Yuengling moving into the Midwest

[Bourbon Boiler]

http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=53550

Looks like they want to market outside of the East Coast / South. This will increase my fuel economy every time I come back from Pennsylvania - there will be less weight in the trunk.

[DeanSheen]

Always been flabbergasted it is not in Ohio.

[Josh]

It's nice that they're expanding, but I'll put any Michigan Microbrew (anything from Bell's, New Holland, Arcadia, Shorts, Milking It, Jolly Pumpkin or Dark Horse anyway) up against Yuengling any day.

[unclebunk]

And is it really Yuenglings if it's not from Pennsylvania? Kinda like Rolling Rock from New Jersey. Somehow that just seems wrong to me.

[DeanSheen]

It's nice that they're expanding, but I'll put any Michigan Microbrew (anything from Bell's, New Holland, Arcadia, Shorts, Milking It, Jolly Pumpkin or Dark Horse anyway) up against Yuengling any day.

[callmeox]

And is it really Yuenglings if it's not from Pennsylvania? Kinda like Rolling Rock from New Jersey. Somehow that just seems wrong to me.

AB ruined RR when they took the production out of Latrobe, but I bet that you can't taste the difference between a Sam Adams made at one brewery from one made elsewhere.

[Josh]

Why no Founders love?

[bourduc]

Always been flabbergasted it is not in Ohio.

[DeanSheen]

What I've been told is that Ohio is one of the largest states for beer consumption, and that Yuengling could not keep up with the demand that expansion into Ohio would bring.

Just what I've heard, please don't shoot the messenger!!!

Rob

[Bourbon Boiler]

It's nice that they're expanding, but I'll put any Michigan Microbrew (anything from Bell's, New Holland, Arcadia, Shorts, Milking It, Jolly Pumpkin or Dark Horse anyway) up against Yuengling any day.

[rocky480]

It's nice that they're expanding, but I'll put any Michigan Microbrew (anything from Bell's, New Holland, Arcadia, Shorts, Milking It, Jolly Pumpkin or Dark Horse anyway) up against Yuengling any day.

[bourduc]

I don't normally consider Yuengling a microbrew, but we're almost to the point in the industry that anything not owned operated by InBev/AB or Miller-Coors has to be a micro.

I agree that Yuengling is more aligned with the big boys than the micro beers.

Since it was not available in my area I was surprised while attending an Alice In Chains concert earlier this year, that Yuengling was cheaper than Heineken and Sam Adams.

I think I may have been consumed with the fact that it was not available in my neck of the woods, so when I traveled to an area that has it, I'm all over it. Similar to the effect that Coors had on us east of the Mississippi River back in the '70's.

Rob

[Bourbon Boiler]

I've enjoyed Yuengling products ever since the college days when I used to have to drive cases back from the closet PA beer store to the MD line when I crossed it, but I've never thought of it as trying to compete against the true micros. I've always thought of it as a competetively priced alternative to the Budweisers and MGD's of the world. I wouldn't put it on the same level as a Sam Adams product, but I buy Yuengling for "every day" drinking over the comparable AB-Inbev or MillerCoors product every time.

I would lean Yuengling over most Sam Adams, but I otherwise agree. If I'm looking for the best beer of the evening, I'll pass on everything mentioned. If I'm looking for a good value, I'll take Yuengling at a $3-$4 premuim per case over the "commercial" beers. That of course assumes I'm in a state where it is available.

[SBOmarc]

Still no chance of me getting it here in SoCal. Memphis is expansion, but alas not able to make a difference.

I like it, and it's a part of my upbringing. If that is not okay with the Micro brew afficianados from other parts of the country...what can I say?

[callmeox]

I'm not much of a beer guy any more, but I still run to Erie, PA once a summer to grab a case for my friends and I. For a standard American non-specialty beer, it's darn good.

[PAspirit1]

There is definitely, for me, no better beer at that price point. But it won me over on the taste alone.

[Josh]

I wasn't saying Yuengling was a microbrew. I was being a grouchy contrarian hater. I was saying I'd rather drink one of Michigan's peerless microbrews than a cult beer from another state.

I think it's just that I don't really do "everyday beer drinking" anymore. If I'm only drinking a beer once or twice a week, I might as well just drink a quality micro.

Plus, I don't know if saying something is better than Bud or Coors is much of a complement. It's like saying syphilis is better than malaria.

[DeanSheen]

Michigan's peerless microbrews than a cult beer from another state.

[Josh]

Peerless? Thats some tasty hyperbole there!

The West Coast called and they would like to have a word........

[ODaniel]

I hope they hurry up and get it to Kentucky. I'm sick of people asking for it every single day. Some people get pissed that we don't have it, then I tell them it's the brewery's decision to distribute to certain states, then they say "Oh" and leave.

For the price, I enjoy a Yuengling. However, I would much prefer a top notch microbrew. A microbrewery is a brewery producing less than 1 million barrels (31gal=barrel=bbl) per year. I don't know how much they produce and don't feel like searching. I read Sam Adams was approaching 1mil/yr and was trying to get the law changed to 6mil/yr so they could stay "micro".

[SMOWK]

I've always found Yuengling in a can to be better than the bottle. I've had them side by side many a time, with many a people, and the can wins every time.

We (my poker buddies and I) drank Yuengling all the time for quite a while. IN the past few years, we've had numerous "skunky" batches. So much so, that a few of the guys stopped buying it altogether. I still like the Lord Chesterfield though. It really stands out as my favorite Yuengling product. And, I've never had a skunky batch of it.

Lord Chesterfield and Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout makes one hell of a black & tan!

[PAspirit1]

I hope they hurry up and get it to Kentucky. I'm sick of people asking for it every single day. Some people get pissed that we don't have it, then I tell them it's the brewery's decision to distribute to certain states, then they say "Oh" and leave.

For the price, I enjoy a Yuengling. However, I would much prefer a top notch microbrew. A microbrewery is a brewery producing less than 1 million barrels (31gal=barrel=bbl) per year. I don't know how much they produce and don't feel like searching. I read Sam Adams was approaching 1mil/yr and was trying to get the law changed to 6mil/yr so they could stay "micro".

[ODaniel]

I read, and probably many here did, that the micro-brew's share of the market has been increasing steadily for years. But if Sam Adams is declared not to be micro, than micro-brews will technically decline in popularity for the first time in a couple of decades or so.

Hmm never thought about it like that. I supposed from a statistical standpoint they will decline some, but they are still increasing steadily, which is great.

[CorvallisCracker]

Do they have any out there?

None that we're willing to share with the likes of you. :slappin:

As for Yuengling, I used to buy it a lot in Florida. It's one of the better beers in its price range. If they sold it here, and sold it for under $6 per sixpack, I'd still be buying it. Fortunately, Deschutes is frequently on sale - last month a local grocery had it for $5.85/sixpack so I stocked up.

Back in Tallahassee, Yuengling was the best tap beer at the local Hooters. Thursday eve was "Bike Night" so I and my wife would hop on the Harley and go over there to meet a couple of friends who also had bikes. I always ordered a pint of Y.

My favorite beers.

[jesskidden]

A microbrewery is a brewery producing less than 1 million barrels (31gal=barrel=bbl) per year. I don't know how much they produce and don't feel like searching. I read Sam Adams was approaching 1mil/yr and was trying to get the law changed to 6mil/yr so they could stay "micro".