16 Facts About Yuengling

Yuengling is an Anglicized version of Jungling, its founder's surname and the German term for a "young person” or “youngster”.

Frank D Yuengling began heading the company in 1899 after his father Frederick died.

Yuengling ran a dairy which produced ice cream and opened dance halls in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New York City.

In 1933, when Prohibition was repealed, Yuengling introduced its symbolic Winner Beer, celebrating Prohibition's repeal, and the brewery shipped a truck load of its popular brew to the White House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.

Yuengling experienced an increase in sales after a renewed interest in history due to the United States Bicentennial in 1976.

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Yuengling bought the rights to use the Mount Carbon name and label when Mount Carbon Brewery went out of business in 1977.

Yuengling initially brewed beer at Mount Carbon but eventually abandoned it.

Yuengling has been a registered trademark for various merchandise, including beer, since 1995.

At the time, Yuengling was the largest brewer of porter in the United States.

Yuengling beer returned to Massachusetts on March 3, 2014, after having circulated among some bars and restaurants beginning in February.

Yuengling began distribution in the state of Georgia on October 27, 2008.

Yuengling expanded distribution into West Virginia in May 2009, Ohio in October 2011, Rhode Island in June 2014, Connecticut in September 2014, Louisiana in August 2016, and Indiana in March 2017.

On December 7, 2017, Yuengling announced it would expand to Arkansas in January 2018, after teasing it would expand to either that state, Kentucky, Michigan, or Texas earlier in the day on social media.

Yuengling made his anti-union beliefs clear, calling for Pennsylvania to be a "right-to-work" state, and praising Republican governor Tom Corbett.

In October 2019, Yuengling partnered with Hershey's to produce a limited release collaboration beer titled Yuengling Hershey's Chocolate Porter.

In 2021, Yuengling announced its expansion into Texas through a partnership that will see its products brewed at Molson Coors' facility in Fort Worth.