I tried Yuengling once or twice. Meh. I'll never understand the popularity of Bud and Bud Light. My Step Son brought some home. I told him he had to keep it in his room as I didn't want it fouling up the fridge. :laugh: Blech! To each their own as they say.
I just tried the Black and Tan. Good stuff. You can keep the rest. Not good or bad to me , just average lager.
Find some Aventinus if you can and let me know what you think. It may win you over the Ottokringer. :grin:
When I saw the name "Yuengling", and I read that it's the oldest operating brewery in America, I was scratching my head at first. To me, "Yuenling" sounds Chinese, so I was like, "how is a Chinese brewery the oldest in the U.S.?" As it turns out, "Yuengling" is an Anglicized version of "Jngling"-- which is German for "Young Man". Now, THAT makes sense. Still can't try any though, since we apparently don't have it in CA. We can get weed at Starbucks, but we can't get Yuengling beer here. :shock:
I'll stick to Andechs Doppel Bock. That's only because Ettal won't distribute their Pils. (Crazy Monks...)
It's a Dutch name. His daughter went to school in Tuscaloosa. She called him and said; "Daddy we can't find your beer down here.". So we've had Yeungling for a a few years, here.......... :beer
In SE Pennsylvania, "Dutch" means "German". And most of us are "English" Yuengling is an easy name too.
love the black and tan, the lager goes down like water. been drinking them for afew years now, just can't find the porters in alabama.
I got my info. from the "ever trustworthy" Wikipedia. It said "Jngling" is German, and I'm pretty sure that's right. BTW, (not to hijack the thread) on the subject of beers not available all over the country, can anyone from outside California (from Midwest, East Coast, South) confirm if you have anything from Lagunitas Brewery available where you are? They're a local larger "micro-style" brewery here in NorCal. If you're like John Codman and prefer your beer dark and full-flavored, they can't be beat. They have several full-bodied, hop-heavy beers (one's called "Hop Stupid", in fact) & they have really clever commentary on their labels too. They make a seasonal from Nov. to like Feb. (cold months) called "Brown Shugga" -- it has a slightly sweet brown sugar taste (as the name would suggest). It has like 10% alcohol, and let's just say, well, it goes down easy... Here's their website, if anyone wants to check them out: http://www.lagunitas.com/home.html
Well, according to German pronunciation rules, it should be like "Yoongling" or "Yerng-gling", but with almost an "R" sound between the "oo" and the "n", which sound doesn't exist in English. So, we approximate the "U" with umlaut (the 2 dots above the U) as "ue" in Engish. Hey, I took German and linguistics in college, so I'm obviously an expoit! (yeah, right! -- actually, I did take German and linguistics in college, and that's why I DRIVE A TRUCK FOR A LIVING! I shoulda paid better attention in math and been an architect or something. Oh well...
Mr. Bulldog has the pronunciation correct although I'd type it "ying-ling". I should have paid more attention in English class too!
We have Lagunitas here in Ohio. Its actually pretty easy to find. Any halfway decent liquor store and even alot of grocerys carry it in my area. Its pretty good beer IMO. Havent seen the "brown shugga" though, I'll have to keep an eye out, that sounds pretty good!:beers2:
I spent this AM looking for Aventinus. Practically no one around here had ever heard of it. Finally, an excellent Packy in Millis, MA found a distributor of the stuff. $85 for a small case. I'm not sure that I want to invest that much in a beer that I have never tried. Does anyone know where in Eastern MA there is a store that sells it by the bottle? I'd love to give it a try.
