tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post4998283298446335606..comments2024-03-09T00:31:10.190-05:00Comments on Seen Through a Glass: Yuengling Oktoberfest Beer!Lew Brysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-41045423285124867852011-08-21T17:58:24.477-04:002011-08-21T17:58:24.477-04:00Just had it at the State College Microbrew Expo an...Just had it at the State College Microbrew Expo and it was very good. It was one of the better lagers I tasted ( Penns Imperial Pilsner was the best).Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-48989990670072988162011-08-19T14:50:18.049-04:002011-08-19T14:50:18.049-04:00I'm happy for Yuengling's success, but I w...I'm happy for Yuengling's success, but I would assume it has to do with Traditional Lager. And for a macro beer, I think it uses less adjunct than the normal macro beer. Am I wrong on that or are my memories from the brewery tour off-base? (I took the tour just before getting into craft beer.)geoffrobinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14949411893531888555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-63998979141752935202011-08-18T17:11:49.414-04:002011-08-18T17:11:49.414-04:00I miss the Lion Oktoberfest...at the brewery!I miss the Lion Oktoberfest...at the brewery!sam knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-30621882900904001722011-08-15T13:51:39.068-04:002011-08-15T13:51:39.068-04:00I have a feeling this is going to be closer to a h...I have a feeling this is going to be closer to a hofbrau O-fest than an american one. Just my (rather round) gut feeling based on Yuengling.<br />As for the venue, I was out at the Yuengling Cafe in the Artsquest building for a concert last month and it's a beautiful place. (The beer list included a couple of others besides Yuengling beers) Bethlehem is trying to do some good things and I'll go to this fest and support this new place and hope to see the area grow some more.steve, no "n"noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-34599849285683648012011-08-15T12:13:10.926-04:002011-08-15T12:13:10.926-04:00Oh, and Prof -- I think most of understand the dif...Oh, and Prof -- I think most of understand the difference in a beer brewed with flaked maize of corn grits... and we know which we'd rather drink.<br /><br />That said, of course - and as Lew points out, the question seems moot with this new Oktoberfest.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10585545034172431563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-32784444551024721462011-08-15T11:57:01.251-04:002011-08-15T11:57:01.251-04:00Anon -- if it makes you feel any better, I don'...Anon -- if it makes you feel any better, I don't like any extra ingredients in my beer. Well, maybe Wheat or Rye, but the German brewers made that acceptable a long time ago.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10585545034172431563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-61420040356783609732011-08-15T09:06:15.450-04:002011-08-15T09:06:15.450-04:00Funny how you can throw any sort of fruit, vegetab...Funny how you can throw any sort of fruit, vegetable, solid or liquid into a "craft" beer and it is somehow innovative and ingenious but if you use corn (whose taste I happen to enjoy) which has been used for generations it is undesirable. <br /><br />Snobs are lame, they are ruining beer for the rest of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-53097752879635862752011-08-15T08:27:32.764-04:002011-08-15T08:27:32.764-04:00"Damn craft brewers..."
Heh, yeah -- I ...<i>"Damn craft brewers..."</i><br /><br />Heh, yeah -- I suppose. Never been able to figure that out, but I imagine it's because none of the "craft brews" can get their hands on the right malt, so they improvise.<br /><br />The <b>American Style Octoberfest</b> will be a new BJCP style before we know it, and the Munich Amber Märzen will be just a distant memory. Sad.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10585545034172431563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-33726895077254001792011-08-15T08:19:05.130-04:002011-08-15T08:19:05.130-04:00I hear you, but...if it is, I'm almost thinkin...I hear you, but...if it is, I'm almost thinking '<i>Don't blame Yuengling.</i>' Damn craft brewers...Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-12926699063245070052011-08-15T07:51:25.371-04:002011-08-15T07:51:25.371-04:00"Copper in color, Yuengling Oktoberfest is a ...<i>"Copper in color, Yuengling Oktoberfest is a medium bodied beer with a perfect blend of roasted malts to capture a true representation of the style."</i><br /><br />As an Oktoberfest-Märzen enthusiast who enjoys a good amber lager, and loves this time of year, I really hope this isn't another Ami-Okto that uses too much roasted malt and turns out tasting more like a lagered brown ale than a true Oktoberfest.<br /><br />Just me.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10585545034172431563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-88045336389387716712011-08-14T19:57:02.626-04:002011-08-14T19:57:02.626-04:00Anon (the no corn guy) could just be jealous of Yu...Anon (the no corn guy) could just be jealous of Yuengling's continued success and incredible growth in the last three decades since they were on the brink of closing. <br />Seems to me they are doing <i>something</i> right.<br /> <br />Even if this beer does have some corn in it (which as Lew points out, there was no mention of) <i>so what if there is</i>, as long as the beer is good? <br /><br />The false "all adjunct is bad" idea that some industry folks are trying to foist on the public is just that: hype. And a pantload of crap. And there's plenty of proof out there that it's just wrong.<br /><br />Fortunately, not everyone (including some fine micro and pub breweries) buys into it. Fuller's ESB also comes to mind...it is a luscious and grand beer, and it happens that corn is one of the ingredients (along with sugar!). <br /><br />It's HOW you use adjunct fermentables that really matters.The Professornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-61295573819139183582011-08-14T07:46:52.247-04:002011-08-14T07:46:52.247-04:00I'm sorry...was there something about "co...I'm sorry...was there something about "corn" in this release that I missed? I don't think it's a good idea to dismiss a beer (and a brewery) before you've even tasted it. After all, you would have denied yourself the sometimes excellent Saranac beers that way. Why dismiss it out of hand?Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-38326005499865624882011-08-14T07:40:56.663-04:002011-08-14T07:40:56.663-04:00Sorry, but I get no more excited about Yuengling&#...Sorry, but I get no more excited about Yuengling's latest corn beer than I do about the offerings of the other adjunct brewers. Let's hope they also have something from the local craft brewers such as Weyerbachers or Brew Works on tap in those tents, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-13439691048815889142011-08-12T23:58:08.918-04:002011-08-12T23:58:08.918-04:00Cool! And not just good news from Yuengling, but ...Cool! And not just good news from Yuengling, but today I saw Stegmaier Okto and their new Pumpkin Ale at my local distributor. (Not that they're likely to publicize that for whatever reason...)<br /><br />The Pennsylvania tradition just keeps on rolling!sam knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-41533291204219946112011-08-12T23:22:52.434-04:002011-08-12T23:22:52.434-04:00No worries; email works fine, but this is okay, to...No worries; email works fine, but this is okay, too.Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-68326915514199749812011-08-12T23:15:13.463-04:002011-08-12T23:15:13.463-04:00Sorry lew but I grew up in elk and I told my dad t...Sorry lew but I grew up in elk and I told my dad that I would find out for him and were the first to come to mindAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-63945132440753816522011-08-12T22:28:46.953-04:002011-08-12T22:28:46.953-04:00Not that this has anything to do with the Yuenglin...Not that this has anything to do with the Yuengling post, but...<br />http://www.lcbapps.lcb.state.pa.us/webapp/Agency/SearchCenter/PublicLicenseeSearchDisplay.asp?P1=X&P2=&P3=&P4=L&P5=&P6=&P7=&P8=KINZUA&P9=&P10=&P11=&P12=&P13=&P14=&P15=<br /><br />And now you know as much as I do.Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-12309650646184468642011-08-12T21:56:18.834-04:002011-08-12T21:56:18.834-04:00Any word on what kinzua dam brewing is and where i...Any word on what kinzua dam brewing is and where it is going to be. Docksiders I hopeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com