Yeungling to Indiana

Discussion in 'Great Lakes' started by Andy1010, Nov 17, 2016.

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  1. FBarber

    FBarber Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,325) Mar 5, 2016 Illinois
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    Speak for yourself, but I only drink the finest BA stouts after work ...

    Just kiddin' - I love drinking a good simple AAL every now and then. Yeungling has always been my favorite.
     
    #21 FBarber, Jan 13, 2017
  2. LuskusDelph

    LuskusDelph Initiate (0) May 1, 2008 New Jersey

    [QUOTE="CoeurdeLion, post: 5220681, member: ....Yeungling beer isn't going to appeal to most craft beer drinkers at all.[/QUOTE]

    That's probably true. However, what's also quite obviously true is that some "craft beer" drinkers can be fairly narrow minded. That's not intended as a dis to" craft beer" drinkers (because to be perfectly clear, I myself have been a "craft beer" since the very beginning...and arguably, even since before that tired marketing term even existed).

    My point was mainly that Yuengling, despite the fact that most of the beer they are producing is of the AAL variety, they actually show a lot more real "craft" in the production than a lot of smaller brewers that call themselves "craft" (especially in recent years). Not everyone will like what they make, but there's no question that they are quite good at what they do. I know you will neve agree with me with regard to that, but that's ok too,
    After all...it's only beer we're discussing here, isn't it....
     
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  3. CoeurdeLion

    CoeurdeLion Initiate (0) Feb 9, 2016 Indiana

    That's probably true. However, what's also quite obviously true is that some "craft beer" drinkers can be fairly narrow minded. That's not intended as a dis to" craft beer" drinkers (because to be perfectly clear, I myself have been a "craft beer" since the very beginning...and arguably, even since before that tired marketing term even existed).

    My point was mainly that Yuengling, despite the fact that most of the beer they are producing is of the AAL variety, they actually show a lot more real "craft" in the production than a lot of smaller brewers that call themselves "craft" (especially in recent years). Not everyone will like what they make, but there's no question that they are quite good at what they do. I know you will neve agree with me with regard to that, but that's ok too,
    After all...it's only beer we're discussing here, isn't it....[/QUOTE]

    I wouldn't disagree that there is brewing "craft" involved in consistently producing huge amounts of AAL -- clearly there is. I'd also agree that there is plenty of crap beer being produced by smaller breweries. My point was that another bland AAL isn't going to appeal to most craft drinkers, no matter what name is on the bottle.
     
    #23 CoeurdeLion, Jan 15, 2017
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  4. Andy1010

    Andy1010 Initiate (0) Jan 26, 2016 Indiana

    Never worked for Monarch, therefore have never been fired by them lol. Monarch is too big. From a retail point of view their customer service is terrible. One example of a dead brand, Sunking. I'm sure they are still doing will in the central Indiana/Indianapolis area but in southern Indiana I can't remember seeing a sunking tap handle at any bar in the last 6 months. I see it occasionally in bottle shops and grocery stores but it's always old and over $20 for a 12 pack(12oz). The brand has died, before Monarch there was a tap handle or two at every bar and 4 packs(16oz) were always fresh and about $8-9. At the retail level Monarch doesn't have many friends, and they have so many brands the smaller ones get lost in their portfolio. Yeungling will be a big brand for them but will die before the end of 2017. When the hype stops retailers will reduce the footprint of the brand to avoid doing business with Monarch.

    Further discussion here:

    https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/yuengling-expands-distribution-to-indiana.483179/
     
    #24 Andy1010, Jan 16, 2017
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