Forget about it, George: “What are your favorite sports to watch and play?” The game: Patriots at Broncos The beer: Geaghan Brothers Higgins Irish Red Ale The result: Win, 10–7 The playoffs: 3–0 The headline: “Ask those who have been before you what fate the future holds.” – Thin Lizzy, “Warriors” The commentary: I’m a […]
The game: Patriots at Broncos The beer: Riverwalk Peppermint Mocha Porter The result: Win, 26–23 The method: NFL+ The record: 4–11 The headline: “Shit a brick! Drive me crazy! Outta my mind!” – Pussy Galore, “Brick” The commentary: The doink of all doinks—biblically loud to the point of absurdity, betraying either a microphone buried inside […]
Week six The game: Broncos at Patriots The beer: Backbeat Marcus Porter The result: Loss, 18–12 The knockout: Ditto Week seven The game: 49ers at Patriots The beer: Lexington Kentucky Pumpkin Barrel Ale The result: Loss, 33–6 The commentary: Ask and you shall receive! No, not that bit about the knockout pool “get[ting] past the […]
Week nine (bye) The beer: Down the Road Patchwork Kilt Scottish-Style Ale The result: Saints win, 30–10 Week ten The game: Patriots at Broncos The beer: Lagunitas NightTime Ale The result: Win, 41–16; Seahawks win, 22–16 The commentary: Root for either the Saints or the Seahawks. Almost: root for both the Saints and the Seahawks […]
The game: Patriots at Broncos The beer: Lefty’s Barrel-Aged Scotch Ale The result: Win, 16–3; Adam, 10–0–0; Erin, 4–0–0–0 The commentary: I don’t know about the barrel-aged beers anymore. A little rich for me. The Northampton Brewery didn’t have Maggie’s Wee Heavy on tap last weekend so this “Scotch ale” from Provisions was a no-brainer. […]
The game: Patriots at Broncos The beer: Maine Mo Pale Ale The result: Fuuuuuuck The commentary: Oh hi! What’s that now? Riiight… The time to hesitate is through. Delaying longer than in between witnessed XLIX achievement and part one of its recorded reflection (though not part two, which stretched into summer) exemplifies the degree of […]
The game: Patriots at Broncos The beer: Founders All-Day India Pale Ale The result: Loss, 30–24 The commentary: In comparing and contrasting Vince Wilfork and Logan Mankins, beyond the obvious black/white and offensive line/defensive line, one result is obvious: Wilfork’s career with the Pats was bookended by Super Bowl victories (2004 to 2014) while Mankins’s […]
The game: Broncos at Patriots The beer: Port Board Meeting Brown Ale The result: Win, 43–21; Bengals win, 33–23 The commentary: In my inaugural beer-and-football diary I brought up Peyton Manning’s penchant for not removing his helmet during post-loss handshakes. I have come to admire Manning over the years and I find this to be […]
The game: Patriots at Broncos The beer: Southern Tier Plum Noir Imperial Porter The result: Fuuuuuuck The commentary: What is loss? What is the passage of time? What is the intersection of these? I don’t know, but surely it is black. Fucking black. Nah. I’m over it and have been since before the last of […]
The game: Broncos at Patriots The beer: Smuttynose Old Brown Dog Ale The result: 34–31 The commentary: Fred Kirsch on the Patriots.com live blog put it best after Blount’s fumble (the team’s third) when he wrote “I’m going to vomit.” (In Blount’s defense he appeared to be knocked out for a second. The strip sack […]
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