My first beer was a Michelob Light. There, I’ll admit it.
I moved on to Michelob Ultralight. I was just that cool.
When I moved up north for grad school, I couldn’t find my favorites so I switched to Coors Light and the local, more “exotic” beer, Yuengling (which I used to pronounce “Yuh-eng-ling”, it’s just “Ying-ling”). I considered myself awfully adventurous for venturing out of my comfort zone. Of course, comfort zone is a bit relative… I wasn’t that big of a beer drinker. I just didn’t get the appeal.
Flash ahead a bit. It was summer and I was …read more

Shopping yesterday at Wegmans, I saw a Yuengling Lager Hot Sauce. I decided to check it out online before buying a bottle and – nothing. Not a mention on Yuengling’s site, or Wegman’s either.
Has anyone tried this?

As you may have guessed, I like beer. In fact, I like beer so much that our wedding reception was at the Stoudt’s brewery, and the guests threw hops as we left the church.
Now, UK beer aficionados have what sounds like an even better option. Shepherd Neame, one of the oldest breweries in the UK, now hosts weddings. I’m actually quite surprised that the oldest brewery in the UK only predates Yuengling by a mere 130 years, but the place looks quite nice from the pictures. My wife, the Anglophile in the family, tells me it’s in a nice …read more