What the Ale: Yuengling beers are headed to Oklahoma 2/2/23

It has existed for 194 years and will now be available in Oklahoma. Yuengling, the oldest operating brewing company in the United States, will be selling beer in bars and restaurants in Oklahoma starting Saturday, Feb. 4.

The brewery, established in 1829 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, is one of the largest craft breweries in the nation with six generations of Yuengling family ownership.

Yuengling is one of those beers you pick up when you travel and bring back to friends and family since it wasn't available here. Not anymore.

"We are excited to welcome America's oldest brewery to Oklahoma," says Travis Taylor, VP of Operations for McNellie's group. "Our customers have been asking about it for years, and I'm happy to tell them that they no longer have to drive to Texas for it!"

Yuengling started expanding to the Midwest and will begin with keg sales and then package sales with six, 12 and 24 packs in early March. The states getting the new products are Missouri, Oklahoma, and Kansas, LDF Sales & Distributing will handle the sales in the Tulsa area.

The beers they are shipping are their Traditional Lager and Light Lager. They won't be shipped from Pennsylvania. It will be brewed in Texas and distributed to the Midwest from there.

"Not only are we excited about this launch, but we've been hearing the excitement from our accounts and the public for over a year," says Mike Paulk, on-premise manager for LDF. "We've been constantly getting calls and texts asking, 'When's it coming?!? When's it coming?!?' Everyone is ecstatic that America's oldest brewery is finally here."

LDF will introduce the beers at a variety of locations this Saturday starting at 5 p.m.:

• McNellie's, 409 E. First St.
• Fassler Hall, 304 S. Elgin Ave.
• Dust Bowl, 211 S. Elgin Ave.
• Elgin Park, 325 E. Reconciliation Way
• McNellie's South City, 7031 S. Zurich Ave.
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Then starting at 7 p.m. at these locations:

• Arnies, 318 E. 2nd St.
• Roosevelt's, 1551 E. 15th St.
• Crawpappys, 3344 E. 51st St
• Sutures, 7133 S. Yale Ave, Ste A
• Middleton's, 9711 E. 81st St.
• Fat Daddy's, 8056 S. Memorial Dr.
• PJs Pub South, 9999 S. Mingo Rd.
• Potbelly's, 3724 S Elm Pl., Broken Arrow
• C.J. Moloney's, 1849 S Aspen Ave., Broken Arrow
• Jameson's, 1385 N Aspen Ave., Broken Arrow