buzzkutt033
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Joined: 12/17/2007 From: East Penn Township Pennsylvania Status: offline
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kewl beans. i live about a 20 minute drive from the brewery here in eastern pa. taken the tour of the factory a couple times during my drinking days. really a great story of american business. they are still family owned and operated. when i was there 20 years ago they still uitilized one ( yes one ), bottling machine, and had to change setups to switch from bottles to cans. after the tour you could party in the brewery bar and usually one the Yuengling clan was around to shake hands. did i mention the old man had all daughters ??? and yes it was during prohibition that they branched out into sodas, milk, and ice cream. they now sub contract some of their brewing to other facilities. original brewery built into the side of a hill in Pottsville and large caves were dug by hand from the back of the brewery into the mountain to store the beer back in the day.
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