Chestnut brown and looks like it is going to be a thick one, when, surprise! it turns out to be a light beer! well not really. But it was too watery and had very little body for what I expect out of a porter. Yes, this is a traditional porter, but you know what, it's not appealing to me, just like stegmaier. Prune juice comes to mind, some caramel/chocolate notes, but they are washed away. Tradition is only good in as much as it continues to be pertinent. Yuengling porter, you have passed your prime, old man.

Bottled. Love that retro label. As an old-line ale, fares better than at least anything the macros call "ale." Has a real ale taste, as opposed to the "cream ales" popular in this part of the country. Straw color under lacy head. Subtle spicy/citrus hops aroma and taste, plus a warming maltiness. The alcohol does not make itself felt. Not brewpub-great, but an interesting ale to find.

Quart Bottle (The store was out of 6-packs). Suprisingly has resisted urge to lighten up their flagship so it looks and taste more like megabrewed crap. Color is certainly amber (again, no p--- yellow A/B color), kicks up a frothy head. Sweet malty taste, almost roasty caramel, and trace of flavoring hops. Surprising yeast taste, may turn off some people. Could the big bottle have been old? Still, an interesting catch. Had the whole quart and 3 Lord Chesterfields and didn't feel a thing. Will try to set this as my baseline for a "not great-not terrible" beer (and I've now sampled from America's two oldest family breweries, Yuengling and Schells. Who's third oldest?).

Bottled. Dark brown with rich head. Slight aroma of figs and honey. Sweet, fruity and reasonably malty with plastic bold mouthfeel and low bitterness. Remarkably similar to lighter examples of Baltic porters brewed in ex-Soviet countries.

Smells like an average lager, has a good mild taste! Better than most readily available lagers, but not too full of taste. A great buy especially around the Washington, DC area!

My favorite lager on tap! need i say more? yes. It has a wonderful crisp hoppy start, and leaves a pungent hoppy trail all through your mouth as it washes down and leaves traces of malt notes behind. Delicate yet strongly stated. wow.

Well I suppose I’m due for a rerate of this one. I’ve certainly had many many bottles of it since my first draught experience. It certainly is no 4.1 in bottles, being pasteurized and filtered and having a distinct, yeasty, green-apple and paper flavor/aroma, with some plastic.
I don’t know, I strongly hold that the fresh draughts I’ve had at PIttsburgh airport were easily 4.1’s, but until I can get back and verify that with myself (having been a LONG time ago relative to my palate development), I suppose I should average the draught score with the bottled score.

Draught 7/4/9/4/17
Bottled 6/3/6/3/12
Overall is an average of the two.

Very dark brown; aroma of liquorice, prunes, buckwheat honey, burnt raisins - this is macrobrew? Slightly fizzy, but fairly smooth in its dark malt palate - hints of black currant & liquorice, finishing slightly watery. A decent brew today; thirty years ago I would have been making pilgrammages to Pottsville.