Forbes, Oct 25, 2016 (I)

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Chase Peterson-Withorn, Bottle Royale. Dick Yuengling built America's oldest brewery into a $550 million power house, becoming a billionaire in the process. Now, after 3 years in conrol, it;s finally time to let go asn pass the family buusiness onto a sixth generation-- but whihch of his daughters will inherit the billion-dollar throne?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chas ... -beer-making-empire

Note:
(1) Yuengling
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuengling
(a) German-English dictionary:
* Jüngling (oun masculine): "
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/J%C3%BCngling
   ^ jung (not "ü;" adj): "young"
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jung
   ^ -ling (suffix)
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ling
* lager (v)
   Lager (noun masculine): "store, stock room"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lager   

(b)
(b)
(i) The German consonant "j" is pronounced the same as English consonant "y" (as in yes).
(ii) How to pronounce ü in German?
(A) Pronouncing German Vowels. German Language Guide, undated
www.germanlanguageguide.com/german/pronunciation/vowels.asp
("The German long 'ü' and short 'ü' are two of the hardest sounds for the English speaker to master, as there are no direct equivalents in the English language. (ü ) similar to ew in pew; more like ue in French rue")
(B) German vowels: long and short 'ü.'  Paul Joyce German Course, undated
http://joycep.myweb.port.ac.uk/pronounce/vowelue.html
("The long German 'ü' vowel[:] To form a long German 'ü' vowel - which can be written 'ü', 'üh' and sometimes 'y' - first articulate a long German 'ie' sound in a word such as 'Tier' (= animal). As you say it, gradually purse your lips and the word that emerges is 'Tür' (= door). If you try the same procedure with the German word 'Kiel' (= North German town), then the word that emerges when you purse your lips will be 'kühl' (= cool)")
(C) Compare

Ü with Easy Consonants. ChinesePod, undated
chinesepod.com/tools/pronunciation/section/15
("The Mandarin vowel sound ü is the most difficult vowel sound for most English speakers because this vowel sound does not exist in the English language (it does exist in German, however). To make the basic ü sound, make a continuous 'ee' sound. As you make the sound, round your lips into the position they would need to be in to make an 'oo' sound. By making the 'ee' sound in your mouth with your lips in the 'oo' position, you are pronouncing Mandarin's ü sound.")

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(2) The "bottle royale" in the title is a wordplay of battle royale.
(a) battle royale
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_roya
(b) In the English term "battle royal," the "battle" is an English -- but not French -- noun, and The "royale" is the feminine singular of a French adjective "royal" (which became English adjective "royalv).
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/royal  

(3) "Pottsville, Pa, a charming town of 14,000 in the heart of coal country that was immortalized by native son John O'Hara in his novel Appointment in Samarra."
(a) For "coal country," go to Pottsville, Pennsylvania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottsville,_Pennsylvania
(is located in Pennsylvania's Coal Region)

Click "Coal Region" and you will find it is in Appalachian (mountains, with valleys).
(b) Appointment in Samarra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appointment_in_Samarra
(section 1 Explanation of the novel's title)

(4) "the 73-year-old [Dick] Yuengling sometimes mans machinery himself or backs semi trucks into his loading dock"
(a) His birth name is Richard L Yuengling, Jr (his father being Richard L Yuengling, Sr). He is divorced, but I fail to find out when or how much he paid his wife.
(b) semi-trailer truck
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-trailer_truck

(5) "Like the four generations before him, Dick Yuengling refuses to sell out."

sell out (vi): "to dispose of one's goods by sale; especially : to sell one's business"
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sell%20out

(6) "like a coal-country King Lear he knows he'll soon have to cede his throne to one of his four daughters. If he can actually let go."
(a) "coal-region" alludes to Pottsville; King Lear has nothing to do with coal.
(b) King Lear
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Lear
(a tragedy written by William Shakespeare; Derived from the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological pre-Roman Celtic king)

Click "Leir of Britain" and you will learn that King Leir might not have existed.
(c) Leicester
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester
(section 1 Name)

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(7) "DICK YUENGLING'S compulsion for control was nearly his undoing as an eager kid who wanted nothing more than to run the family brewery."

nothing more than: "DISAPPROVING  only <He dismissed Bryan as nothing more than an amateur>"
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ ... h/nothing-more-than

Underneath the definition are similar phrases, one of which is
nothing less than something:
"(ALSO nothing short of something) only a particular quality in something, and not worse  <The chef will accept nothing less than perfection from his kitchen staff>"
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/ ... less-than-something

(8) "After a year at Lycoming College in nearby Williamsport, Pa., where he played baseball and spent more time selling Yuengling to local bars than studying, he dropped out to return to the family business."
(a) Lycoming College
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoming_College
(private, co-educational; Established 1812; located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania)
(b) Williamsport is seat of Lycoming County, named for Lycoming Creek.
(c) Pottsville is southeast of Williamsport, the air distance being about 68 miles.

(9) "He found a foothold with Yuengling Black & Tan, a cross between a porter and a lighter, pilsner-style brew. Then another product took off: Yuengling Lager, which he introduced in 1987 after seeing Boston awash in Samuel Adams beer during a business trip. Its amber hue made it easily distinguishable from similar beers, and Yuengling marketed it as a bolder-tasting competitor. It now accounts for about 85% of the company’s sales."
(a) porter (beer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_(beer)
("Porter is a dark style of beer developed in London from well-hopped beers made from brown malt. The name was first recorded in the 18th century, and is thought to come from its popularity with street and river porters. * * * The term 'Stout Porter' would later be shortened to just 'Stout' [Guinness is a stout]")
(b)
(i) Martha Harbison, What Is the Difference Between a lager and an Ale? Beer Science, Jan 25, 2013.
www.popsci.com/science/article/2 ... tween-lager-and-ale

* "Lager beer is fermented and then 'lagered' (stored) in caves for a period of weeks or months at temperatures hovering in the 40s Fahrenheit. This low-and-slow fermentation * * *"

For the definition of "lager, see (1)(a).
(ii) Yeast Guide. In Beer 101. Beer Advocate, undated.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/101/yeast/

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(10) "During a vacation in Florida he sat down with his daughters * * * to gauge their interest in running the business one day.  'It was kind of like our "come to Jesus" moment with our dad,' says Jennifer Yuengling, the eldest daughter and now the company's vice president of operations."
(a) come-to-Jesus moment
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/come-to-Jesus+moment
(b) What is a 'Come to Jesus' moment? What does this refer to? Quora, Aug 29, 2014.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-a- ... -does-this-refer-to
(i) The phrase does not come from Bible, that is for sure.
(ii) I was shaken, at Chicago's West Side to see a congregation in trance -- mostly blacks but some whites too.

(11)  "He [Dick] borrowed $50 million to build a new plant in Pottsville, 2 miles from the family's historic brewery * * * But that would take years to complete, and the immediate demand for their beer was already outpacing capacity. When he discovered that a former Stroh factory in Tampa was for sale, he turned around and used $15 million from the loans to purchase it."
(a) Stroh Brewery Company
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroh_Brewery_Company
(Bernhard Stroh [a 28-year-old German immigrant] established his brewery in Detroit in 1850; in 1999 sold to Pabst Brewing Company)
(b) Yueling bought the Tampa facility in 1999 -- the year is not from the Forbes story but instead I find in the Web.

(12) "After getting a business degree from Bucknell * * * and a master's in psychology from Lehigh, Jennifer quickly learned that, like Dick, she's a production obsessive. * * * talking shop with employees"
(a) Bucknell University
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucknell_University
(private; founded in 1846 at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania; in 1881 William Bucknell's donation of $50,000 ($1,226,034 today) saved the university from [financial] ruin
(b) Lehigh University
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_University
(private; located in Bethlehem [which is by Lehigh River], Pennsylvania; "was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer," who "named his university 'Lehigh' after his other passion": Lehigh Valley Railroad, which at its hey day ran from Buffalo, NY to New York City; the valley is named after Lehigh River)
(c) talk shop (v): "to talk about your job when not at work <She was sitting at a table with people from work, talking shop>"
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/talk-shop