TRADITIONAL LAGER ~ YUENGLING

A shout out to my friend Heather for bringing me a bottle to sample. Yuengling is the oldest operating brewery in the United States, founded in 1829. It also brews one of the largest volumes of beer in the U.S. Traditional Lager is an amber beer commonly found before prohibition, and is also Yuengling’s flagship brew. It is cheap and very popular in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Sampled from a bottle the beer poured a clear amber colour, with lots of carbonation and a white head. The aroma was very light but did contain sweet corn, grass, sweet grains, light caramel malt and a little breadiness. The taste was as simple as the aroma: Caramel, corn, buried citrus and light bread dough. The finish was lightly hopped but had no bitterness and the malts and corn gave it sweetness. The mouthfeel is carbonated and thin but not watery. This brew is inoffensive, easy to drink, and has more personality than many other mass-produced beers. Not terrible, not great, but definitely OK.

4.4% from Pottsville, Pennsylvania