BTW, as to the BnT - am I supposed to be impressed or repulsed?

You should be repulsed, but that's not Yuengling's best product. If
you like dark beer, try their Porter, instead of the half-Porter.

The Gourmet Guide to Beer, by Howard Hillman, gives Yuengling Porter
four "Mugs" out of a possible five. Only about eight U.S. beers score
that high, and only two or three score five out of five.

vince