July 1999

I would like to know what is the oldest beer company in America. If you can please help. Thanks very much

D.G. Yuengling & Son in Pottsville, Pa., is the oldest. Yuengling started brewing in 1829. Before you ask, August Schell in New Ulm, Minn., is the second oldest.

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