Throckmorton
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For those of you interested, they are finally distributing Yuengling here. Just picked up a six pack at the local Publix.
Everyone back in PA loves it but to me it's only slightly better than BMC. Don't let the color fool you.
oh god, its not a good beer by any homebrew or micro standard. i prefer to drink it because its the best cheap beer. its not BMC nor is it one of those "imports". for $18, i dare you to find a better major brew.
Its not even that good
Yeah, I was born in that brewery town and still think Yuengling Lager is only slightly better than BMC. But what about the Chesterfield Ale? Anybody have that lately? It's been years since I've had it. Is the Porter any good? Again, years since I've had it. I know that the Black and Tan is a mixture of Yuengling Premium and the Porter. The Premium ruins it. They probably should have mixed the Porter with the Chesterfield Ale.
Everyone back in PA loves it but to me it's only slightly better than BMC. Don't let the color fool you.
I don't think I have ever had the premium.
i had some friends who drove an hour to get a $50 case of yuengling down there (when its <$18 here). the out of state markup is crazy sometimes... mmm....chesterfield....
the local billboards here in the area now advertise "Yuengling.............Lager's first name"Side note... word has it that a couple of years ago the local Bud salespeople were asking local bars to give out a Bud instead of the Yuengling Lager when people would walk up asking for a "lager". It never happened and that is why whenever you walk into a bar up here and ask for a "lager" your getting Yuengling.
Side note... word has it that a couple of years ago the local Bud salespeople were asking local bars to give out a Bud instead of the Yuengling Lager when people would walk up asking for a "lager". It never happened and that is why whenever you walk into a bar up here and ask for a "lager" your getting Yuengling.
They use "corn grits" in probably every style... which tells me they come from a foundation of cost-cutting (which is what makes BMC, BMC) rather than the integrity of beer we homebrewers usually look for. (Not there is anything inherently wrong with using corn.)
Did you do know that when AB and Miller and the like started using corn adjuncts (1870's) it was not to save money but to make a light colored bohemian style lager that appealled to the masses? The cost at that time was higher to use corn instead of malted barley. I am not defending or promoting BMC (hardly), just providing a little history lesson. And for the record, I think at this point it is cheaper to use corn adjuncts even if they could produce the same swill using malted barley, which they can't thus the use of corn in the first place.
If you want to learn more about it, read "Ambitious Brew - The Story of American Beer" by Maureen Ogle. It's an entertaining and enlightening read.
I know Yuengling gets a bad rap, but I like the stuff for what it is - a great cheap refreshing lager that has more taste than any of the other BMC garbage.
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