Yuengling's Ice Cream
Limited, and probably finished. Production first stopped in 1985, when no family successor emerged. The 2014 revival's owners told the SEC by 2023 that no product was on sale, and planned relaunches never appeared. The brewery is a separate company.
Last verified Nov 4, 2026
When Prohibition took away the beer money in 1920, Pennsylvania's brewing family started making ice cream. It stopped in 1985, came back in 2014 with a Black and Tan flavor, and then faded a second time.
Filed under: Frozen & Dairy · the ’70s & earlier
📅 Timeline
- 1920Frank Yuengling began making ice cream to support the family brewery through Prohibition.
- 1935The ice cream business was split off from the brewery.
- 1985Production stopped when no family successor emerged.
- 2014Quarts returned to stores in February, 100,000 in the first run, in 10 flavors.
- 2023The company's annual report said ice cream was not available for sale, and it merged with an IT firm in November.
- 2025The company was renamed Frequency Holdings on July 31.
❓ People also ask
Why did Yuengling's Ice Cream stop the second time?
Its SEC filings say it lost food service customers, sold through its inventory and never restarted production.
Is Yuengling's Ice Cream owned by the brewery?
No. It split from the brewery in 1935, and the revival was a separate company.
Can you still buy Yuengling's Ice Cream?
We found no current retail evidence. Older grocery listings still turn up, but they are undated.
🧾 Sources
- Food Processing, Yuengling's Ice Cream May Be Out of the Ice Cream Business (2023)
- Dairy Foods, Iconic Pennsylvania ice cream returns to stores after 28-year hiatus (2014)
- SEC, Form 10-K, fiscal year ended October 31, 2022 (2023)
- SEC, Form 10-K, fiscal year ended October 31, 2021 (2022)
- Fox News, Yuengling ice cream is coming back (2014)