Yuengling Gains Approval for 6 Silos

PORT CARBON – The Port Carbon Zoning Hearing Board unanimously approved a variance Wednesday night for America’s Oldest Brewery to add six storage silos and a liquid adjunct tank to its operation at Yuengling Beer Co. at 310 Mill Creek Ave.

At the hearing, which took place at 7 p.m. in the municipal building at 301 First St., D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc. and DGY Real Estate Ltd. Partnership was seeking a variance to build the 72.5-foot storage silos and a 61-foot liquid adjunct tank, since the area is presently zoned for a maximum height of 35 feet.
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