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| Social Media Calls for Yuengling Boycott |
| 2016-11-02 |
| Beer Drinkers Are Boycotting Yuengling After Its Billionaire Owner Endorses Trump [Forbes] One of America’s wealthiest beermakers is in hot water after voicing support for Donald Trump. Dick Yuengling, the fifth-generation owner of America’s oldest brewery, gave Eric Trump a personal tour of his historic Pottsville, Penn. plant on Monday. Brian Sims, one of Pennsylvania’s first openly gay state legislators, wrote a lengthy Facebook post criticizing the company. "D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc. believes that an agenda that is anti-woman, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBT, anti-racial minority and anti-equality is best for them and that tells me all I need to know about what they think is best for their own customers," Sims wrote in the post on Wednesday, which he signed "a former customer of 17 years." Fortunately, Yuengling recently began distribution in my area - guess I'll head across the street and buy a 12-pack. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #13 Sold! It will taste like the tears of the corrupt Clintons. So yummy and sweet. |
| Posted by: Uneart Elmirt4622 2016-11-02 23:43 |
| #12 So if Trump wins, will these people boycott the entire nation? I'm hoping they will either leave, or fall over with pure apoplexy and be catatonic for a decade or so. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-11-02 21:42 |
| #11 So if Trump wins, will these people boycott the entire nation? |
| Posted by: AuburnTom 2016-11-02 20:33 |
| #10 Not much better than a good Welsh Rarebit All depends on whether it is Rarebit Season or Duck Season. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-11-02 19:19 |
| #9 Thank you AlanC. Not much better than a good Welsh Rarebit, especially for me in cold weather. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-11-02 18:56 |
| #8 swksvolFF, My recipe calls for porter or stout but when I don't have them available I've tried any dark beer around and B&T does well. Of course the B in a real B&T is Guiness so it's not unexpected. Prosit |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-11-02 18:53 |
| #7 More shutting down jobs in the name of politics. Pennsylvania, haven't you had enough of that? Americans, haven't we all? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-11-02 18:37 |
| #6 Brian Sims, one of Pennsylvania’s first openly gay state legislators Would it be racist to call Brian Sims a whiny-ass little bitch? (note for the record that whiny-ass bitchery has nothing to do with being gay, but might correlate with membership in the Penn state lege) |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-11-02 18:29 |
| #5 Hold on. Alan C, which one (flavor) do goes in the Welsh Rarebit? Black and Tan? I will have to try that. Lager is good, worth a try. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-11-02 18:22 |
| #4 Yuengling and a spicy chick fil a, sounds mighty yummy! |
| Posted by: illeagle 2016-11-02 17:58 |
| #3 Anglicized version of Jüngling, its German founder's surname and the German term for "young man". |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2016-11-02 17:56 |
| #2 Raj, give it a try. Their Black & Tan is a nice quaff. It also works well in my Welsh Rarebit recipe. Supporting Trump, rather than the most corrupt, criminal, traitorous scum ever to run would seem to be a selling point, kind of like Chik' Fil A. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-11-02 17:51 |
| #1 1) I never even heard of this beer until 3 years ago. I avoided it since it sounded like a Chinese import. 2) I will now have to reconsider this stance in light of |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-11-02 17:15 |