While we are staying in the Allentown, PA area, we wanted to visit Yuengling Brewery which is the oldest brewery in the U.S. and which you can only in certain states -mostly east of the Mississippi. Yuengling has celebrated 190 years of making beer at its Pennsylvania brewery, the oldest in America.
“D. G. Yuengling & Son is the oldest operating brewing company in America, established in 1829. It is one of the largest breweries by volume in the country. Based on volume sold in 2016, Yuengling was the top craft beer company in the U.S. Based on sales in 2011, Yuengling was tied with the Boston Beer Company, maker of Samuel Adams brands, as the largest American-owned brewery. Its headquarters are in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Yuengling produces about 3 million barrels annually, operating two Pennsylvania facilities and a brewery in Tampa, Florida.
Yuengling is an Anglicized version of Jüngling, its founder’s surname and the German term for “youngling” or “young person” or simply, “youngster”.
The family-owned brewery has traditionally changed ownership through the purchase of the company by the offspring of the previous owner. Due to the popularity of Yuengling Traditional Lager in Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley (including South Jersey), in some bars it can be ordered by simply asking for a lager.”
With all that history, it was fun to walk the caves of the brewery. The tour guide informed us that the family has to purchase the brewery from the current family member. Currently 4 daughters run the brewery. They recently were on the Today Show.
