I love Belgian beers. Chimay, Duvel, Bud Light, Gulden Drak, etc.

furiousxgeorge +1

dark side of the moon: Please correct me if I'm wrong (for I know nothing of beer), but my husband and I toured the Coors factory in Golden, CO a couple weeks ago and I thought they said they had merged with Miller

miller is owned by SABmiller, a south african company. in the US, SABMiller and MolsonCoors have a joint venture, MillerCoors, to sell their beers. so, no, but kinda

It's time for another edition of "post the most obscure beer you can find, and scoff with derision at people who like beers you have actually heard of!"

kronicfeld: Bring Fat Tire to D.C. goddammit

screw that. you have troegs and victory just a couple hours up the interstates. their beers are better.

Please, please, please allow Yuengling to distribute in CT.

Also, the brewery/pub/restaurant that I frequent is busier than ever. We like to poke fun at people walking around with a Bud there. I mean, shiat man, you've got like 40 tasty, hand-made-on-the-premises beer and you're drinking Clydesdale piss?

Also, I bought a 6 of Stone's Levitation a few months back on a whim, and it was really good.

Barbigazi: I don't understand what people see in Yuengling, it's a generic regional beer. It's alright but I wouldn't suggest it to anyone as a great beer.

I think it's pretty good, and I lived in Wisconsin. I mean, it's no Spotted Cow; but I like it a lot, and everyone around here has it on tap.

Barbigazi: I don't understand what people see in Yuengling, it's a generic regional beer. It's alright but I wouldn't suggest it to anyone as a great beer.

you're right, but they make mainstream beers at mainstream prices that are actually good. so you can spend the price of bud, or less, to get a beer that's better than bud or coors or miller.

plus you're supporting small-town USA

Barbigazi: I don't understand what people see in Yuengling, it's a generic regional beer. It's alright but I wouldn't suggest it to anyone as a great beer.

Yeah, I've never been a huge fan, but if it's the same price as Bud Light at a bar, I'll take Yuengling every time.

Yuengling is like an ever-popular go-to brew. It's got good flavor, it's dependable, it's inexpensive, and here in Pennsylvania, it's as common as Bud Light. I don't recall ever visiting a bar here that didn't have Yuengling Lager. And when I'm out and about downtown, it's nice to interrupt the $11 martinis at Privado with a $2 (Yuengling) lager from Molly's.

It doesn't really compare to Troegs or ABC, but it isn't meant to. Yuengling cranks out a consistent, inexpensive lager that goes with anything. It's priced so that working-class families can afford to have something better than Coors at their 4th of July cookout without having to break the bank.

PROTIP: When visiting any given Pennsylvania bar, if you ask for a "lager", the bartender will assume you mean a Yuengling lager. If you ask for a "Yuengling Lager", he will know you are a tourist and will punch you in the face. Repeatedly.

Barbigazi: I don't understand what people see in Yuengling, it's a generic regional beer. It's alright but I wouldn't suggest it to anyone as a great beer.

It isn't meant to be the best beer ever brewed. It's good and it's inexpensive. It's arguably the best of the "cheap" beers. Given Pennsylvania's nature as a rural, blue-collar, low- to moderate-income state, Yuengling provides the state with affordable, fresh beer that tastes better than Bud Light, Coors, Keystone, or any of the other discount brands.

I know others have already said this, but I feel obligated.

In fact, I'm going to stop at ABC on the way home and pick up a six-pack.

(er, I meant Sandwich Man. Keys are all right next to each other)

Yuengling isn't craft beer. It is a regional brewery that mass produces beer.

Lager is better than other comparable offerings because:

1. It doesn't have that same bright yellow color.
2. It tastes better.
3. It costs the same or less.

Yuengling is still around? I thought Anakin killed all of them.

Can I haz beer snob thread?

Yuengling Light is a damn good light beer.

99 cal vs. bud light at 110 and it tastes great

can't go wrong

Gettin' me a quarter keg of Yuengling tomorrow to go with a bushel of crabs. It's what summer is all about.

/having a few friends over
//you're not invited

We can't get it here...


:(

rmz: It's time for another edition of "post the most obscure beer you can find, and scoff with derision at people who like beers you have actually heard of!"

You gotta love beer snob threads. Not as snooty as pork rind snobs and not as angry as hot dog snobs.

kindms: Yuengling Light is a damn good light beer.

99 cal vs. bud light at 110 and it tastes great

can't go wrong

You honestly care about the caloric content of your beer?

/Yuengling is the best of the cheapies

I get it for $16.99/case at Costco, how the fark can you beat that kind of value?
It's widely available, but not common to see it in bars in New York, though, I know of a couple of spots that have it on tap.

ElQue: Meh, I'll stick to northwest breweries:

I'm sooooooo happy to be visiting PDX right now.

It appears to be the last corner of the country that hasn't been infected with the need to brew tons of Belgian beers

udeng01: Gettin' me a quarter keg of Yuengling tomorrow to go with a bushel of crabs. It's what summer is all about.

/having a few friends over
//you're not invited

Crabs? *sob* I miss Md.

udeng01: Gettin' me a quarter keg of Yuengling tomorrow to go with a bushel of crabs. It's what summer is all about.

/having a few friends over
//you're not invited


mmmm...old bay seasoning and yuengling....god i can't wait to get out east this august.

/WI here
//will drink a LOT of Spotted Cow this weekend

Schuylkill County rocks... any area that knows what comes after 462 is cool
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Barbigazi: serial_crusher: Huh, I didn't realize Bud was foreign owned now. I remember going to Busch Gardens some number of years ago and hearing a great propaganda spiel about how they were better than those Canadian bastards at Miller.

Funnily enough they've kicked the jingoism into high gear since being bought by Inbev.

Would you prefer your American Lager to be Brazilian-Belgian or South African-Canadian?

vernonFL: Yuengling is good. Most bars around here (Maryland) have it.

I don't think they have it west of PA, do they?

I know its in Ohio and Indiana. Maybe in Southern WI.

vernonFL: Barbigazi: I've been enjoying Dale's.

Dale's Pale Ale is the best beer in a can.

Agreed and currently my favorite IPA.

I used to love her, but it's all over now

Had a buddy who brought back several cases to Colorado. Think he shared one bottle? Fark no. I am still holding a grudge.

Trying again

rmz: It's time for another edition of "post the most obscure beer you can find, and scoff with derision at people who like beers you have actually heard of!"

I used to like Yuengling, but I've gotten snobbier, and I don't really drink it anymore. The thing is, local brews like Yuengling are becoming popular with the people who used to be all about the boring beer.

It's a good thing. The whole miller/bud thing is a remnant of prohibition (only the biggest survived), and the explosion of regional and craft brewing is a return to the natural order.

Has anyone had Nebraska Brewing's Hop God? I'm nursing a bottle right now and I'm not really loving it. Decent, but not amazing. Also, at 10% abv, I'm getting goofy.

/Light weight
//Once, I could drink like a real man

LandOfChocolate: vernonFL: Barbigazi: I've been enjoying Dale's.

Dale's Pale Ale is the best beer in a can.

Agreed and currently my favorite IPA.

Whoa that's a tall order buddy, what other IPAs do you enjoy? I've always seen Dave's but after getting burned by 21 Amendment I've been wary of craft-can brew.

I'm force carbonating my first keg of beer currently \o/

American Lawnmower lager with czech pilsener hops I dry hopped with simcoe hops.

/didn't remember to release the extra CO2 before drawing a sample
//cleaned beer whipped cream off celling

ChubbyTiger: kindms: Yuengling Light is a damn good light beer.

99 cal vs. bud light at 110 and it tastes great

can't go wrong

You honestly care about the caloric content of your beer?

/Yuengling is the best of the cheapies

not really but the factoid surprised me. plus i drink a lot of beer and it does add up after a while

Barbigazi: I was in Tucson recently and had a good local beer. At least the first 6-pack was good, the second one hadn't been capped properly.

Nimbus?

I am currently drinking this ...



... so I'm getting a kick out of your replies.

Horse Head Bookends: Had a buddy who brought back several cases to Colorado. Think he shared one bottle? Fark no. I am still holding a grudge.

Really? You're lusting after Yuengling when you live in Colorado?

When I went to Kent State in Ohio, we'd take the 1hr drive into PA to get cases upon cases of Yuengling and we'd store them in a large grocery store fridge we had access too. It was always pretty neat to walk in the store, go behind the cooler, grab a case of Yuengling and walk out without paying. Quietly sold a few of them for well over market value too.

It's a solid, tasty lager and now that I'm living in NY, it's at my fingertips. I'm inspired now, inspired to buy a case of yuengling and get silly.

Who's with me?


/here's to hoping Ohio and Indiana get it soon
//those poor Milwaukee's Best drinking bastards

I've licked tastier assholes than yuengling lager. I can't see how people can drink that stuff.

Sierra Nevada is all the beer there is.

wee: kronicfeld: Bring Fat Tire to D.C. goddammit.

You have nectar of the gods like Yuengling and you want to make a bad aftertaste that won't go away with Fat Tire? Fat Tire? Really?

Yeungling's ok, but it's not THAT great. Nectar of the Gods would be something like... well, most of the stuff Ommegang makes... though had a few things from Brooklyn Brewery last week that would give them a run for their money too.

Off to Pearl St for some truly local beer!

Yuengling could change the world. It is nearly as cheap as Busch. But you can drink it! It's actually pretty good. Busch beer guys - you don't have to suffer. You can actually have real beer for not much cash.

Yuengling is a bright star in the world of beer. A cheap beer that is actually good. I brought some to a fellow beer snob buddy of mine. I said "try this". He said "Hm not bad I guess." Then I told him how much it was for a case. At that moment he was enlightened. A cheap beer that actually tastes like beer.

It is one of my favorite parts of a trip to PA. I'm in OH - they don't sell it here. I'm going camping here in a week or two. Can't wait to stop by the big beer store and grab a couple of cases. Couple for the campsite and a couple to bring home.

Loves me some Yuengling.

ElQue: Meh, I'll stick to northwest breweries:

Word:

floor9: PROTIP: When visiting any given Pennsylvania bar, if you ask for a "lager", the bartender will assume you mean a Yuengling lager.

Is this true? The only place I've ever heard of this is radio ads for Yuengling. It sounds like the start of a customerssuck.com post.

Putter: Whoa that's a tall order buddy, what other IPAs do you enjoy? I've always seen Dave's but after getting burned by 21 Amendment I've been wary of craft-can brew.

Favorites:

Dogfish 60 minute
Firestore Walker Union Jack
Ninkasi Total Domination
Stone IPA / Pale

Which 21st amendment did you have? I thought their ipa/pale was decent.

Vitamin Y, you say?

Barbigazi: pwhp_67: We can't get it here...


:(

I was in Tucson recently and had a good local beer. At least the first 6-pack was good, the second one hadn't been capped properly.

Sounds like Nimbus. We have two other breweries, but I don't think they sell bottles (only kegs and/or growlers).

mellokind: Sierra Nevada is all the beer there is.


That pisswater? Ugh...

I'm drinking (last drops) a Troegenator, and I support this.

Oh, basemetal, what are the rules on mailing booze?

I could drop a 4-pack of cans I suppose.

But then they might skunk.

LandOfChocolate: Horse Head Bookends: Had a buddy who brought back several cases to Colorado. Think he shared one bottle? Fark no. I am still holding a grudge.

Really? You're lusting after Yuengling when you live in Colorado

Lust is an aweful strong word to describe my feelings. Besides, we all want what we can't have.

Ashelth: I'm force carbonating my first keg of beer currently \o/

American Lawnmower lager with czech pilsener hops I dry hopped with simcoe hops.

/didn't remember to release the extra CO2 before drawing a sample
//cleaned beer whipped cream off celling

congrats, welcome to the addiction...currently have 7 kegs filled and 3 different batches in bottles...I need help

Heathen: Ashelth: I'm force carbonating my first keg of beer currently \o/

American Lawnmower lager with czech pilsener hops I dry hopped with simcoe hops.

/didn't remember to release the extra CO2 before drawing a sample
//cleaned beer whipped cream off celling

congrats, welcome to the addiction...currently have 7 kegs filled and 3 different batches in bottles...I need help

If by help, you mean help drinking said beer, I proudly volunteer my services.

mitchcumstein1: Personally, I'm a pretty big fan of the second largest brewery in Missouri.

It's nice to see it mentioned on Fark, finally.

I typically lurk the beer threads, and never see it. Great stuff. Their Tank 7 is my current favorite.

wee: kronicfeld: Bring Fat Tire to D.C. goddammit.

You have nectar of the gods like Yuengling and you want to make a bad aftertaste that won't go away with Fat Tire? Fat Tire? Really?

my Californians and i will send you Fat Tire if you send us Yuengling.

/deal?
//deal

udeng01: Gettin' me a quarter keg of Yuengling tomorrow to go with a bushel of crabs. It's what summer is all about.

/having a few friends over
//you're not invited

Damn you. shakes fist

Broktun | In the Maryland sticks

Horse Head Bookends:
If by help, you mean help drinking said beer, I proudly volunteer my services.

If you make it down to Vegas there is always a chance you might get lucky. 50 Gallons of beer can't be wrong...weeeeeeeeeeeeee

I just picked up a 30-bottle case at the local distributor for $16.99. This was slightly less than a case of Coors Light, Bud Light, and damn near everything else in the store. Milwaukee's Best was $14.99, Gold Lager was $13.99, and there was a terrifying line of "Pennsylvania Style" beers for $9.99. FOR THE CASE.

You can not buy a better lager in this price range. Period. Not happening. You may be able to get close, but you won't get it nearly as fresh.

People who complain about Yuengling have unrealistic expectations. Comparing Yuengling Lager (the only Yuengling as far as I'm concerned) to any given craft micro is like comparing a Ford Focus to a Bugatti Veyron.

Broktun: udeng01: Gettin' me a quarter keg of Yuengling tomorrow to go with a bushel of crabs. It's what summer is all about.

/having a few friends over
//you're not invited

Damn you. shakes fist

Broktun | In the Maryland sticks

Kidding about the damn you, enjoy.

Broktun | I'm still shaking my tiny fist.

I'm drinking a Yuengling right now so I'm getting a kick, etc.

umm...I think our household is one of the prime reasons for the 'Ling success. SWMBO loves her some Yuengling.

eagles95: vernonFL: Yuengling is good. Most bars around here (Maryland) have it.

I don't think they have it west of PA, do they?

I know its in Ohio and Indiana. Maybe in Southern WI.

It is not sold in Ohio. I own a bar, I would know...

ElwoodCuse: Is this true? The only place I've ever heard of this is radio ads for Yuengling. It sounds like the start of a customerssuck.com post.

I'm not kidding. In fact, where I grew up (Berwick and the surrounding areas), if you walk into a bar and ask for a lager OTHER than a Yuengling, you will get some pretty nasty glares. They might let you get away with a Coors -- maybe -- but that's it.

For good beers I jump the border to Wisconsin to some good New Glarus beers like Spotted Cow and Fat Squirrel.

For a good cheap beer, Grain Belt Premium or Grain Belt Nordeast fit the bill. They are light, really good on hot summer days. They are best of their class but not the best overall.

Great thing about working in Virginia for 6 months? I could get Yeungling AND Shiner Bock.
/Not a snob, just have my favorites.
//Actually had a kick-arse time there.

Lord Chesterfield, Porter, Black and Tan, miss it, not available here.

MGD 64. Love it. I am doing my best to keep them afloat.

I haven't had a chance to brew in a while and have had to buy the commercial stuff the past couple of weeks.

While it's a nice change, I'm going broke.

Budweiser tastes like I imagine Clydesdale piss would. Yuengling is not spectacular beer, but it is respectable inexpensive Pilsner, and in fact there's half a case in my kitchen right now. (I drank the other half.) Perhaps even non-snobbish beer drinkers are figuring out that if a beer doesn't taste good there's not much point in choking it down.

/and then there's Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout...

just_dis_guy: Yuengling is not spectacular beer, but it is respectable inexpensive Pilsner,

No it isn't

Farty McPooPants: Great thing about working in Virginia for 6 months? I could get Yeungling AND Shiner Bock.
/Not a snob, just have my favorites.
//Actually had a kick-arse time there.

I didn't realize that you couldn't get Yuengling everywhere; went to a party in Vermont and brought a case of Yuengling black 'n' tan, it was gone the first evening and all the people not from VA/MD/DE wanted to know where to get more. It's apparently not sold in VT (we tried to find it...)

mitchcumstein1: Personally, I'm a pretty big fan of the second largest brewery in Missouri.

Agreed. Their Smokestack series is nothing short of amazing. Some of the best beer I've ever drank.

ElwoodCuse: floor9: PROTIP: When visiting any given Pennsylvania bar, if you ask for a "lager", the bartender will assume you mean a Yuengling lager.

Is this true? The only place I've ever heard of this is radio ads for Yuengling. It sounds like the start of a customerssuck.com post.

(it's true)

ElwoodCuse: floor9: PROTIP: When visiting any given Pennsylvania bar, if you ask for a "lager", the bartender will assume you mean a Yuengling lager.

Is this true? The only place I've ever heard of this is radio ads for Yuengling. It sounds like the start of a customerssuck.com post.

It is true, and the custom predates the ads.

/the thing about getting funny looks for asking for a yuengling or a yuengling lager is BS though.
//seriously avoid "Yuengling Premium Beer" though.
///Yuengling Porter and Black and Tan are underappreciated.
////Yes, I know the Black and Tan is made with the Premium Beer, shut up.

Thunderpipes: MGD 64. Love it. I am doing my best to keep them afloat.

[not sure if serious]

kindms: Yuengling Light is a damn good light beer.

99 cal vs. bud light at 110 and it tastes great

can't go wrong

Yuengling is the best of the cheap beers, by far.

Its my cut-off. Anything below that i dont even bother drinking.

OK, GODDAMIT. I'm SO sick of these farking beer-snob threads.

You ALL live in your parents basement, none of you can tell the difference between a mop and a p*ssy, and you all drink Schaeffer.

Now STFU, and get back to folding Moms laundry...

rmz: Thunderpipes: MGD 64. Love it. I am doing my best to keep them afloat.

[not sure if serious]

Course I am. Let me guess, low calorie American beer makes me a Redneck? I should drink "Gay Pale Ale Number 5 Fudgeback Mountain Girl" because you think it is neat?

Well then call me a Redneck. Yee haa! I do drive a Mustang and own a gun.

It's funny Fark should mention Yuengling, because I'm currently pouring Yuengling into my belly while reading Fark. Roll on, Friday.

Also, the cross-country Yuengling / Fat Tire trade could be a lucrative business for the rogue distributor. Those who normally can't get one or the other due to geographic location tend to hold Yuengling or Fat Tire up as the ultimate score. I fall into the category of "I will punch a weary west-coast eastward traveler in his/her face and take the Fat Tire in his/her car trunk"

Also, for the locals, anyone else think Lager has been more ricey-tasting lately? Like closer to a PBR?

/further sampling of each will be required

I wish we could get it in Missouri. Last time I was in Tennessee I brought back two cases.

However, we do have Boulevard and Schlafly, so I can't complain too much.

what makes yuengling so great is the value -- here in state college, for example, you can get a pitcher for 5 or 6 bucks, and it's a pretty good beer for that price. actually, there's a bar here that, because of hipsters, charges almost twice as much for PBR as for yuengling. (3.50 for a can of PBR, vs. 2.00 for a pint of lager)

ElwoodCuse: floor9: PROTIP: When visiting any given Pennsylvania bar, if you ask for a "lager", the bartender will assume you mean a Yuengling lager.

Is this true? The only place I've ever heard of this is radio ads for Yuengling. It sounds like the start of a customerssuck.com post.

As a native of SE PA, I swear this is true. In fact, shortly after I turned 21 and was out of state, I was embarassed when I found out that this isn't true everywhere.

Based on this fact I've created a philosophy, which is seems to be in harmony with this thread: Yuengling Lager is the reference Lager, against which all should be measured. Not saying it's the best, it just is "the Lager". If you're better then Yuengling, you're a good Lager, if you're worse, you're a bad Lager.

Nectar of the Gods.

Putter: LandOfChocolate: vernonFL: Barbigazi: I've been enjoying Dale's.

Dale's Pale Ale is the best beer in a can.

Agreed and currently my favorite IPA.

Whoa that's a tall order buddy, what other IPAs do you enjoy? I've always seen Dave's but after getting burned by 21 Amendment I've been wary of craft-can brew.

Have you not had anything by Surly, or hell even Ska?

Cans are great and doesn't mean anything to the beer inside. I wish more breweries would use them.

mitchcumstein1: Personally, I'm a pretty big fan of the second largest brewery in Missouri.

This!!!!

Thunderpipes: rmz: Thunderpipes: MGD 64. Love it. I am doing my best to keep them afloat.

[not sure if serious]

Course I am. Let me guess, low calorie American beer makes me a Redneck? I should drink "Gay Pale Ale Number 5 Fudgeback Mountain Girl" because you think it is neat?

Well then call me a Redneck. Yee haa! I do drive a Mustang and own a gun.

No, not really, but acting like a hardcore MGD 64 fan would be the perfect way to troll a Fark beer snob thread.

oukewldave: eagles95: vernonFL: Yuengling is good. Most bars around here (Maryland) have it.

I don't think they have it west of PA, do they?

I know its in Ohio and Indiana. Maybe in Southern WI.

It is not sold in Ohio. I own a bar, I would know...

Thats crazy...i thought i remembered seeing on Yuengling's website it was available there. I know some places in Indiana have it. Some bars in Madison have it. How they skipped you is unusual

sk8r:...(PA has awesome beer warehouses)

Be careful of what you wish for. Those are the only places you can buy beer (OK, you can get a 6-pack from a resturant). But no beer in supermarkets or WAWAs (WAWA FTW!)

mellokind: I've licked tastier assholes than yuengling lager. I can't see how people can drink that stuff.

Sierra Nevada is all the beer there is.

How is your uncle Mike?

mochunk: Putter: LandOfChocolate: vernonFL: Barbigazi: I've been enjoying Dale's.

Dale's Pale Ale is the best beer in a can.

Agreed and currently my favorite IPA.

Whoa that's a tall order buddy, what other IPAs do you enjoy? I've always seen Dave's but after getting burned by 21 Amendment I've been wary of craft-can brew.

Have you not had anything by Surly, or hell even Ska?

Cans are great and doesn't mean anything to the beer inside. I wish more breweries would use them.

Indeed. They're much easier to take hiking or stuff in to my wifes purse when we go to the movies

mitchcumstein1: Personally, I'm a pretty big fan of the second largest brewery in Missouri.

I spent a lot of time in KC for work and I loves me some Boulevard.

undflickertail: For a good cheap beer, Grain Belt Premium or Grain Belt Nordeast fit the bill.

Grain Belt is my favorite cheap beer. Good session beer when I'm visiting my brother in Minnesota. I like it a lot. New favorite cheapie is Simpler Times from Trader Joe's. $3 a sixer. It's no Grain Belt, but it's good.

Oh, and for the NW beer fan above, the Pyramid brewery north of Portland on the Columbia is long gone. Their only operation is in Berkeley. My friend is one of their reps, so on this I'm positive.

arschlov: mitchcumstein1: Personally, I'm a pretty big fan of the second largest brewery in Missouri.

I spent a lot of time in KC for work and I loves me some Boulevard.

Great stuff. It's nice that they've expanded into other markets in recent years (not to CA unfortunately, but we've got plenty of other good shiat).

School me farkers, I'm in NOLA and I've never been a beer drinker, but I want to try some good beers. The only beer I've ever had was a bud light and it was god awful

chris2627: School me farkers, I'm in NOLA and I've never been a beer drinker, but I want to try some good beers. The only beer I've ever had was a bud light and it was god awful

NOLA? Abita.

Workin' on a case of Yuengling right now

chris2627: School me farkers, I'm in NOLA and I've never been a beer drinker, but I want to try some good beers. The only beer I've ever had was a bud light and it was god awful

Try a bunch, cheap, expensive, local, national, global, then see what you like. Don't take people's word for anything when it comes to beer, especially here on Fark, because it really doesn't matter and everyone likes different stuff.

Even I don't like Bud, and I am a Redneck.

Kung_Fu_Hamster: [Duchesse de Bourgogne]

Nectar of the Gods.

Yikes, no. That is literally the only beer that I've paid for and poured out. Vile wretchedness, it is.

Real Nectars of the Gods:

Goddamn I miss Yuengling. Got hooked when I lived in Pittsburgh. I've been substituting with Rainier (Vitamin R) and it's fairly equivalent, but I think Yuengling has the better flavor. My mom makes sure to have a six-pack available whenever I'm home to visit.

I miss Troegs and Victory, too. First time I puked due to drinking was when I finished a sixer of Mad Elf by myself. Good times.

That said, I appreciate having access to Rogue and New Belgium at the bars & grocery stores. Deschutes is also solid.

/if only the coasts could combine their powers

Heathen: Horse Head Bookends:
If by help, you mean help drinking said beer, I proudly volunteer my services.

If you make it down to Vegas there is always a chance you might get lucky. 50 Gallons of beer can't be wrong...weeeeeeeeeeeeee

Vegas is only 7 short hours away!

*grabs keys and stumbles towards the door*

chris2627: School me farkers, I'm in NOLA and I've never been a beer drinker, but I want to try some good beers. The only beer I've ever had was a bud light and it was god awful

Find somebody local who brews they can steer you right.

Start out slow with Leinenkugels.

The Michelob craft beers are surprisingly good.

All the Sam Adams styles are good. I really like the Cream Stout, Winter Ale and Oktoberfest.

Blue moon makes decent wheat beers. Their Pumpkin Ale is out of this world.

Purple Haze is interesting.

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is quite good but gives me heartburn.

I'm drinking a Yuengling lager now because it's good and half the price of everything I've named. Their Black and Tan is damn good.

I'll probably be booed from the thread but Budweiser ale is tolerable in a pinch.

Diana Fyer: OK, GODDAMIT. I'm SO sick of these farking beer-snob threads.

You ALL live in your parents basement, none of you can tell the difference between a mop and a p*ssy, and you all drink Schaeffer.

Now STFU, and get back to folding Moms laundry...

Somebody didn't get a BM today did they?

Diana Fyer: OK, GODDAMIT. I'm SO sick of these farking beer-snob threads.

You ALL live in your parents basement, none of you can tell the difference between a mop and a p*ssy, and you all drink Schaeffer.

Now STFU, and get back to folding Moms laundry...

Well if you'd douche that thing once in awhile....

Yes, overall beer sales are down, but craft brewery sales are up.

As a real beer snob, I won't brag about what beers I like, since they are scarce and I don't want you drinking them.

I will say this: If you haven't tried an IPA, do so.

spickus: I'll probably be booed from the thread but Budweiser ale is tolerable in a pinch.

I might be missing something, but Budweiser is a lager.

Is that like biggest penis in Korea or hottest chick at MIT or nicest guard at Auschwitz?

vernonFL: Barbigazi: I've been enjoying Dale's.

Dale's Pale Ale is the best beer in a can.

We have been able to get Yuengling in southern WV for a few years now.

When I lived in Mo'town, we could get it at the state line.

/we call it "panda beer"
//you know, because it sounds like Ling Ling
///we funny
////is it really the oldest brewery in the country?

docbenspock: wee: kronicfeld: Bring Fat Tire to D.C. goddammit.

You have nectar of the gods like Yuengling and you want to make a bad aftertaste that won't go away with Fat Tire? Fat Tire? Really?

my Californians and i will send you Fat Tire if you send us Yuengling.

/deal?
//deal

I smell a screenplay to Smokey and the Bandit 3. Is Burt Reynolds still alive?

Solid State Vittles: I might be missing something, but Budweiser is a lager.

They make an ale too

Yueng is the king of the cheap but good tasting beer. Plus durring a economic crater like we have price and taste is important. Yuengling wins handly on both fronts. It isn't a sam adams but isn't coors lite either. It's dependable. That's what people want dependibility on price and quality and Yuengling wins. Bud, Coors, Miller, the big three have to compete with the regional, craft, and micros. Coors gets serious points with Bluemoon. Pabts is the bastard 4th big brewer and the largest American owned brewery now. Pabst has always had a PR problem though it is pretty much the same americanized pilzner crap as the other 3. Yuengling makes an american lager- And they do it well. That's why they will only get bigger.

What do y'all think of Yuengling Bock?

I'm not big on dark beers like that, but it was tasty and not too heavy. Had it at a beer-tasting party; everyone else shiatcanned it in the judging portion.

mitchcumstein1: Personally, I'm a pretty big fan of the second largest brewery in Missouri.
Same, I'm drinking a wheat now.

Yuengling tastes like a better Budweiser with some food coloring in it. Sam Adams is a much better choice for a "gas station lager". In fact, Budweiser American Ale(not lager) is even a better choice in overall beer quality.

Yuengling is still better than most, but is pretty damn average.

Don't mind if I do...



/Hawt

Plus one! I love the stuff.

/soon to be sipping on a Yuengling

Currently drinking

chris2627: School me farkers, I'm in NOLA and I've never been a beer drinker, but I want to try some good beers. The only beer I've ever had was a bud light and it was god awful

Go to a local brewpub and try a sampler if they have it. They're often cheap ($8-10), you get to try 3-4oz. of 8-10 beers, and you're not stuck drinking an entire pint of something that you think tastes like hobo piss strained through Rosie O'Donnell's panties.

The Smails Kid: tastes like hobo piss strained through Rosie O'Donnell's panties.

I see you've tried Lazy Magnolia

spickus: chris2627: School me farkers, I'm in NOLA and I've never been a beer drinker, but I want to try some good beers. The only beer I've ever had was a bud light and it was god awful

Find somebody local who brews they can steer you right.

Start out slow with Leinenkugels.

The Michelob craft beers are surprisingly good.

All the Sam Adams styles are good. I really like the Cream Stout, Winter Ale and Oktoberfest.

Blue moon makes decent wheat beers. Their Pumpkin Ale is out of this world.

Purple Haze is interesting.

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale is quite good but gives me heartburn.

I'm drinking a Yuengling lager now because it's good and half the price of everything I've named. Their Black and Tan is damn good.

I'll probably be booed from the thread but Budweiser ale is tolerable in a pinch.

You like beers that I think are mostly "meh". This leaves me with two courses of action:

1) Agree to disagree, and part ways amicably

2) Question your manhood and your parentage, and finish with a backhanded swipe at your predilection for necrobestiality

Of course, this is the Internet (srs bznss), so...

SHEEPF*CKER!

The Smails Kid: chris2627: School me farkers, I'm in NOLA and I've never been a beer drinker, but I want to try some good beers. The only beer I've ever had was a bud light and it was god awful

Go to a local brewpub and try a sampler if they have it. They're often cheap ($8-10), you get to try 3-4oz. of 8-10 beers, and you're not stuck drinking an entire pint of something that you think tastes like hobo piss strained through Rosie O'Donnell's panties.

thanks for putting those images in my head...ass

spickus: The Smails Kid: tastes like hobo piss strained through Rosie O'Donnell's panties.

I see you've tried Lazy Magnolia

That looks like beer. I was thnking more along the lines of a gin greasy (poppity).

The Smails Kid: You like beers that I think are mostly "meh". This leaves me with two courses of action:

1) Agree to disagree, and part ways amicably

2) Question your manhood and your parentage, and finish with a backhanded swipe at your predilection for necrobestiality

Of course, this is the Internet (srs bznss), so...

SHEEPF*CKER!

You can't prove that! She was asking for it besides I had a belly full of Leinie Shandy, that's not even beer but it's great to drink on the lawnmower!

What's the one beer you think I should try. I love them all.

It has flavor but isn't heavy at all, and it's cheap.

BRING IT TO TEXAS

The Smails Kid: spickus: The Smails Kid: tastes like hobo piss strained through Rosie O'Donnell's panties.

I see you've tried Lazy Magnolia

That looks like beer. I was thnking more along the lines of a gin greasy (poppity).

I'll drink almost anything but I won't drink that.

thnking thinking

Thunderpipes: chris2627: School me farkers, I'm in NOLA and I've never been a beer drinker, but I want to try some good beers. The only beer I've ever had was a bud light and it was god awful

Try a bunch, cheap, expensive, local, national, global, then see what you like. Don't take people's word for anything when it comes to beer, especially here on Fark, because it really doesn't matter and everyone likes different stuff.

Even I don't like Bud, and I am a Redneck.

Excellent advice. You could probably stay on the various Abita styles to get a taste for what's out there, they brew quite a few.
Just remember, beer is an acquired taste. If you run across a style you absolutely hate, don't rule it out forever. You may find another brew of that style that will have you reciting the timeless phrase about beer and God loving us etc.
Oh, the places you will go...
Parched I am, gotta do something about that.

Farty McPooPants: Just remember, beer is an acquired taste. If you run across a style you absolutely hate, don't rule it out forever. You may find another brew of that style that will have you reciting the timeless phrase about beer and God loving us etc.

This.

vernonFL: Yuengling is good. Most bars around here (Maryland) have it.

I don't think they have it west of PA, do they?

Virginia has it.
(And yes, I was west of PA when I had it)

Yuengling is fairly available east of the Mississippi, I think, and in scattered places west of it.

spickus: What's the one beer you think I should try. I love them all.

Only a fool would try to answer that question.

Give Spaten Optimator (pops) a try. I guarantee* you'll love it.

*Not a guarantee

The Smails Kid: spickus: What's the one beer you think I should try. I love them all.

Only a fool would try to answer that question.

Give Spaten Optimator (pops) a try. I guarantee* you'll love it.

*Not a guarantee

I'll try it thank you.

ElwoodCuse: floor9: PROTIP: When visiting any given Pennsylvania bar, if you ask for a "lager", the bartender will assume you mean a Yuengling lager.

Is this true? The only place I've ever heard of this is radio ads for Yuengling. It sounds like the start of a customerssuck.com post.

It's true. If you ask for a "lager" in Philadelphia, you'll get a Yuengling. Conversely, if you ask for a Yuengling, you'll get a Yuengling lager (they make other brews).

Great now I want Yuengling Black and Tan and can't get it here.

Thanks for nothin

Strobeguy: Great now I want Yuengling Black and Tan and can't get it here.

Thanks for nothin

I'll drink an extra for you.

Delirium Tremens

All other beer bows in its presence.

eagles95: oukewldave: eagles95: vernonFL: Yuengling is good. Most bars around here (Maryland) have it.

I don't think they have it west of PA, do they?

I know its in Ohio and Indiana. Maybe in Southern WI.

It is not sold in Ohio. I own a bar, I would know...

Thats crazy...i thought i remembered seeing on Yuengling's website it was available there. I know some places in Indiana have it. Some bars in Madison have it. How they skipped you is unusual

Based on their webpage, Yuengling is distributed in:
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, West Virginia

Wikipedia indicates it can be found in Ohio.

This is my favorite.

You know, I love my microbrews as much as the next guy, but Yuengling Lager is my favorite beer. Period.

Evad: You know, I love my microbrews as much as the next guy, but Yuengling Lager is my favorite beer. Period.

Your statement is in violation of Fark Beer Snob Thread Rules™ and will be removed.

This text is now purple: Yuengling is good. Most bars around here (Maryland) have it.

I don't think they have it west of PA, do they?

I know its in Ohio and Indiana. Maybe in Southern WI.

It is not sold in Ohio. I own a bar, I would know...

Thats crazy...i thought i remembered seeing on Yuengling's website it was available there. I know some places in Indiana have it. Some bars in Madison have it. How they skipped you is unusual

Based on their webpage, Yuengling is distributed in:
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, West Virginia

Wikipedia indicates it can be found in Ohio.

Yeah it's not in Ohio. Except for the bars that make runs out of state each week for a few kegs. There's one in Troy, Ohio that does just that.

someguy945: Yuengling is still around? I thought Anakin killed all of them.

lol. I guess I'm the only one that got it.

To me, Fat Tire tastes like someone put a spooful of sugar in Budweiser. Blech! To each their own. Anything other than dark beers gives me a bad headache.

Maybe they can start shipping to St. Louis, MO!

fenianfark: I wish we could get it in Missouri. Last time I was in Tennessee I brought back two cases.

However, we do have Boulevard and Schlafly, so I can't complain too much.

Drinkin a Dry Hopped APA from Schlafly right now!

ElwoodCuse: floor9: PROTIP: When visiting any given Pennsylvania bar, if you ask for a "lager", the bartender will assume you mean a Yuengling lager.

Is this true? The only place I've ever heard of this is radio ads for Yuengling. It sounds like the start of a customerssuck.com post.

Not only does it work in PA but I've had it work in North Carolina.

Good. Maybe they'll start selling it out where I live. I've heard about it for years and never tried it :(

The Smails Kid: spickus: What's the one beer you think I should try. I love them all.

Only a fool would try to answer that question.

Give Spaten Optimator (pops) a try. I guarantee* you'll love it.

*Not a guarantee

I'm drinking Spaten Optimater right now so I'm getting a kick out of this reply...and a hell of a buzz. This shiat is %7.2.

As far as beer is concerned try as much as you can. You will start to learn as you go which recipes you like and which ones you don't. For me, I don't like pilsners. I like almost everything else though. If you're in NOLA I gotta agree with the guy that recommended Abita. Turbodog and purple haze are very good but work your way through them all.

I'm really pissed I can't buy Yeungling in New Hampshire! Or anywhere east of New York!!!!!

Why won't you guys ship some my way PLEASE??????

Just got back from a vacation to CO...toured ODell and New Belgium in Ft. Collins. We sampled almost everything New Belgium makes and meh. I'm just not crazy about their offerings. ODell, on the other hand...zomg. I drank a Cutthroat Porter during our tour. They were bottling their IPA while we were in there. I'm not a big hophead but my husband is and he adores their IPA.

All this talk of Yuengling is making me wish I could try it.

Now THIS is small craft-



I was going for a stout, but in the end it turned out more like a black lager. Tastes very similar to Sam Adams Black Lager, in fact.

Dear Yuengling,

Please start distributing in Indiana and/or Kentucky...I got hooked on your shiat when I lived in Maryland and it looks bad to my passengers when I "import" a 12-pack from Hilton Head on the company plane.

Regards,

CoolHandLucas

I drank Yuengling long before they had the lager line Chesterfield, Porter sometimes, but mostly Premium, It was a decent "cheap" brew - and i felt like i was helping my local economy. (central PA resident) I actually kinda liked the Yuengling beers - Then Lager came out - and that was my regular bot - for quite awhile.

About 10 years ago, on a business trip, the hotel bar had Newcastle Brown Ale on tap - I was instantly converted. I am hopelessly addicted to that stuff, there is ALWAYS at a minimum a 12 pak in my house on any given day.

The weird thing tho...now Yuengling Lager tastes like hobo piss strained through Rosie O'Donnell's panties - really
It pisses me off, my family and friends still give me the occasional case of Lager and i think what the hell am i gona do with this shaite?

/Newcastle Brown - changed my taste in beers

Shiner Hefeweizen
Shiner Bock
Shocktop
Blue Moon
Miller Lite

In that order...

Barbigazi: I don't understand what people see in Yuengling, it's a generic regional beer. It's alright but I wouldn't suggest it to anyone as a great beer.

It's a forbidden fruit sort of thing - people used to "import" Coors from Colorado to other parts of the country. Some band even wrote a song about it. Perhaps you've heard it?

unclefester325: Schuylkill County rocks... any area that knows what comes after 462 is cool
Link

That's like 42 more than 420.

My beers:

1)Yuengling (3 bucks or 2 bucks during happy hour)
2)Rogue Dead Guy
3)Lambic Pomme
4)Mad biatch

kronicfeld: Bring Fat Tire to D.C. goddammit.

Having just moved to the west coast from New Jersey, I can say that pretty much anything Dogfish Head/Victory/Brooklyn Breweries makes will top Fat Tire.

Fat Tire's still a pretty good beer though, from what little I've tasted of it.

As someone who just bought a 12 pack of Yuengling Black and Tan, I'm getting a kick.


/9.99 for a pack of 12 bottles and it tastes good - love it.

mud_shark: unclefester325: Schuylkill County rocks... any area that knows what comes after 462 is cool
Link

That's like 42 more than 420.

the cool thing is, you can say to an 80 year old woman "462" and she'll answer "Da fark"

As someone who loves Vitamin Y, but is in an area where no one has even heard of, I'm getting a bittersweet kick out of this.

Bring some Yuengling to the Midwest already!

One of the better reasons to live in Chicago.

Did someone mention cheep but not awful beer?
Come to the northwest.

Love Yuengling...

Two best days of my life:

1. The day Yuengling bought a Stroh's plant in Florida
2. The day it shipped its first bottle

Really liked it when I first tried it in Pittsburgh many many moons ago. When I found it on the shelf in the Southeast I fell to my knees and gave up atheism as I gave praise to God. It became my new standard baseline for beer. I will not sink to Bud ever again.

Too bad it tastes like apple cider vinegar. And I'm only a hundred or so miles from the source... can't imagine what it's like for people further away.

mochunk: Putter: LandOfChocolate: vernonFL: Barbigazi: I've been enjoying Dale's.

Dale's Pale Ale is the best beer in a can.

Agreed and currently my favorite IPA.

Whoa that's a tall order buddy, what other IPAs do you enjoy? I've always seen Dave's but after getting burned by 21 Amendment I've been wary of craft-can brew.

Have you not had anything by Surly, or hell even Ska?

Cans are great and doesn't mean anything to the beer inside. I wish more breweries would use them.


Cans are fine if you have a glass ready to pour it into.

Drinking out of one tastes like ass regardless of the beer in it. Metal + beer + tastebuds = ass.

Easier to maintain a bottle in the golf cart than an open glass.

(new window)

/oh so hot

Oh, and tonight's beer:

why is an American beer so chinese sounding? Yeung-Ling sounds like a chinese girl's name.

sweet, sweet reliability. It's not delirium, fat tire, or breckenridge porter, but what a deal. It's the gold standard for decent beer at a good price back east. Can't get it in Texas, though Lone Star in a bottle is ok as a replacement.

The main reason I don't drink this is because they use screw-top bottles instead of pry-cap bottles, and I like to use empties to bottle my homebrew.

/I'd just as soon spend the extra $$ on Dogfish Head or Sam Adams

chris2627: School me farkers, I'm in NOLA and I've never been a beer drinker, but I want to try some good beers. The only beer I've ever had was a bud light and it was god awful

If you ever want to go on a beer tour, drop me a line (EIP). I'm in NOLA, and have a bit of knowledge to share on beer.

I toured the oldest brewery in America earlier this year. For those that have mentioned wanting Yuengling, here is what the tour guide said:

- The current owner has no plans to expand the regions they currently serve and it will most likely stay that way until he relinquishes control.

- When one of the daughters takes over (no sons and YES it is a family run business still) the next Yuengling expansion is planned for Ohio and New England.


/The more you know!

Everything else you farking idiots pretend to like is dog vomit compared to this one true beer.

_{/they see me trollin' they hatin'}

ertai_lapis: chris2627: School me farkers, I'm in NOLA and I've never been a beer drinker, but I want to try some good beers. The only beer I've ever had was a bud light and it was god awful

If you ever want to go on a beer tour, drop me a line (EIP). I'm in NOLA, and have a bit of knowledge to share on beer.

Dude, you could charge admission for that. A beer tour of NOLA?
Hell to the yes!

BTW, I love the beer snob thread. I classify beers in these ways:

Pounding beer: One I want to drink all night, get hammered, and not get sick of the taste. Yuengling fits this requirement and is better than the alternatives.

Sipping beer: Stouts, Bocks, IPAs (like super bitter Hop Wallop, Hop Infusion). Too much of this makes my toungue sad. These beers are beers to be taken in moderation.

Cheap beer: What college students drink. I'm out of college so I'm out of this category. Bud, Miller, Natty Ice, Keystone, Meister Brau et al fit in here.

foreman3: Be careful of what you wish for. Those are the only places you can buy beer (OK, you can get a 6-pack from a resturant). But no beer in supermarkets or WAWAs

They are getting wise to this, though. Big supermarkets with a sit-down food area are starting to get 6-pack licenses. Their prices can't compete for stocking up (and you'd have to make a couple trips through the register anyway) but it is starting to get a little easier to try weird beers.

What kind of beer wastelands do you people live in to go out of your way for yueng ling? Can't get it here, but I can get Henry's for the same price you guys claim, and Rolling Rock, too. Plus, Labatt's and Molson are usually the same price. Occaisionally, Full Sail sells their Sessions for $8-9/12, and I'm all over that.

soulglow:

Also, for the locals, anyone else think Lager has been more ricey-tasting lately? Like closer to a PBR?

/further sampling of each will be required

I AGREE! Something happened to Lager a few years ago (roughly, may only have been a year or so) and it hasn't tasted the same since. I used to order lager (yes, we do order it that way, at least in the philly area) as a standby to whatever I wanted to drink that the bar didn't have, and I've stopped because the taste is going south. That's not to say Yuengling is horrible or anything, I've just been disappointed recently.

I'll just leave this right here

ElFugawz: sweet, sweet reliability. It's not delirium, fat tire, or breckenridge porter, but what a deal. It's the gold standard for decent beer at a good price back east. Can't get it in Texas, though Lone Star in a bottle is ok as a replacement.

Dear God tell me that it occurred to you that you have Shiner Bock.

Sometimes it's great to be a Pennsylvanian. Yuengling is one thing we can be proud of.

I'm off the buy a couple of boxes of Yuengling in about 26 minutes.

No, really, not kidding. The beer distributor opens at 8:00 and I like to do my beer shopping early in the day. If I wait until later, I may not be able to get my stash home without having bums trying to steal it, or panhandlers/teen age boys begging me for bottles of beer.

/philly sucks

Preston Preston: Yuengling could change the world. It is nearly as cheap as Busch. But you can drink it! It's actually pretty good. Busch beer guys - you don't have to suffer. You can actually have real beer for not much cash.

This...

CaesarSneezy: thatotherpaper.com

This is my favorite.

However, this is intriguing as well...

Satanicpuppy: It's a good thing. The whole miller/bud thing is a remnant of prohibition (only the biggest survived), and the explosion of regional and craft brewing is a return to the natural order.

Yuengling is older than both Miller and Coors. It is the oldest brewery of beer in the United States.

They aren't the biggest, not even close, but they certainly survived prohibition.

(Not really a fan though. Gives me the beershiats.)

making love in a canoe for $1000 alek

If it's what's on draft, I'll drink it. We were staying the night in a motel in PA a while back, went somewhere for dinner, and they had Yuengling on tap. Perfectly OK in that scenario. Won't drink BMC in any form...in that case, I'd be looking for some fallback, like Sam Adams in bottles, which is available even in some pretty brewtarded venues.

Barbigazi: albo: Barbigazi: I don't understand what people see in Yuengling, it's a generic regional beer. It's alright but I wouldn't suggest it to anyone as a great beer.

you're right, but they make mainstream beers at mainstream prices that are actually good. so you can spend the price of bud, or less, to get a beer that's better than bud or coors or miller.

plus you're supporting small-town USA

I tend to support small town Delaware.



Delaware IS a small town!

adragontattoo: Has anyone else seen Yuengling sold as an import?

A few bars I have been to have listed it as such, and get mad when I point out it is solely owned by an American company and brewed in Pa.

Some bars, for who knows why, categorize beers as import or domestic...when what they really mean is fancy or generic. For that reason, you will commonly see stuff like Sierra Nevada and other craft beers listed as import.

Putting Yuengling in that category is fraud, it is domestic in origin, style, and price.

vernonFL: Yuengling is good. Most bars around here (Maryland) have it.

I don't think they have it west of PA, do they?

We have it in Tennessee at every grocery store I've walked into the past couple years. Maybe it skips a few states?