Why the fascination with Yuengling?

• ptown_trojans_1

  

  Yuengling=Budweiser. The two are the same to me and I like both. In DC, we have Yuengling all over the place. It was great at first, then it short of fell as them ore I had it, the more it tasted like Bud. It's not bad, and I had one last night, but it is not great.
  Same Adams has really fallen off in my book. A few years ago, it was great. Now, I only like their seasonal ales.
  
  I'm more of a Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold fan myself though. I'd rather have that than a Bud, Yuengling or Sam.
• dat dude

  I'm with the OP. Vastly overrated.
• Sage

  

  Trash ass beer. That's why they keep it in Pennsylvania.
  
  I stick to Natural, elixir of patriots.
• I Wear Pants

  Sage wrote: Trash ass beer. That's why they keep it in Pennsylvania.
  
  I stick to Natural, elixir of patriots.

  I assume your definition of patriots is "dudes that like skanky ass beer".
• Timber

  It is oh so easy when you are dealing with widgets and hypotheticals... LOL This is why life experience is so important in business. Bigger is not always better. There is a fine line between fearing failure and epic failure by trying to expand operations too quickly... Maybe the company... as mentioned (privately owned) is happy making a profit of ????? per year. Maybe the primary owners are of an age or time in their life where a major investment in facilities is just not attractive and would take too long to recoup costs incurred... for their situation.
  
  Bigger and better mentality.... while it has created some awesome worldwide companies... it has also created many, many defunct, bankrupt companies. It is also the driving force behind our lovely mortgage backed security crisis, too much home for the income crisis.
  
  Yuengling is a fine beer... as are many others. Everyone who enjoys beer will have their certain favorite styles of beer. To knock one's taste in beers is just not worth the time, or effort for me. I have seen this same discussion in Cola's, music genres, food, blondes vs brunettes, etc. I do enjoy the back and forth conversations... it does make me laugh which is the whole point of this site... I think.
• SQ_Crazies

  

  It's a privately owned, small, FAMILY business. It's the oldest brewery in America. It's made a family rich as hell, they employ a lot of people and probably pay them very well. They don't have stockholders to answer to. They sell SO much beer, they probably make a KILLING. Why would you need to expand? The way they're doing it allows them to keep it a family business as well. Bigger isn't always better.
• sleeper

  

  Yeah private companies don't want to make as much money as possible. You guys are hilarious and so blinded by trying to prove me wrong you're not even making any sense anymore.
  
  It's okay, more money for me LOL
• SQ_Crazies

  

  Like I said, you have a lot to learn.
• Glory Days

  

  SQ_Crazies wrote: Like I said, you have a lot to learn.

  haha obviously you have never seen Sleeper's bed.
  
• LJ

  

  Glory Days wrote:

  SQ_Crazies wrote: Like I said, you have a lot to learn.

  haha obviously you have never seen Sleeper's bed.
  

  monopoly money
• SQ_Crazies

  

  I'm going to go out on the biggest limb you've ever seen and say that sleeper never makes as much money as the Yuengling family.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  I have had Yuengling on numerous occasions and wouldn't go out of my way to get it. Give me a Guinness or Sam Adams any day.
• Timber

  Why is sleeper doing his own shopping if he is rich with this cash (taking it to the bank)... Is it just so we all can have jobs bagging his groceries. that is so nice of him.
• Glory Days

  

  Sleeper's bathroom
  
  
  Sleeper's best friend
  
• sleeper

  

  LOL
• Con_Alma

  Those who have money don't want others to know. Those who want others to think they have money don't have as much as they think.
• LJ

  

  holla back bitch, i'm in the bathroom takin me a rich n**** shit
• dwccrew

  

  I have never found what the big thing about Yuengling is either. It's ok, but not so great like some people claim it to be.
• gerb131

  

  Yuengling is pretty good but its not like I hide it in the basement for special occasions.
• dlazz

  I'm surprised nobody bit on my post. I thought for sure someone would.
• krazie45

  

  Does anyone know why it's unavailable in Ohio by chance?
• krazie45

  

  dlazz wrote: I'm surprised nobody bit on my post. I thought for sure someone would.

  It's not relevant to the topic and could potentially side track it.
  
  To answer it though, I don't believe the two or comparable. It be one thing if you were comparing a certain type of marijuana, but to compare it as a whole to a type of beer just because they are both unavailable is a little misleading. People smoke weed because they use it for medicine or like to get high...sure maybe when you're in high school and to a point college it's the "cool thing to do because it's illegal" but for the most part I would disagree with your comparison.
• jordo212000

  

  I live in Marietta and some of my buddies down the hall from me talk up Yuengling big time. They go over the bridge in WV all the time to get cases. I have to admit, I don't see what all the fuss is about. I didn't think it was all that special...
• Bigdogg

  sleeper wrote: Yeah private companies don't want to make as much money as possible. You guys are hilarious and so blinded by trying to prove me wrong you're not even making any sense anymore.
  
  It's okay, more money for me LOL

  Actually all of the big brewers have tried to buy them and they have declined some very generous offers. For that reason alone it is worth drinking. I built my own mini brewing system and enjoy many different styles of beer. Yuengling is my favorite Larger and is coveted by many beer experts.
  
  Good beer is like a fine cigar or wine. Not everyone likes the finer things in life. As a brewer, I can tell you comparing a Bud to a Yuengling is like comparing some cheap supermarket wine to Dom Pérignon. A Bud contains the cheapest ingredients and adjunct fillers. Most craft beer use very expensive and quality ingredients.
• killdeer

  

  swamisez wrote: It has to be one of those scenarios where people claim to love it simply because they don't have free access to it.
  
  Yuengling is a fine beer, but seems hardly as good as many claim it is.
  
  Have any of you tried Sam Adams, Fat Tire, anything from Avery in Boulder? So many great beers yet I hear all of the Ohioans talking up Yuengling.
  
  Someone enlighten me as to its unknown novelty?

  Yuengling, yummy yummy yummy