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Hiking, Football and...BEER!

On New Year's Eve Eve, as part of a local club hike on the leg-challenging, steep streets of Pottsville, PA, we toured the Yuengling Brewery. Yo, not just any brewery, mind you, this is "America's Oldest Brewery" located in Pottsville proper and dating back to 1829. Settled by German immigrants, this anthracite mining region has a rich past: http://www.easternpa.com/pottsville/walk.html

As for football: between 1925 and 1928, it was home to the NFL's Pottsville Maroons (Boston Bulldogs, later), a top-notch team involved in a controversial season with the Chicago Cardinals. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottsville_Maroons

Under 5th generation family owner, Dick Yuengling, the beer company expanded distribution of their PA beers to include the Mid-Atlantic and the South with Georgia holding out for the moment. Try all their great flavors if you can find them: http://www.yuengling.com/ If in Eastern PA, visit Pottsville, have a brewery tour beer sample, and hike near-45deg. grades of cracked and uneven brick sidewalks as training for Borah Peak and Katahdin via the Knife Edge.