I must admit that I was a little surprised to stumble across this headline. I remember back when Anheuser-Busch became a Belgian property it occurred to me that the Boston Beer Company, which makes and sells Sam Adams beer, was the largest American beer company. The other big players like Miller and Coors had already been sold off to foreign drinks corporations years before so it came down to little, comparatively speaking, Sam Adams.
Not so anymore. D.G. Yuengling and Son, the famously old and independent brewer from Pennsylvania, now holds that title after surpassing Boston Beer in sales last year. That makes it both the oldest and the biggest American brewer. Pretty impressive, especially when you consider that Yuengling only distributes to 14 states.
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I would never have guessed that. I would have thought the makers of Sam Adams too. Wow!
It’s too bad, Yuengling is basically afraid of hops, and Jim Koch, Boston Beer, is such a homebrew, and Craft brewing supporter.
So………..the more things change, the more they stay the same. Jim Koch doesn’t always stay true to type, but BBC always brews interestin beer. So, go for it, Jim!