The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Yuengling Brewery of Pottsville, Pennsylvania is close to finalizing a deal to purchase the brewery in Memphis, Tennessee formerly owned by Coors. Yuengling has signed a letter of intent to buy the brewery for an undisclosed amount and the deal is expected to close in a few weeks. This will be Yuengling’s fourth brewery, as they currently own and operate three breweries, two in Pennsylvania and one in Florida.
The brewery was originally built by Schlitz in 1971 and then Stroh’s operated it for a time before selling it to Coors, where they brewed their Blue Moon line of stealth micros, along with Zima and Keystone. MillerCoors shut it down in 2006 and I seem to recall there were some labor disputes there, too. Then later that same year it was sold for $9 million and it became the Hardy Bottling Co..
dick …and i mean “Dick” Yeungling usually screws everyone he goes into business with..lets see how this plays out…hey “Dick ” hows the private golf course…
Anyone who really knows Dick Yuengling would say that he is a very generous person. If he “screwed” anyone over it’s because they prob had taken advantage of him. He treats everyone with respect. But if you take advantage of him or a situation, he will do the same back. Rightfully so I must say too! There are too many people out there looking for freebies and are too lazy! He (Dick) would never ask anyone to do anything that he himself wouldn’t do. And after saying all of this, do you really know of all the donations that he gives. I truely doubt it!