Yuengling: What says you?

Preaching to the choir my friend.

 

I didn't say "all lagers were bad," I said the lager is bad, as in, specifically "Yeungling's traditional lager," or their lager in their lineup. That lager IS bad.

 

Cool growlers

 

One of my bros at the firehouse gets it for his kegerator...not bad on tap in an icy mug, great session beer and beats the shit out of Budweiser.

 

My very first beer I ever had was a Yuengling black and tan, so it's something I have nostalgia about, but I don't miss it. I liked it then. Well, I certainly don't hate it now, but I'm not out looking either maybe because I'm still in a discovery phase. If money gets tighter. I mean much tighter...because I'll probably always save my money for what I really want. ...Assuming we don't have a economic apocalypse like Laurence Kotlikoff warns of.

 

Like their porter and lord chesterfield(fresh on tap was nice)...the lager makes me sad though... :-(

 

Took one of their tours recently, (I live in Pottsville and work 5 blocks from the brewery) and was told they also produced Porter for "nursing mothers", of which apparently there were "many" during prohibition.

As others have said, their products are better than the BMC crowd, but pale in comparison to the craft offerings now readily available. Having said that, I won't say no if someone hands me a Yuengling lager on a hot day, and will be content to make my own black and tan with their lager (Don't care for the premium) and porter once in a while.

 

And yet you let her marry him anyhow...that's just bad brothering...didn't you know that drinking lager leads to spousal abuse? Oh wait, that's Stella...

 

People form the east coast generally tend to hype it as some rare delicacy. What you were tasting was a shitty macro-style lager. Macro style lagers generally suck, not rocket science.

 

I've never had it but I know a number of people from PA, and they all seem to say the same thing about this beer.

1. It's good, but

2. it's not that good.

Should I ever sample it I'll expect it to be a bit better than your garden-variety macro lager but nothing more.

 

When all your parents drank was Bud Lite and Corona, that first taste of Yuengling was pretty incredible.

Beyond that it's just a the best macro in the area. If you go in expecting Zombie Dust you're going to be very disappointed. But, if you're on the east coast, and in a situation that calls for drinking a macro, choose Yuengling over BMC. That's all there is to it.

 

I am from Pennsylvania and those two points pretty much sums it up.

I have no idea where this discussion about "hype" (or similar verbiage) is coming from. I have never seen Yuegngling hyped; it just is an AAL which is better than BMC type beers.

Cheers!

 

I like it better than BMCHC, nowhere near as good as Sam Adams.

 

oldest brewery mystique - that's it

 

I would like to revisit Yuengling. I went to college down South and pretty much drank Bud Light (or Bud Light Lime if I was feeling exotic) to get my buzz on. I didn't particularly care for the taste, but it was drinkable and refreshing. I didn't think you drank beer for the purpose of enjoying the beer itself. Beer was a means to an end. And then I tried Yuengling, and for the first time, I appreciated drinking a beer for the flavor. Now obviously, my palate has evolved quite a bit since then. I definitely was still a Bud Light girl for awhile before I actually discovered craft beer. But that was the first time I remember noticing a beer as something other than party juice.

Now, 5 years after that first taste of Yuengling, I'm about a year into actually really caring about beer. Who knows? I might think it's boring subpar crap now. Like I said, I'd love to try it again to see what I think now. I do remember liking it at the time, and it kind of has a special place in my heart.

 

I say it tastes like a musty basement.

 

I haven't drank it since Straub makes a way more flavorful clean tasting amber lager. Hell I even prefer the regular Straub American lager over Yuengling.

Ow and btw it's 16 bucks for a 24 pack of cans. Being two dollars cheaper than Yuengling it's no contest who my dollars vote for.

 

A pint of real craft beer(individual choice) and a Woodford Reserve beats your combo, hands down.

 

Its alright, if I am at a party and that's all they have I will have one, and enjoy it too. Much better than Coors/Miller/Bud imo.

 

I tired, I moved on. It's not bad by any means, but certainly not worthy the hype it was given when it was introduced in my state.