OUR HISTORY - Yuengling (2024)

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Is Yuengling really America's oldest brewery? ›

Recognition of America's Oldest Brewery. As America celebrated it's bi-centennial, D.G. Yuengling and Son was place on the national and state registers as America's Oldest Brewery.

Anheuser-Busch is now owned by AB InBev, which is based in Belgium; Yuengling remains family-owned. "The opportunity to engage and serve a new set of fans from some of the most iconic beer-drinking states is an opportunity we take very seriously," said Pat Pikunas, general manager of The Yuengling Company.

Yuengling is an Anglicized version of Jüngling, its founder's surname and the German term for a "young person” or “youngster”. The family-owned brewery has traditionally changed ownership through the purchase of the company by the children of the previous owner.

(born 1943) is an American billionaire businessman and the president and sole owner of the Pottsville, Pennsylvania brewer, Yuengling. He is the fifth generation of the family to run Yuengling, and owns 100% of the company, having bought out his father in 1985.

Modelo Especial remains the best-selling beer in the U.S. and its sales are up 12% so far in 2024, compared to a year ago, according to Bump Williams Consulting.

Beers from D.G. Yuengling & Son are now available in Texas as part of a joint venture announced last year with Molson Coors Beverage that would expand the reach of America's oldest brewery to millions more drinkers in 25 states outside its mostly East Coast distribution territory.

Yuengling will remain independent and family-owned. D.G. Yuengling & Son Brewing Co., the Pottsville-based beer behemoth, has set its sights on becoming a national brand by forging a partnership with industry giant Molson Coors.

For all I know, Yuengling is an American brand. It's in your imagination that it sounds Chinese. It was not until I read others' answers that I came to know the seemingly Chinese named beer which is in fact brewed in the States.

Famous for its rich amber color and medium-bodied flavor, with roasted caramel malt for a subtle sweetness and a combination of cluster and cascade hops, this true original delivers a well-balanced taste with very distinct character.

Why does Yuengling give me gas? ›

Obviously drinking involves swallowing air that has to come out eventually too. Drinking beer releases carbon dioxide gas which builds up in your gut. Beer consumption results in bloating and excess gas because it causes yeast overgrowth in the intestinal tract.

In many instances, family businesses are passed along to siblings, sometimes for generations. In the case of Yuengling, America's oldest brewery, four sisters, Jen, Wendy, Debbie, and Sheryl Yuengling, have taken on the responsibility of carrying on a nearly 200-year-old tradition.

Just as no one doubts the veracity of Yuengling's famed slogan, no one can deny the Pottsville, Pennsylvania-based brewery – which is still owned entirely by the Yuengling family as of 2022 — has become an American institution.

Yuengling is said to be the US's oldest brewery and was founded by David G. Yuengling in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in 1829 — two decades before the next oldest widely-available beer that is still sold today. Originally, it was called Eagle Brewery, but the name was changed to D.G. Yuengling & Son in 1873.

Anchor got its start in 1896 in San Francisco, becoming the nation's first-ever craft brewery. Fritz Maytag, a descendent of the Maytag Corporation, bought Anchor in 1965 when it was on the verge of bankruptcy and helped usher in the craft beer industry in the US. Its most notable brew was Steam Beer, a pale ale.

The earliest record of brewing dates from 1587, and the first commercial brewery in the United States was built by the Dutch West India Company in 1632 in Lower Manhattan on Brewers (later Stone) Street.

Weihenstephan was a Benedictine monastery in Weihenstephan, now part of the district of Freising, in Bavaria, Germany. This Bavarian State Brewery Weihenstephan is located at the monastery site since at least 1040. It is the world's oldest continuously operating brewery.

“Yuengling is the oldest family owned brewery in the U.S.” Watson added that the change reflected the view that American craft breweries have long used a variety of ingredients in their beers, often going beyond malt for their brewing methods.