America’s oldest brewery is finally tapping into the West Michigan beer market.
Despite Michigan being home to Beer City USA (Grand Rapids) beer lovers have long begged for Yuengling to expand its distribution north. There was even a dedicated Facebook group rallying for it. Now, after more than 200 years, Yuengling is finally landing on store shelves across the state.
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This means us Michiganders won’t have to make the trek down to the state line and cross into Hoosier territory just to grab a couple 12-packs at Kroger any more!
I’ll admit, it was tough watching neighboring states like Illinois and Ohio get added to Yuengling’s distribution territory before we did. What do they have that we don’t?! I suppose I always figured Michigan’s craft beer market was too saturated with countless craft breweries for Yuengling to really shine, but as we see more breweries start to close perhaps the craft beer bubble has finally burst making room for standard favorites.
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After over 200 years in production clearly there’s a reason America continues to drink Yuengling. It’s that good!
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