Beer and football III — week twelve

The game: Patriots at Jets The beer: Mayflower Winter Oatmeal Stout The result: Win, 49–19 The commentary: What a laugher! That was the most fun I’d had since… well, probably like a half hour before when G. was still awake. But you get the idea. Also, this happened, which was pretty funny: A.: “Did you […]

Beer and football III — week ten

The game: Bills at Patriots The beer: AleSmith Nut Brown English-Style Ale The result: Win, 37–31 The commentary: God bless the DVR. Continuing the trend, this week’s “1:00” game didn’t start for me until almost 3:30. Sunday was the deadline for a local arts festival logo contest that I entered, and after running a few […]

Beer and football II — week three

The game: Patriots at Bills The beer: Clown Shoes Lubrication American Black Ale The result: Loss, 34–31 The commentary: No pictures of my little girl will accompany losses, especially losses as ugly and perplexing as this. Deion Branch was invisible all day, and since he’s her favorite player she will be too. My boy Paul […]