The year was 1829, and times they were a-changing. Andrew Jackson had just succeeded John Quincy Adams as the United States’ seventh president. Technology was a thing: William Burt patented an initial version of the typewriter, the typographer. The U.S. population, a humble 12 million spread across 24 states, hadn’t yet expanded to the West Coast, but soon would. Although migration via the Oregon Trail wasn’t in full force, the first wagon group would set out seven years later.
1829 was also a very good year for beer. German immigrant David G. Yuengling founded a brewery in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, that would go on to become America’s oldest. What's perhaps even more impressive is that it's been in the Yuengling family all this time. Six generations in and going strong, Yuengling Brewery has grown exponentially over the years Read more...
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