Alright - a little history :: The term “bowl game” was first used for College football games and originated with the Rose Bowl.  It was named so because of the bowl shape of the stadium.  The term Super Bowl was first used by Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt who meant it as a joke calling the Interleague Championship the Super Bowl after watching his kids play with a Super “Ball”

::  You can’t make this stuff up folks ::

On to the beer.  We’ve saved one of the better grocery store beers for the 4th Quarter.  It comes from England, where incidentally Football is what we Americans call Soccer :)  But we digress…..Newcastle Brown Ale is one of the best drinkable complex beers out there.  It’s brewed with English and dark caramel malts and has a really good English hop flavor without being too bitter.

If you’re about to head out to a Super Bowl shin dig where you might not know everybody, this is a definitely a beer that will impress the masses and one that everyone will enjoy.

RED DOOR EAST - It’s all about the attitude. They’ve got about 7 or 8 beers on tap and several more in bottles. Good vibe (lots of vintage beer swag), Great staff, and a big front porch.

Josh went for PBR on tap (hey…it won a blue ribbon) and Brian grabbed a New Castle Brown Ale in a bottle. Fact : New Castle is Josh’s first ‘non Miller Lite’ beer. He made it a point to tell Brian that. Fact 2 : Brian doesn’t really care…….must be that Red Door attitude

What do we say about PBR or Pabst Blue Ribbon for those who have been under a rock. It’s the “fashionable piss beer” and yes…you can quote us on that. We want to be quoted, or linked, or advertised, and hopefully paid : go ahead, use it! PBR is FPB….GRADE:C+

New Castle Brown Ale: If you read the bottle it really is what it says, an all around good, brown ale. It’s smooth and nice. It’s that beer you should buy when you’re trying to one up your domestic friends. After all, it is from England. When drinking this beer you should engage your friends in conversations about soccer but always call it football and work in the words Wanker, Bloody, and Bugger into every sentence. “I wish our bloody beer would get here” “That bar tender was such a wanker” (not at red door of course) and “That guy needs to bugger off” GRADE:B+

Red Door; we love you and we’ll be back. Please let us drink for free

EVERYONE, go to RED DOOR in EAST NASHVILLE. Just go….and talk about us….a lot

Also, Brian lives on the East side so he frequents these establishments, if you see him there do the smart thing and buy him a beer……HA!