Silver City sends out an email every week about their specials etc. plus a beer fact. Here's the latest:

Beer Trivia Fact of the Week:
Q: "Who was the first American to brew lager beer?"
A: The first US lager was brewed in 1840 by John Wagner, who had a small brewery in the back of his house on St. John Street in Philadelphia. Wagner brought the first lager yeast to the United States from a brewery in Bavaria.