[TheForge] Yuengling

Sun Nov 10 10:39:00 2002

OK I went to http://www.yuengling.com/ and looked at thier history page.
Here is what I found.(cut and pastedfrom thier page)

1829 David G. Yuengling establishes the Eagle Brewery on Centre Street in
Pottsville, Pennsylvania.

1831 A fire completely destroys the plant and a new brewery is built on
Mahantongo Street, site of the current brewery.

1873 Brewery name is changed to D.G. Yuengling and Son after David's son
Frederick joins his father as partner.

1895 Frederick adds the bottling line to the plant.

1899 Frederick Yuengling dies at the age of fifty-one. His only son Frank
assumes the brewery's management.

1919 The Eighteenth Amendment is ratified, enacting a call for the national
prohibition of alcohol. To survive, Yuengling switches production to near
beer products.

1920 Yuengling constructs a dairy directly opposite the brewery

1929 The 100th anniversary of the brewery. Near beer remains the only
product being produced.

1933 Prohibition ends. The brewery celebrates with the production of Winner
Beer and ships a truckload to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1936 The brewery rathskeller is built.

1960 N. Ray Norbert becomes brew master.

1963 Frank D. Yuengling dies at the age of eighty-six. He managed the
brewery as president and chairman of the board for a remarkable period of
sixty-four years. Upon his death, his sons, Richard L. and F. Dohrman,
assume management of the brewery.
1976 The brewery is placed on the national and state registers as America's
oldest brewery during the American Bicentennial.

1979 The brewery celebrates its 150th anniversary.

 1985 Richard L. Yuengling buys the company from his father and becomes
president.

1992 The brewery begins the largest expansion in its 165-year history.

1996 Yuengling goes online.

1997 Yuengling supersedes brewery capacity by producing over 500,000
barrels.

1998 Dick Yuengling announces plans to build new brewery to keep up with
high demand.

1999 Yuengling purchases former Stroh brewery in Tampa, Florida. Florida
market begins selling America's Oldest beer.

2000 Construction continues at new brewery site in Port Carbon/St. Clair,
PA.

2001 America's newest brewery begins production as New York market reopens.

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Now I need something to drink.

Dan Rathburn
Elgin, IL USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Hayes" <[email protected]>
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Subject: RE: [TheForge] Yuengling

> The main Yuengling brewery is located in Pottstown, PA. Yuengling is
> currently in the process of building a second brewery in Pottsville, and
> recently purchased the former Stroh's brewery in Tampa.
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> > Bob  --
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> > No, Pottstown is not the home of Yuengling Brewery.   Maybe it's
> > Pottsville,
> > but I don't know.
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> > Jim
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