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Yuengling Brewery
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place
)
by
BaronCarlos
Wed Dec 29 1999 at 4:18:27
A
Brief History
of
Yuengling
Brewery
.
1829
David G. Yuengling
establish
es the
Eagle Brewery
on Centre Street in
Pottsville
,
Pennsylvania
.
1831
A
fire
completely
destroy
s the
plant
and a new brewery is built on Mahantongo Street,
site
of the
current
brew
ery.
1873
Brewery
name
is changed to
D.G. Yuengling and Son
after David's son
Frederick Yuengling
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 Yuengling
assumes the brewery's
management
.
1919
The
Eighteenth Amendment
is
ratified
,
enact
ing a call for the
national
prohibition
of
alcohol
. To
survive
, Yuengling switches production to
near beer
product
s.
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. Yuengling
and
F. Dohrman Yuengling
, 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
celebrate
s 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
. (
http://www.yuengling.com
)
1997
Yuengling
supersede
s brewery
capacity
by producing over 500,000
barrel
s.
1998
Dick Yuengling
announces plans to build new brewery to keep up with high
demand
.
Rathskeller
Yuengling Lager
Beer For Dolphins
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The "He can't tell the difference" beer commercial
How to make a left turn in Pittsburgh
imported beer
Yuengling Porter
Lager beer
1829
Near beer
peppermint schnapps
Yuengling Black and Tan
1919
1963
1933
1929
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1968
1985
1960
1979
Anheuser-Busch
Heineken
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