wrote:
I noticed in an ad that Penn Brewing will begin to bottle their beers
in 22oz bottles. Is this a trend? I like to purchase Yuengling beer in
22oz bottles because it seems to be a more efficient way of selling
the beer. Also two people can share beer like they share wine. I
remember when I visited Quebec City it seemed as if all the beer was
sold in something like 220z bottles.

From what I understand, the 22oz bottles are for specialty beers only. The four
standard beers (Pilsener, Gold, Weizen, and Dark) will continue to be sold in
12oz bottles. I heard of plans to bottle the maibock, to be called Penndemonium,
and a dunkelweizen. They brewed a few kegs of a weizenbock and I had a couple
pints at D's, but when I was at the brewery a couple of days ago, the bartender
told me they ran out quickly. If you look through Post-Gazette archives you
might find an article about bock beers from a month ago by Bob Batz where a Penn
rep talks about what will be going into the 22oz bottles.

Another thing I learned is the new owners now have 90% of the business and Tom
Pastorius isn't going to be involved in day-to-day operations. So the new beers
and 22oz bottles come from the new ownership.

Tom W