Call it fate, call it destiny, call it karma, call it whatever you want, but at the exact time I sat down to begin working on this post a commercial featuring Lady Gaga's On the Edge of Glory was on TV. The words rang out,
"There ain't no reason you and me should be alone tonight.
Yeah baby, tonight, Yeah baby
I got a reason you should be the one to take me home tonight."
The songs catch line instantly popped into my head while I was thinking of a way to describe Yuengling Traditional Lager and being on the edge of glory seemed to fit perfectly.
Founded in Pottsville, PA in 1829, Yuengling has the privilege of calling itself America's oldest brewery. And, as you can imagine, if a company wants to stay in business for 182 years it needs to offer a damn fine product. Yuengling's Traditional Lager is exactly that.
I had heard from several people that if you could have only one beer the rest of your life, you'd be doing yourself a favor to make it this one. Needless to say that's a pretty high expectation and I have absolutely no problem saying that this is one of the best beers I have ever tasted.
Yuenling has found a way to make amber lager at its finest. I have never tasted a beer as balanced as the one I'm writing about right now. You can taste the heavy body that one would expect to find in a beer crafted by a German immigrant, but that is offset by its caramel sweetness.
Traditional Lager tastes like a beer but drinks like water. It goes down very quickly without the rush one would expect from throwing back a bottle with speed. It also is completely lacking in any after taste.The only thing keeping this amazing beer from a perfect score is the difficulty you'll have finding it anywhere in our area...9.5 mugs out of 10.
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