FLIGHT a new beer from Yuengling

Post by **gaw** » Mon. Mar. 02, 2020 7:30 pm

I had a chance to have this beer yesterday; it was on draft at a local restaurant. It is a light beer coming in at 95 calories and 4.2% abv. The flavor reminded me of O’Doul’s, the non-alcohol beer. In other words I was not impressed. At 141 calories their Premium is more flavorful and has 4.5% abv.

Post by **KLook** » Mon. Mar. 02, 2020 7:32 pm

Thanks for saving me gaw.....

Kevin

Post by **CoalHeat** » Mon. Mar. 02, 2020 10:00 pm

Have not seen or heard of that yet, don't really care to try it. I'm still upset Yuengling stopped brewing Bock for the Lenten season a few years ago.

That said I stick with Amber Lager or Black And Tan.

Post by **gaw** » Mon. Mar. 02, 2020 11:01 pm

I thought the Bock was very good and don't know why they quit. I was told poor sales. If you like flavorful malty beers this new one will definitely disappoint.

Post by **CoalHeat** » Tue. Mar. 03, 2020 10:04 pm

Exactly, I really looked forward to Bock. I guess the trend is towards low carb watery flavorless brews.

Post by **lincolnmania** » Tue. Mar. 03, 2020 10:24 pm

saw that. looks like pee.

the premium is 135 calories. that stuff goes down like water on a hot summer day!

drinking an ice cold porter right now, 160 calories lol.

my dad got me a yuengling sampler for my 21st birthday in 1992, been a fan ever since.

Post by **Hoytman** » Wed. May. 27, 2020 6:33 am

How do some of you like Guinness? I always that that looked good, draft of course.

I’m an A&W fan myself. Oh! Wrong thread. LOL!!!

Post by **johnjoseph** » Sat. May. 30, 2020 12:07 pm

gaw wrote: ↑Mon. Mar. 02, 2020 7:30 pm I had a chance to have this beer yesterday; it was on draft at a local restaurant. It is a light beer coming in at 95 calories and 4.2% abv. The flavor reminded me of O’Doul’s, the non-alcohol beer. In other words I was not impressed. At 141 calories their Premium is more flavorful and has 4.5% abv.

The premium is great. I add a bit of salt on broth....try it on any beer.

Post by **hank2** » Mon. Jun. 15, 2020 3:40 am

My beer drinkin days are almost behind me, but IMO, the Premium was always their best beer, especially on tap. At places that frequently cleaned their taps. Could be just me, but I thought even that had gone downhill somewhat over the years from what it had been. Less malt? Their Lord Chesterfield ale ( 5.5% ?) was always worth a visit as was the Porter. Back in the day, if you asked for a half n half at any Reading working man's bar, you got half Reading premium and half Yuengling porter. One Reading taproom had a sole contract with Yuengling for kegged half Lord Chesterfield ale and half porter. The taproom called it "molesterfield".

When Yuengling came out with the "Lager" beer in the mid 80's, it was a huge seller. So much got shipped out of Pa. that you could scarcely buy it here. They pulled it back and opened a couple more breweries. It usually gave me a headache if I had more than one. FWIW an older gent that brewed at Yuengling back then told me not to drink it as he called it a "green beer". Just one guys BS?

Yeah, the Bock was pretty good some years, especially back decades ago. Seemed that most of the breweries put out a Bock in the Spring back in the 70's. Their wheat ( weissen?) beer was not bad. Their earliest efforts at Octoberfest brew were darn good. It tasted just like like contracted brew they used to make for Bavarian beer festivals, like Stoudt's . Just terrific.

Gaw, thanks for the skinny on the Flight beer. O'douls for a target flavor wouldn't be good.

Hoytman, gotta say that Guinness on draft is a pleasure. I treat myself to about one a year. There's an Irish semi-dive bar down the road from me. It's the only place that I have ever seen real draft Guinness in these parts. That community is what was left after the last of many iron ore mines and forges shut down here in the later 1800's. Stranded several hundred Irish workers and over a thousand dependents. Most moved on, a few did not.

Ever hear of a Chinese boilermaker? Ying-ling beer with Shen-lee whiskey.

Post by **Hambden Bob** » Mon. Jun. 15, 2020 6:40 am

Thanx,Glen... Your report's worth a thousand words!

Post by **Hoytman** » Sun. Jul. 05, 2020 6:42 pm

Never had a drop of alcohol...ever. Guinness does look good though.

Post by **Hoytman** » Sun. Jul. 05, 2020 6:43 pm

Never had a drop of alcohol...ever. Guinness does look good though. Just never had the desire to try any and peer pressure to try it never had an effect on me.

Post by **johnjoseph** » Sun. Jul. 05, 2020 6:46 pm

Guinness has a non-alcoholic beer.

Post by **lsayre** » Mon. Jul. 06, 2020 5:13 am

Hoytman wrote: ↑Wed. May. 27, 2020 6:33 am How do some of you like Guinness? I always that that looked good, draft of course.

As a fan of good Stouts, Guinness tastes very thin, dry, and dull to me. If it was not for the "beer gas" (a gas blend that contains nitrogen) that they carbonate it with it would be flat out awful. I rank it as a bottom shelf stout. Very bottom shelf.

Left Hand Brewing's 'Nitro Milk Stout' (in a can, whereby it gets nitrogen containing "beer gas" carbonated upon can opening*) is a much better example of a flavorful and widely commercially available Stout, but for me the Cadillac of the breed is Hoppin' Frog Brewery's 'B.O.R.I.S. The Crusher' Stout (where BORIS = Bodacious Oatmeal Russian Imperial Stout). No need for the nitrogen trick whereby to make BORIS taste delicious.

There are also many good UK Stouts. And then there are the ones that I brew....

*I'm not sure if "beer gas" can be found in any bottled beer. Unless Left Hand figured out how to do it....

Post by **freetown fred** » Mon. Jul. 06, 2020 6:39 am

Wrong thread my ass H---I'm with ya on the A&W--can't beat a good float!!!

Hoytman wrote: ↑Wed. May. 27, 2020 6:33 am How do some of you like Guinness? I always that that looked good, draft of course.

I’m an A&W fan myself. Oh! Wrong thread. LOL!!!