Beer Review: Yuengling’s Traditional Lager

The Freshmen “Fancy” Beer/ The People’s Beer

Yuengling is a good beer and it has a pretty good taste, but it is by no means fancy. This idea of being a fancy beer comes to mind because it seems that when younger, less experienced or new beer drinkers begin to explore the enormous variety of beer they usually start out with the basic commercial beer and work their way around the usual (macro-brews i.e. Natty, Bud, Keystone, etc.), and then without fail someone introduces them to Yuengling. Yuengling, with much more flavor than the usual, becomes the beer of choice. It becomes the beer that is associated with drinking beer for flavor and taste and disassociating it solely as means to just get drunk (might be a different beer for other people, especially since Yuengling is not distributed as widely as other beers). Now that beer is not just for getting drunk, you begin to try other beers, using Yuengling as the “beer stepping stone”. After the initial infatuation with Yuengling, however, people can start to become more adventurous and try new beers. As a result, Yuengling begins to get lost in the crowd of other beers because it is good but not over the top. It can best be described as a good beer at the lower end of the spectrum. In the same token it can easily become your fall back or go-to beer in a pinch. It is the perfect beer that is not going to be looked at as anything too special, or show that you have bad taste. It is a good beer and you will probably have this beer on several occasions.

---

Name: Yuengling’s Traditional Lager

Brewery: Yuengling Brewery, Pottsville, PA

Style: American Amber Lager

ABV: 4.4%

Taste Like: It has a very clean taste and it is very drinkable. There is also a very distinctive taste of this beer, it is not a bad taste but you will know it when you taste it. It is a sort of sharp bitter taste, but it does not last so it does not as an after taste.

Goes Well With: You can drink the beer by itself or with a meal. It has enough taste to stand on its own, but not enough to affect what you are eating. Like I mentioned earlier, it can definitely be a go to beer, one you have when you just need a beer.

Budget: $$- It will not hurt your wallet too much. It is, however, more expensive than the commercial beers. The price fits the type of beer that it is meaning it is not cheap not too expensive and it is worth buying.

Grade: B- (83)

Overall: Tipsy