Mhmm... Beer

 

In 1823 David Gottlob came to PA fom Germany and set up the Eagle brewery on Center Street in Pottstown. Rumor has it, he named it the Eagle brewery because he got there on the back of an Eagle which he kept as a pet and fed beer to make him angry and strong and a protector of the brewery. No vagabonds ever stole beer from the Eagle Brewery. (Okay I just started that rumor, but if you believe it then it’s catching on already!) The brewery burned down and the Eagle parished in the fire so they changed the name to D.G. Yeungling and Son when they moved because the memory of their long lost protector was too hard to bear. They kept the eagle logo though, just because it looked cool. In 1873 his son Frederick joined and they opened up breweries in New York and British Colombia. Why? Who knows. Maybe they like two let abbreviations. D.G, NY, BC. During the prohibition era Yeungling made “near beers” with .5 % alcohol. Everyone was completely hammered after like 30. They also opened up icecream store and dance halls to stay afloat during the prohibition era. When Roosevelt repealed the amendment they sent him a truckload of “winner beer.” Which contrary to popular belief was not taste tested, and Roosevelt drank some, and died, and then his twin had to take his spot, which was his twins plan all long. In 1985 the brewery was put on the national register of historic places which made it legitimate for tourists in Hawaiian shirts and straw hats to stop by and gawk. In 1987 they made their lager which they hadn’t produced in years. Now the lager accounts for 80% of their sales! Good job there! In the 1990’s they were so popular they expanded to Tampa Florida. All of the workers got sunburned because Pottstown does not get a lot of son but Florida does. So they considered making a Yeungling sunblock but they didn’t. The workers drank the pain of their sunburns away. Currently Dick Yeungling is on Forbes 400 richest people in America list. Go him! He certainly has enough to start a sunblock line.