he wants. It is illegal as hell...but Dick did not care one bit....and guess what..........the union went away silently. Dick made good on his promise too. I can tell stories about D.G. Yuengling and Son all day long. He does brew some very good beer and it's a shame he don't grow the company faster...but he owes $$ to nobody and several times told much larger brewing companies interested in buying him out to screw off. I respect him for that.

Another great Pennsylvania brewer is the Victory Brewing Co. They have an outstanding collection of beers.

Well tell Dick to start selling out here in AZ!! There are a few of us who thoroughly enjoy his product but cannot get it unless someone we know makes a trip east and brings us back a 6 pack..

We've gone to all the big name wine/spirit stores out here and they all say the same.."they (yuengling) refuse to sell outside of their small eastcoast range". Seems we aren't the only ones who have tried.

Lucky devils!

I will put the bug in Dick Jr's. ear but don't hold your breath. Know any trustworthy long haul truckers navigating interstate 78 or 80/81?

Unfortunately not, Woodrow.. I don't know any truckers personally..

Reason I brought this up was that I had a coworker that had a business meeting to attend in Atlanta for the week and we made sure he brought us back a 6 pack on his return a few days back.. Prior, I hadn't had a yuengling in probably 4 years before then.. And before that, I had it most daily whilst I had 6 months to kill back in '03 in Charleston, SC.

One of my more fond memories (along with the Charleston beauties I shared a few with) of the eastern coastine..

I have the distinct advantage of living within 40miles of where the stuff is made.

And there are two kinds of watering hole around here...

Those that serve "Vitamin Y" (usually on draft) and those that are no longer in buisness.

And while my brother can get the stuff in the community of unwashed heathen where he now lives (Casper Wyoming)
whenever I make the trip out there there is areserves spot in my truck for four or five cases of the blessed elixir to make the trip with me...

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I always enjoy a visit to one of my best friends place at Orange Beach, Alabama. Seems at his beach house he always keeps a good supply of Ice Cold Yuengling beer. I don't see it here in Texas. Goes down really smooth watching the sun set on the beach.

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Originally posted by tiggertate:
Another great Pennsylvania brewer is the Victory Brewing Co. They have an outstanding collection of beers.

I've never had Victory's beer but Yuengling is a damn fine beer. I really wish I/we could get it in Texas.

OTOH I think Rolling Rock tastes terrible and that is my polite description.

Someone know what variety the Dark is and/or post a photo of the label.

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Originally posted by Woodrow S:
Dick Jr. ain't no office-n-tie guy as he frequently works out on the floor driving fork-trucks and "rollin" barrels. He is one owner who knows what is going on in his company.

I can vouch for that statement. My neighbor and I took a brewery tour a few years ago. Near the end, the tour guide told us to look to our right. She said see the guy in the crisp longsleeve shirt with his tie tucked in between the buttons? That's Dick Yuengling himself! He was filling in on the box line for a worker who went to Good Friday's stations of the cross. I had a new found respect for the name Yuengling after witnessing that. How many other CEO's would be out playing golf on a sunny April Friday holiday afternoon? Not Dick.

Having 2 cups of brewery fresh beer in their tasting room after the tour was a distinct pleasure. The plastic cups...not so much.

Gatogordo: Plus one on Rolling Rock. Yuck. But then I'm kind of spoiled living out here on the Microbrew Coast ...

The dark stuff can be either Black and Tan which, I think, is Premium and Porter mixed or can be can be just Porter.
My Grandad was hurt in a steel mill accident where he was knocked off a power pole by a short of heavy direct current that ran a ladle. The Dr. told him to drink a bottle of beer and a bottle of Porter every day. He mixed them and had half for breakfast and half for dinner every day until about three months before he died. It was two weeks before his hundredth birthday. Vitamin Y, good for what ales you!
Bfly

Good stuff, Black Fly.. I guess I'd better get on finding me a seller of "Y" out here soon and get a headstart on the fountain of youth!

You guys are making me thirsty!

Oh good, I't St. Patrick's day....

lets get irish drunk



peter

Oh aye, proper drunk....

oh but that is irish traveling drunk, i wont be able to stand for a week after, ok since it is you

peter

I grew up just outside of Philly in Bucks County, and moved back to the area in August of last year. Yuengling was the beer we always drank.

When I moved to VA in 1999, I couldn't get the stuff, but then it slowly made its way down there. Then Yuengling either bought or took over a brewery in Florida, and started selling to Disney and other southern states. It would be ashame if the beer wasn't eventually distributed to all of the Union...

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Originally posted by Woodrow S:
Dick Jr. ain't no office-n-tie guy as he frequently works out on the floor driving fork-trucks and "rollin" barrels. He is one owner who knows what is going on in his company.

I can vouch for that statement. My neighbor and I took a brewery tour a few years ago. Near the end, the tour guide told us to look to our right. She said see the guy in the crisp longsleeve shirt with his tie tucked in between the buttons? That's Dick Yuengling himself! He was filling in on the box line for a worker who went to Good Friday's stations of the cross. I had a new found respect for the name Yuengling after witnessing that. How many other CEO's would be out playing golf on a sunny April Friday holiday afternoon? Not Dick.

Having 2 cups of brewery fresh beer in their tasting room after the tour was a distinct pleasure. The plastic cups...not so much.

There is an old Sicilian proverb that translates roughly to: The Best fertilizer for a Vinyard is the owners footprint"

It is a philosophy that Dick apparrently is familiar with.

"Porter" is as dark as Yuengling gets
"Black & Tan" is a mix of their Porter and Lager

Around here if you simply ask for "lager" a glass of Yuengling is what you get.

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Originally posted by Gatogordo:
OTOH I think Rolling Rock tastes terrible and that is my polite description.

Rolling Rock is no longer made in PA. Anheiser Busch (Budweiser) bought the brand and closed the Latrobe brewery. It is now made in New Jersey. No I have no good reason to drink it.

Yuengling is good stuff, the only beer I drink, but only a sixpack or two a year. You can't buy beer at a grocery store or convenience store here, and I never remember to go to the beer store.

I was told a few years ago that any beer that made any significant inroad in to the market in general was quietly bought up by Budweiser and became part of their empire.

Not sure where the new European owners are on that business technique.

All we Drink

I'm one of those that can't buy the stuff locally, but for the last two years I get a couple cases from a friend that goes home to PA twice a year or so... It's damnded good beer. I actually considered having a few semi-loads trucked over here to WI as we love our beer in this part of the country and I doubt you'd be able to keep it in stock.

Drinking a Black and Tan as I type this.

Cheers Y'all

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I'm afraid I'll be taking a contrary view, not to mention reopening an older thread to do so. As a resident of the beer Mecca of the Pacific Northwest, I am not a fan of Yuengling. Their offerings are just not to my personal tastes. Many is the time when on the East Coast I've found it (or Blue Moon) to be the only beers resembling micro brews on tap. So, I do drink it, but find myself a bit disappointed.

As my taste runs more to the heavily hopped IPAs, I understand I could be in the minority. Also, we are spoiled out here in that even supermarkets and many convenience stores carry a good variety of micros.