Madden night

We decided that since we have been playing Madden on Sundays every weekend that we should have a post about the history of the Madden video games. The video game series started out in 1988 for computers. The game was originally called John Madden football until 1993 when they shorted it to Madden which it is still currently called. The first console version of the game released in 1990 for the super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. Also John Madden was on the cover of the video games until 2000.  After 2000 is when they started using NFL players on the covers.  Madden games have been on every system since super Nintendo. John Madden is a real person he briefly played for the philidepia eagles. But a knee injury kept him from playing for more then a year.  He then was hired as a linebackers coach for the Oakland Raiders in 1967. He was named the head coach of the raiders in 1969.  He retired from coaching in 1978 being the youngest Super Bowl winning coach to have 100 total victories.  From 1979 to 2008 he was a commentator on the football games on television. He was featured on CBS, FOX, ABC, and NBC.  Tom Brady is on the newest version of the Madden video game. There is also the madden curse which is that ones a player is on the cover they get injured shorty after the games release. To read more about the madden curse check out this awesome
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New beers eve

Sorry for the delay on getting this blog out a day late our marketing team had a few to many pints of social brew last night and forgot to post this. So back on topic new beers eve is an unofficial holiday in the United States to celebrate the end of prohibition. Prohibition was a dark time in the United States were all sales of alcohol were banned and it was illegal to drink. Those dark times lasted from 1920 to 1933.  We can all thank President Roosevelt in ending those dark times on April 6th 1933.  He was quoted in saying at 12:01pm "I think this would be a good time for a beer." Once he said that Anheuser-Busch delivered their beer directly to the president with their Clydesdale drawn carriages. We would also like to thank President Roosevelt for if he didn't end those dark days our brewery wouldn't be here any all the micro breweries like it. When it became legal to drink again the people flocked to their local pubs and circled the block with people who had a 13 year thirst for beer.  It was estimated that in the first 24 hours after it ended the thirsty people consumed  1.5 million gallons of beer. So midnight on Friday we will having a new beers eve party which leads into new beers day. If you are not able to attend please raise a pint to the end of prohibition preferably a micro brew but any brew will do.

For additional reading

https://www.porchdrinking.com/event/new-beers-eve-in-the-coastal-empire/

Let's talk about board games

Sorry for the delay on the blog the website shut us down but they couldn't keep us down. In honor of our game night we are going to talk about the history of board games. Would anyone of guessed that board games have been around for 5000 years. Which would make them pre historic which is pretty crazy to think. Board games have been around since before language was written down. One of the first games that were created where dice which are used in most games these days. In the same area that board games where created beer was also. The dice looked different then what we are used to now.  They where painted wood, bone, or stones that were painted on one side. Board games were leisure time for the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Board games have been historically geared for adult and weren't geared for children until 500 BCE. The first game that was for children was hop-scotch.  If we wanted to go more modern the game monopoly was invented in 1935.  Hopefully we will see you guys at game night and don't forget to bring your favorite game to play. For more information on the history of board games visit this website 

Erin Go Bragh!

In this blog you are going to be reading about the history of St Patrick's Day. But first you need to know who St Patrick was. St Patrick's real name isn't Patrick, his real name is Maewyn Succat. Another fun fact to impress your friends St. Patrick wasn't even Irish. Another fun fact about St Patrick's day is that the original color was blue but got changed to green because of Irelands nickname of the emerald isle. On March 17th we are actually celebrating the day that St Patrick died. So now we are going back to the main topic of the history of St Patrick's day. Surprisingly the first actually took place in the United States, in Boston in 1737 if you wanted to be more specific. This is some tips that we here at Social Brew will help you have a best St. Paddy's day.  

• wear green if you don't you will get pinched
• green beer is not an Irish thing stick to Guinness
• remember everybody is Irish on St Paddy's day
• for parties or just sitting home turn on some Irish music 
• watch an Irish movie like boondock saints or the quiet man
• but most of all stay safe out there

We are also releasing an Irish stout just in time for St Paddy's day. So come down to the brewery to try it out and a portion of our sales will go to National Association for Music Education.  That organization is in charge of keeping music inside of our schools.  Here at Social Brew most of us has been in band or choir and see the importance of having music in school we are not saying that we were any good but important all the same. To quote Friedrich Nietzsche " Without music , life would be a mistake"   

Podcast

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Want to learn something new today?

Since the Salvation Army was founded on March 10 1880 by the first official meeting  in the United States.  We know all of you have seen the little red cans and the ringing bells but do you know the history of them.  To take you back in time the Salvation Army first started in London in 1865 by William Booth. Booths mission was to help the thieves, prostitutes, drunkards, and gamblers.  Lieutenant Eliza Shirley was the first person to leave England and come to the United States to set it up here.  President Grover Cleveland was the first to give them a personal endorsement.  The Salvation Army gained seem during there disaster relief following the Galveston hurricane of 1900 and the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.  According to Charity Watch the Salvation Army earned an A- to A.  For additional learning or to donate go to https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/history-of-the-salvation-army/

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