# Yuengling is the best macro beer brewed in America. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 23, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086 "2003-05-23T19:19:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/1 "2003-05-23T19:19:20Z")
Bar none. I especially like the Black & Tan. Anyone care to differ? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/2 "2003-05-23T19:35:31Z")
Yes. Brooklyn Weiss gets my vote. Yuenling is the oldest brewed beer in America though. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/3 "2003-05-23T19:37:22Z")
Actually _Yuengling_ is. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/4 "2003-05-23T20:33:52Z")
My friends and I call it “Inky Linky” for some reason. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/5 "2003-05-23T20:53:24Z")
**Reeder** , it is clear that you are a man/woman of impecible taste. Congratulations to you. The first one tonight after work will be to your continued good health. [raises glass] May you achieve automatic transmission without becoming shiftless. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/6 "2003-05-23T20:56:38Z")
Dang, ever since I moved to Texas, there’s been a hole in my life, one that can only be filled by a Yeungling lager. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/7 "2003-05-23T21:47:30Z")
I beg to differ, but first I need a clarification. Do you mean Yuengling is the best in a certain category or that the Brewery itself is best all-round in aggregate of the different styles? I think **Sierra Nevada** is better all-round and especially when it comes to Porter. Yuengling doesn’t evan have a weizen so that hinders their ability in the all-round competition also. That alone give Pyramid a nod above. If you count a macro’s signature style, then I’d say Anchor Steam is the best. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/8 "2003-05-23T21:48:00Z")
I’ve said it before on this board but I’ll say it again: I loves me some _Celebrated Pottsville Dark Brewed Porter_. **Reeder** , you’ll probably like [this](http://rreu.11net.com/yuengling/index.htm) link. Have you had your “Vitamin Y” today? ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/9 "2003-05-23T21:52:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*Anyone care to differ? \*\* Nope. Just wish we could get it down here. If I am ever driving in PA I always buy 5 or so cases to smuggle down here. It makes me feel like the Duke boys runnin 'shine. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/10 "2003-05-23T22:24:18Z")
Kinda sorta related thread from a while ago. [Yuengling Black and Tan porter beer - How does it rate?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=135557&highlight=Yuengling) ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/11 "2003-05-24T00:46:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Buck The Diver \* > \*\* > Have you had your “Vitamin Y” today? \*\* A blatant rip off from the Rainier Brewing Company (RIP) of Seattle Washington. As a teen in the early 70’s, one of my favorite clothing items was my Vitamin R tee shirt. Rainier use to have the greatest commercials too. My favorite was a shot of a motorcycle and rider on a highway. As the bike pulls away, the exhaust of the bike sounds out RRRRaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnn (bike shifts) iiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrr (bike shifts) BBBBBeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. They also had frogs croaking Rainier Beer long before Budweiser tried it. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/12 "2003-05-24T00:54:13Z")
I loves me some Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. I also loves me some Red Hook ESB…yummy!! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/13 "2003-05-24T00:54:26Z")
I am a huge fan of Yuengling! In fact, I just came from drinking some. Luckily, I am just south of where they brew it, so it is plentiful here. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/14 "2003-05-24T01:31:30Z")
Yuengling does, in fact, rule. I am a big fan of the Harpoon Brewery “Brewstock” festivals. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/15 "2003-05-24T02:00:20Z")
**Reder** yoou get Ying-Yang all the way down in North Carolina? Holy crap, they must really be branching out. I’m from PA and that’s always been sort of a local-type beer. They only recently started to get it here in NY. I’m impressed that it is now that far south. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/16 "2003-05-24T02:02:00Z")
_HOLY!!!_. Yeah. Proofread, ass. ---
**Author:** ![Toddly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@Toddly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toddly)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/17 "2003-05-24T05:34:04Z")
I will second or third the vote for Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. It is the best. ---
**Author:** ![Foolonthehill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Foolonthehill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foolonthehill)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/18 "2003-05-24T05:41:20Z")
Gorgon; I was drinking it in Fla. just last spring. A Friend from Philly says it’s all over the east. ---
**Author:** ![beergeek279](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/19 "2003-05-24T15:39:14Z")
Well, I have to agree that Yuengling is the best macro lager in America…proves that tasty lager isn’t an oxymoron :). Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, I’ve never really though of as a macro (I know legally it is, but macro is somewhat of a derogatory term so far as beer lovers go). > [@](#): > > Yuengling doesn’t evan have a weizen so that hinders their ability in the all-round competition also. That alone give Pyramid a nod above. Neither does Stone or Dogfish Head, and I’d put them well above Pyramid! ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086/20 "2003-05-24T16:42:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mouthbreather \* > \*\*Nope. Just wish we could get it down here. \*\* Sometimes you can – my local package store in Duluth occasionally has it. I’ve never tried it, though; next time I see it there, I’ll pick up a 6-pack. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuengling-is-the-best-macro-beer-brewed-in-america/177086.md?page=2)