Beer #13- "Yuengling Traditional Lager"

Pottsville, PA. Who's heard of it? I have. And if you haven't, you don't appreciate beer. Pottsville is the city with the oldest American brewery, Yuengling. The traditional lager is a go to at any bar when the pockets aren't full of cash, the taste buds want something familiar, and you want have at least six... I kid.

But on a serious note, Yuengling is the choice of champs. It should be appreciated before even being opened because five generations have been continuously brewing this beer for 180 years. In America.

This may not mean anything to the rest of the world who were ahead of the game before us- but come on, even I have some American pride.

After a long day in front of the flat-top, ornery customers, 100 degrees of heat outside, only to be met by the fires of hell burning at my forehead in the cheeseburner- Yuengling's lager made me feel at home. I felt comfy pouring this beer I had binged on a few Spring Break's ago into my asshole beer glass.

The familiar brown pour made me smile. The familiar taste of pure American history- of dreams, hopes, sweat and hops forced my tiring day to be reminisced in a fashion that only a completely self-absorbed guy who writes in a blog everyday and likes to feel himself type would do. I felt that I mattered.

That in this thing called life, we are all intricately connected. Every action, whether it is planting a flower, making a kid laugh, strumming the guitar, plating a dish, making a latte, a sandwich, changing a diaper- IT MATTERS. It's part of history. It's part of this framework that keeps us all going.

Yuengling, you stand for consistency. You stand for commitment. Thank you for this.

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I give "Yuengling Traditional Lager" a well deserved 85.


Look: Brown
Smell: Light Hops and Malt
Taste: Lightly Malted Love



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Brett's ratings are out of 100.

*Please understand that ratings on this scale have been influenced by my scholastic history of grading. A grade below 75 is not good, it is less than average. A beer below 60 is bad. Beers in the 90s are in the upper-echelon of beers on this earth, and divinely inspired.*

As with all connoisseurs, personal taste affects all ratings. The best ratings tend to lean towards his two different biases; 1) Well-crafted heavy Stouts and 2) Lagers made with a simple perfection.

Please understand that just because Brett gives a beer a high rating doesn't mean you may think it is good. Only understand that if he gives it a high rating it is because most people who have a good taste in beer would do the same.