― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 20 February 2003 21:12 (twenty-three years ago)
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 20 February 2003 21:20 (twenty-three years ago)
(a: new years eve)
apparently its williamsburg hipster drink of choice these days
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 20 February 2003 21:21 (twenty-three years ago)
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 20 February 2003 21:24 (twenty-three years ago)
$5 a pitcher.
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 20 February 2003 21:24 (twenty-three years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 20 February 2003 21:26 (twenty-three years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 20 February 2003 21:28 (twenty-three years ago)
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 20 February 2003 21:28 (twenty-three years ago)
one of the (the only?) plusses of oly over penn: you can buy booze in the grocery and convenience stores.
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 20 February 2003 21:28 (twenty-three years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 20 February 2003 21:29 (twenty-three years ago)
― fletrejet, Thursday, 20 February 2003 21:32 (twenty-three years ago)
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 20 February 2003 21:33 (twenty-three years ago)
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 20 February 2003 21:33 (twenty-three years ago)
Not a member of any beer of the month club because Florida doesn't let people ship alcohol by mail out of state.
And if big brewers made good beers I'd drink them, but they don't (in the US), probably because the market for them is too small.
― fletrejet, Thursday, 20 February 2003 21:37 (twenty-three years ago)
― jm (jtm), Thursday, 20 February 2003 21:39 (twenty-three years ago)
the question for Jess is, do you like Stegmeyers?
― Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 20 February 2003 22:28 (twenty-three years ago)
― hstencil, Thursday, 20 February 2003 22:31 (twenty-three years ago)
$6.75 pitchers + karaoke = many many runious nights ca mid-'01 for maura (and my little gut too, but now they make light haha hooray)
― maura (maura), Thursday, 20 February 2003 22:40 (twenty-three years ago)
― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 20 February 2003 22:47 (twenty-three years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 20 February 2003 22:54 (twenty-three years ago)
― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 20 February 2003 23:07 (twenty-three years ago)
http://yuengling.com/images/fine_beers/lager.jpg
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 20 February 2003 23:33 (twenty-three years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 20 February 2003 23:34 (twenty-three years ago)
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 20 February 2003 23:52 (twenty-three years ago)
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 21 February 2003 00:04 (twenty-three years ago)
― Millar (Millar), Friday, 21 February 2003 01:32 (twenty-three years ago)
If i were elitist, why would I even bother talking to you cretins?
― fletrejet, Friday, 21 February 2003 02:38 (twenty-three years ago)
― moogoogaipan, Friday, 21 February 2003 03:53 (twenty-three years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 21 February 2003 03:55 (twenty-three years ago)
Floored by googlerboardbotspam!
― Millar (Millar), Friday, 21 February 2003 03:56 (twenty-three years ago)
― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 21 February 2003 04:41 (twenty-three years ago)
its not Chinese?
― phil-two (phil-two), Friday, 21 February 2003 07:56 (twenty-three years ago)
Natty Boh hasn't REALLY been Natty Boh since 1989 or something.
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 21 February 2003 09:14 (twenty-three years ago)
(I never could get the accent marks right.)
― j.lu (j.lu), Saturday, 22 February 2003 01:18 (twenty-three years ago)
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 22 February 2003 01:27 (twenty-three years ago)
― brg30 (brg30), Saturday, 22 February 2003 19:29 (twenty-three years ago)
― Aaron A., Saturday, 22 February 2003 19:38 (twenty-three years ago)
― jess (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 22 February 2003 21:05 (twenty-three years ago)
― Mary (Mary), Monday, 24 February 2003 00:40 (twenty-three years ago)
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 5 March 2004 03:53 (twenty-two years ago)
O what i wld do for a nice Hoegaarden verboten vrucht right now...
― petra jane (petra jane), Friday, 5 March 2004 06:31 (twenty-two years ago)
― Dan I. (Dan I.), Friday, 5 March 2004 06:49 (twenty-two years ago)
i was drinking it in central PA not far from the brewery when i imagined this thread.
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 5 March 2004 07:22 (twenty-two years ago)
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 5 March 2004 07:23 (twenty-two years ago)
― H (Heruy), Friday, 5 March 2004 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 5 March 2004 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)
For mass produced American beer, Rolling Rock is my hands down favorite.
― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Friday, 5 March 2004 16:03 (twenty-two years ago)
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 5 March 2004 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 5 March 2004 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)
― 33 4 Life (lawrence kansas), Friday, 5 March 2004 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)
http://www.trayman.net/Images/Logos/Iron%20City.jpg
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 5 March 2004 16:37 (twenty-two years ago)
― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Friday, 5 March 2004 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 5 March 2004 16:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― lawrence kansas (lawrence kansas), Friday, 5 March 2004 16:54 (twenty-two years ago)
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 5 March 2004 19:24 (twenty-two years ago)
― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Friday, 5 March 2004 22:55 (twenty-two years ago)
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Friday, 5 March 2004 23:03 (twenty-two years ago)
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Friday, 5 March 2004 23:49 (twenty-two years ago)
― Aaron A., Saturday, 6 March 2004 00:47 (twenty-two years ago)
yuengling a ling a ling
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 13 June 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)
yuengling.
― david allen grier (dubplatestyle), Monday, 24 July 2006 20:32 (nineteen years ago)
they'd do a lot better to partner with LL
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Monday, 24 July 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)
― david allen grier (dubplatestyle), Monday, 24 July 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.alisonprice.co.uk/images_for_html/drinks/d_recipes/mojito_top_pic.jpg
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Monday, 24 July 2006 20:48 (nineteen years ago)
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Monday, 24 July 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)
― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Monday, 24 July 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)
― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Monday, 24 July 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)
― david allen grier (dubplatestyle), Monday, 24 July 2006 20:54 (nineteen years ago)
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 24 July 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)
shit, i remember, i can't drink.
ARGH!
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Monday, 24 July 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)
The biggest brewery in the region was Schaefer, near Trexlertown. I probably drank more Piels, which was one of their alternative brands, dieing with Schaefer, I think, although maybe someone else bought the rights to it. Strohs took over Schaefer in the 80's and enjoyed a mercilessly brief run in the area. The last I knew, the Trexlertown vats were being leased to Yuengling. http://www.dickdestiny.com/blog/2006/07/hazelton-town-in-pennsyltucky-coal.html
― Urnst Kouch (Urnst Kouch), Monday, 24 July 2006 21:02 (nineteen years ago)
― david allen grier (dubplatestyle), Monday, 24 July 2006 21:08 (nineteen years ago)
This is somewhat harsh:=========An old school name from Brooklyn, NY now contract brewed by Pabst. (What else is new, right?) At $1.29, it was cheap, but there are far better beers and malts, even in THIS price range. Not horrible, but it didn't impress me either. 2/10
this was an average 'bad beer'. i had comparisons to old style in my mind before i even drank it, and that wasnt far off. i got this really cold but it didnt have as much carbonation as i would have liked. i havent had old style recently and cant remember if its quite this bad. piels kind of sucks, golden aniversary you would think to be real bad but it was WAY better then this shit, golden aniversary rules Piels is just another average beer 40 like Bud or Coors. yields no significant buzz but seemed pretty smooth going down with a normal beer taste. I'd rate Piels 5 of 10 Swills. ======
Brooklyn? Definitely was made by the gigantic tub in Trexlertown for awhile.
― Urnst Kouch (Urnst Kouch), Monday, 24 July 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)
Piels or rather pils is a flemish word for beer.
WTF. Just learned more about this:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pils
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilsener
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Monday, 24 July 2006 21:27 (nineteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 24 July 2006 21:29 (nineteen years ago)
― mts (theoreticalgirl), Monday, 24 July 2006 22:17 (nineteen years ago)
-- david allen grier (wt...), July 24th, 2006 11:45 PM. (dubplatestyle) (link)
I was convinced Jess had been assimilated by the Lordi arockalypse until I saw there was a space in there.
― StanM (StanM), Monday, 24 July 2006 22:25 (nineteen years ago)
― Lmaoborghini (eman), Monday, 24 July 2006 22:52 (nineteen years ago)
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 24 July 2006 22:54 (nineteen years ago)
One of my best friends was born & raised in Pottsville. There was a rumor that the people who go to the church next to the brewery get boozed up afterwards, but she says that's not true.
― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 24 July 2006 23:05 (nineteen years ago)
― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Monday, 24 July 2006 23:07 (nineteen years ago)
― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 24 July 2006 23:09 (nineteen years ago)
― Zwan (miccio), Monday, 24 July 2006 23:10 (nineteen years ago)
― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Monday, 24 July 2006 23:16 (nineteen years ago)
shame
― david allen grier (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 00:49 (nineteen years ago)
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 00:49 (nineteen years ago)
― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 01:01 (nineteen years ago)
― david allen grier (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 01:07 (nineteen years ago)
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 01:08 (nineteen years ago)
xpost: i got no problem with it, but i dont search it out
― david allen grier (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 01:08 (nineteen years ago)
Me to thread. Did you know that before you were born some natives of Pottsville were known to entertain the fancy that P-ville was the Rome of southeastern Pennsylvania, because, they said, like Rome, it was built on "Seven Hills"? I spent my summers on one of them. I did not fully appreciate its Rome-like nature.
Downtown Pottsville, sucked dry by suburban shopping malls, scratches the eyes. The signs of municipal putrescence are everywhere. Along Centre Street, main and hardened artery, vacant stores beg for tenants with desperate red telephone numbers stenciled on plywood where windows used to be. Automobiles, peppered by coal trucks and salted by PennDOT, wait impatiently at traffic lights, eager to get out of town. Even the parking meters look cold and penniless.
William Ecenbarger, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 16, 1984
A decade later, the first time I visited the small city with the unmusical name of Pottsville, I was struck by a regional exhaustion awesome in its frank display. It's too easy to curl my lip, I know. Pottsville had been obliged to accustom itself to disdain and condescension enough from John O'Hara, its most famous citizen. I resolved to remember that if the Region was sooty, grim, and used-up. . .
-- from a review of a biography of John O'Hara, who said more bad things about Pottsville than anyone could
======Sometime during the late Nineties someone clever at Yuengling recognized the snob boutique microbrew boom as a marketing opportunity. "America's oldest brewery" would resonate with people who viewed themselves as hipsters.
The result, bars in New York City and Philadelphia who sell Yuengling as a premium beer to rubes with no taste but a desire to be seen as cool. If you're one of these and reading this, listen up! Yuengling was never hip. It is made in a region inhabited by people who hate you and everything you stand for.
=========May you vacation, some fall, in Pottsville.
― Urnst Kouch (Urnst Kouch), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 01:19 (nineteen years ago)
― david allen grier (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 01:25 (nineteen years ago)
like ordering water or something.
Yeah, there were a number of beers like that in Schuylkill, Yuengling being the dominant brand. Often among "old people," or those whom you think fit the definition.
― Urnst Kouch (Urnst Kouch), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 01:31 (nineteen years ago)
― mts (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 01:59 (nineteen years ago)
hoegaarden? jupiler? stella? *insert a million other types of belgian beer*
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 13:44 (nineteen years ago)
― david allen grier (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 13:47 (nineteen years ago)
I'm surprised I actually still remember this stuff.
― Urnst Kouch (Urnst Kouch), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 18:29 (nineteen years ago)
― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 18:42 (nineteen years ago)
Oh what an innocent time 2003 was.
― the doaple gonger (nickalicious), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 18:47 (nineteen years ago)
― jergins (jergins), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 19:29 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.blacktable.com/beerrun030123.htm
Yuengling Traditional LagerAlthough its brewed in a small Pennsylvania town, Yuengling tastes like it was brewed in a larger, more industrialized town. Perhaps Pittsburgh? Or maybe Allentown? After only two Yuenglings I feel I have the strength to take on a Puerto Rican gang, kill them, and steal *their* hubcaps.
Rating: Taut.
Coors LightMore than half of the women in New Jersey can blame their unwanted pregnancies on Coors Light. It's also universally known as the beverage of choice for men who wear braided belts and Co-Ed Naked Volleyball T-shirts. Despite its popularity, this beer is as flaccid as an impotent monk with testicular cancer. I'd rather have somebody pee in my mouth after they've just won an asparagus-eating contest.
Rating: Soulless
RheingoldIt's so elegant. I feel like I'm in the Fatherland. Mein gott! Those Nazis must have put up a tougher fight than we remember. The white can makes this look like a pussy beer, but it's surprisingly hearty.
Rating: Seig heil.
Yeungling LightFor those wanting to stay trim while drinking, Yuengling Light guarantees fewer calories by making you piss out the beer within 20 minutes of cracking the bottle. The hills of Western Pennsylvania are reserved for Rolling Rock and Philadelphia and the eastern part of the state go for Yuengling lager, leaving Yuengling Light for … Delaware? Perhaps the brew, with its acidic tang and not-quite-beer flavor, is tearing up Philly's gayborhood. Or frequenting gatherings of high school girls with Tri Delt aspirations doing some "experimenting." Either way, Yuengling Light is a frisky beverage. Like drinking a basket full of kittens who scratch your hands and then pee on them.
Rating: Diuretic
― Urnst Kouch (Urnst Kouch), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 20:28 (nineteen years ago)
― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)
Perhaps the brew, with its acidic tang and not-quite-beer flavor, is tearing up Philly's gayborhood. Or frequenting gatherings of high school girls with Tri Delt aspirations doing some "experimenting." Either way, Yuengling Light is a frisky beverage. Like drinking a basket full of kittens who scratch your hands and then pee on them.
finally, an adequate description of myself!
― mts (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 25 July 2006 21:00 (nineteen years ago)
It's possible my tastebuds have either mutated, died or shifted. But I think it not likely. The formulation of the fermentation changed.
― Urnst Kouch (Urnst Kouch), Wednesday, 26 July 2006 05:11 (nineteen years ago)