![]() ![]() took over as the 5th-generation company president in 1985, the same year its Pennsylvanian brewery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the oldest in the United States. The dairy remained in business until 1985. Yuengling initially brewed beer at Mount Carbon but eventually abandoned it. Yuengling bought the rights to use the Mount Carbon (Bavarian Premium Beer) name and label when Mount Carbon Brewery went out of business in 1977. Yuengling experienced an increase in sales after a renewed interest in history due to the United States Bicentennial in 1976. Dohrman Yuengling succeeded Frank Yuengling after their father's death in 1963. In 1933, when Prohibition was repealed, Yuengling introduced its symbolic Winner Beer, celebrating Prohibition's repeal, and the brewery shipped a truck load of its popular brew to the White House to show their appreciation to President Roosevelt. The company also ran a dairy which produced ice cream and opened dance halls in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York City. During the Prohibition era, Yuengling survived by producing " near beers" (beverages with a 0.5% alcohol content) called "Yuengling Special", "Yuengling Por-Tor", and "Yuengling Juvo". Yuengling began heading the company in 1899 after his father Frederick died. However, they were eventually merged with the Pottsville plant. During the late 19th century, breweries were also opened in Saratoga Springs, New York City, and Trail, British Columbia. ![]() Although the company's name changed, the bald eagle remained the company's emblem. Yuengling and Son" in 1873 after Frederick Yuengling joined his father David in running the company. The Eagle Brewery changed its name to "D. Mahantongo Street at 5th Street, its current location. The first brewery burned down in an 1831 fire and the company relocated to W. left the Eagle Brewery to establish the James River Steam Brewery along the James River in Richmond, Virginia. He anglicized his surname from Jüngling to Yuengling and began the "Eagle Brewery" on Centre Street in Pottsville in 1829. ![]() German brewer David Gottlieb Jüngling (1808–1877) immigrated to the United States in 1828 from Aldingen, near Stuttgart, in the Kingdom of Württemberg. YUENGLING & SON EAGLE BREWERY in the June 1885 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Plaque on the outside of the brewery. After 29 years, in 2014 Yuengling’s Ice Cream was officially re-introduced. įrom 1920 till 1985 Yuengling produced ice-cream. It is popular enough in Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley to be ordered in some bars by simply asking for a lager. The flagship product is Yuengling Traditional Lager, an amber lager. ![]() The family-owned brewery has traditionally changed ownership through the purchase of the company by the offspring of the previous owner. Yuengling is an Anglicized version of Jüngling, its founder's surname and the German term for a "young person” or “youngster”. In 2015, Yuengling produced about 2.9 million barrels, operating two Pennsylvania facilities and a brewery in Tampa, Florida. Its headquarters are in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. In 2018, by volume of sales, it was the largest craft brewery, sixth largest overall brewery and largest wholly American-owned brewery in the United States. Yuengling & Son, established in 1829, is the oldest operating brewing company in the United States. ![]()
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