Pottsville Native

[chez323]

Life is good in NC then. On a different note, seeing as how your a vet have you taken advantage of the Post 911 GI bill? If not you should look into it, I did and not only are they paying for my books & tuition but they are providing me with a housing allowance too.

Tim

Actually its very popular here, Its in all the sports bars, and even given away by a radio station as a prize. The station is 96.1 a hard rock station and when the temp reaches 96 deg you need to be the 10th caller.
The signs and advertisements are very popular too, I am not sure if the beer is actually from Pottsville , I heard a rumor that Budweiser actually brews it somewhere in SC

Thanks for all the welcomes,

[bogey1]

do you remember their ice cream? (yuengling)

[1delta10tango]

Born in Pottsville, raised in St. Clair, graduated from St. Clair High. moved back after retiring from the Army a few years ago. Now I hang out at "The Bucky" and shoot up the Burma. If any of you want to go pop some caps, give me a holler. And yes, the Buckhorn sells all kinds of Yuengling beer.

[GUNGUY45]

The Pottsville brewery is kept open mainly for continuity so they can claim to have the oldest continuously operating brewery in the US. They have two or three other breweries that produce the bulk of their product. I am pretty sure one of them is in Florida.

And it is NOT made by Budweiser. Yuengling is the largest beer distributor to make their beer from corn (from Indiana not PA) rather than wheat.

I hate to break it to you, but Corn and Rice are called "Adjuncts", they are a cheaper way to get fermentable sugars. All of the "mainstream" brewers use them.

They do NOT belong in beer!

Drink Micro-Brews.

Beer should only have 4 ingredients; Water, Barley, Yeast, & Hops.
In Germany this is the law.



Sorry for the hijack, Rant over.

[flabbydan]

I hate to break it to you, but Corn and Rice are called "Adjuncts", they are a cheaper way to get fermentable sugars. All of the "mainstream" brewers use them.

They do NOT belong in beer!

Drink Micro-Brews.

Beer should only have 4 ingredients; Water, Barley, Yeast, & Hops.
In Germany this is the law.



Sorry for the hijack, Rant over.

BLASPHEMY!!!!!

Yuengling Lager is the pinnacle of beer evolution!!

Now we're all gonna hafta come down there and give you an ass-whoopin'!!
Just kidding

I spent a year and a half in Bavaria (Hohenfels). I remember a lot of wonderful German beers. Unfortunately, I was usually too inebriated to really appreciate them. It's surprising I didn't get myself killed.

[chez323]

I spent 3 years in Germany, stationed at Bitburg Air Base...... home of the Fighting 36th TFW and Bitburger Pilsner....... German beer is an acquired taste as it is nothing like American beer. And it packs a punch, many a night I"m not sure how I stumbled back to my dorm from the NCO club. LOL I still love my Yuengling though.

BLASPHEMY!!!!!

Yuengling Lager is the pinnacle of beer evolution!!

Now we're all gonna hafta come down there and give you an ass-whoopin'!!
Just kidding

I spent a year and a half in Bavaria (Hohenfels). I remember a lot of wonderful German beers. Unfortunately, I was usually too inebriated to really appreciate them. It's surprising I didn't get myself killed.

[1delta10tango]

I spent 3 years in Germany, stationed at Bitburg Air Base...... home of the Fighting 36th TFW and Bitburger Pilsner....... German beer is an acquired taste as it is nothing like American beer. And it packs a punch, many a night I"m not sure how I stumbled back to my dorm from the NCO club. LOL I still love my Yuengling though.

You got that right Chez. I spent 9 years over there. Drank mostly Weizen. There's no way I could drink the Pilsner, way too bitter for me.

[Gotammo]

My time in Germany was awesome, just over 3 years in Wiesbaden. Camp Pieri on top of the hill. 563rd Ord. It was late 80's early 90's,
The wall came down, The Germans protesting the Lance Missile the 1st cluster f--k in the desert and then off to the 101st !
Great times

[1delta10tango]

Hey Gotammo, I had a few friends transfer to the 563rd during our draw-down of our Pershings. I was up your way in the mid '80's to pick up some PII's. I went back to Germany in '03 as a civie, a lot has changed.

[GUNGUY45]

I was in Deutchland in 82/83 with the 2/11th ACR, Bad Kissingen, we patrolled 144 km of the E/W Border, There was nothing like rolling in to a Gasthaus in a Border town. The locals really appreciated us.