(SavorNation) – This weekend marks the end of production for Schlitz, a beer brand with a history dating all the way back to 1849. And while Schlitz’s discontinuation comes as a blow to beer enthusiasts of the Midwest (Schlitz has been called “the beer that made Milwaukee famous”), there’s still plenty of storied U.S.-based brews to be enjoyed.
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One notable brand predates Schlitz’s founding by decades, earning it the title of the oldest continuously brewed beer in the country.
Founded in 1829, the company that came to be known as D.G. Yuengling & Son was established by David Gottlieb Yuengling (born David Gottlob Jungling) in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. The brewery (originally known as the Eagle Brewery before a name change in 1873) has been producing beer in one form or another ever since, including several Prohibition-era near beers, advertised as “cereal beverages.” (Yuengling also branched out into ice cream during Prohibition.)…