After having a good nights rest in Hamburg, PA Elise and I drove north toward Pottsville to tour Yuengling brewery. On the way we took a couple scenic off-shoots – one up a gravel road on a mountain and another on a winding tar road next to water dams. Arriving in Pottsville, we found a nice bluff city with crazy roads (skinny, one-ways, and ridiculous hills). We saw a cool castle-looking building and upon almost entering discovered it was a prison. We were kind of confused since it had a historic landmark placard describing the hanging of the mollies. But after realizing it was a prison, we took off and went to the brewery.
Yuengling Brewery is in its 182nd year and has been family owned the entire time. Under the current ownership of Dick Yuengling, it has grown substantially and someday will be owned and operated by his four daughters. The tour was great as we saw the various stages from the kettles to the bottling/canning and the old storage caves carved into the mountain. The beer was good and we both really enjoyed the Yuengling Porter. After another beautiful drive, we stopped for dinner at Barley Creek Brewery and Grill. From there we drove on to our hotel in Newburgh, NY.