For spring break, my boyfriend and I decided to be as cheap as possible and decided to do a short alcohol tour of the east coast, going to two Pennsylvania breweries and some Virginia vineyards.
First, we decided to go to Yuengling. For a while we thought we went to the wrong Pottsville because it's nearly impossible to find and not well labeled. We only found it after we saw other confused people and the old Yuengling ice cream factory.
We went inside, still not convinced it was the right place, but followed some pretty ghetto looking signs to the gift shop where we waited around till a tour started. I took pictures with my phone, because neither of us had the foresight to bring a camera. We are bad tourists.
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| Cereal cooker |
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| Fancy stained glass ceiling |
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These buttons control the beer making. We weren't allowed to touch them.
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| Yuengling makes everyone happy. |
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| Hops are kept behind this door, I presume. |
After the brewery touring, we went to see the bottling facility. The Pottsville brewery produces about 600 cases a day, alternating between bottles and cans since they share parts of the production line so they can't bottle and can simultaneously.
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| Empty cases waiting to be filled. |
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| Bottles get filled here. |
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| Then they speed down the line once they are filled with delicious beer. |
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| Then they are labeled and put in cases, where an old man manually folds them shut. |
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| In the 1800s and early 1900s, the beer was aged underground in these caves under the brewery. |
After the brewery tour, we got free tiny samples of fresh Yuengling beer fresh from the brewery. I sampled the seasonal Yuengling Bock (tasty) and Yuengling Premium (not quite a tasty as the Lager or Bock, but still tasty. Very smooth).
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| Yuengling Bock |
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| Yuengling Premium |
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