Phlicker
also know as @PhillyBeerGuy
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D.G. Yuengling & Son, holder of the title "America's Oldest Brewery™", and currently second to the Boston Beer Co. (Sam Adams) in the "America's Largest Brewery Actually Owned By Americans" category, is a local favorite in these parts. Their flagship product is so popular at local watering holes that customers simply order it by requesting a "Lager." Much like Sam Adams Boston Lager in the New England (and other) states, Yuengling Traditional Lager is the one beer you can count on being on tap in places that typically shun craft beer in favor of the more mainstream BMC offerings, making it a go-to for me and many other beer geeks in the area. While not really considered to be "craft" brewers in the strict sense, Yuengling's portfolio of traditional styles are all well made, local, and affordable. Each year during the holidays they release a "Variety Case" that features one 6 Pack of each of the following: Traditional Lager, Light Lager, Black & Tan, and Lord Chesterfield Ale. An illustration of four dogs at a bar, found on the case, was taken from an original print that was hanging in the brewery. This year I picked up the case to have some "regular" beer on hand for holiday visitors:
Last year, Yuengling re-introduced their Bock Beer as a regional draft-only offering in February. This came on the heels of other "Old Line" brewers reviving their spring seasonals that had died off in the 1950's-1970's (see my Genny Bock review). This year for the first time they released it in 12 oz. bottles, so I decided to buy a case of that as well. Earlier on I had picked up a 6-pack of their Dark-Brewed Porter, as the nights were getting cold and it had been awhile since I had any, so it suddenly dawned on me that I had 6 of the brewery's 8 offerings in my fridge (minus their regular Premium and Light lines). It also made me realize that it had been quite awhile since I did an "Old Man Beer" review in these parts, and with that I decided to set a bottle of each of these aside for reviewing purposes. In this thread over the coming weeks (as time permits), I will review the following:
Last year, Yuengling re-introduced their Bock Beer as a regional draft-only offering in February. This came on the heels of other "Old Line" brewers reviving their spring seasonals that had died off in the 1950's-1970's (see my Genny Bock review). This year for the first time they released it in 12 oz. bottles, so I decided to buy a case of that as well. Earlier on I had picked up a 6-pack of their Dark-Brewed Porter, as the nights were getting cold and it had been awhile since I had any, so it suddenly dawned on me that I had 6 of the brewery's 8 offerings in my fridge (minus their regular Premium and Light lines). It also made me realize that it had been quite awhile since I did an "Old Man Beer" review in these parts, and with that I decided to set a bottle of each of these aside for reviewing purposes. In this thread over the coming weeks (as time permits), I will review the following:
- Yuengling Traditional Lager: Reviewed 02/01/2010
- Yuengling Light Lager
- Lord Chesterfield Ale
- Yuengling Black & Tan
- Dark-Brewed Porter
- Yuengling Bock Beer
. But I am still looking for the real recipe I would love to make my own at home. To me there is no beer like Yuengling and anything they will or would produce will be crap or taste of it for the matter. And as far as being the second under Sam Adams to me the only reason why they are first is because they have the stock traded open to the public, Yuengling you cant buy any of it (I tried). But seriously this has to be the best tasting beer I have ever tried and trust me I tried alot from diff breweries and nothing compares
