Beer and football IX — playoffs, week three — AFC Championship

The game: Patriots at Chiefs The beer: Clown Shoes La Bestia Furiosa Mexican-Style Imperial Stout The result: Win, 37–31 The commentary: At eighty-eight miles per hour we copyedit last week’s thrilling conclusion: “With Edelman likely unsuccessfully neutralized I’m looking to James White, Sony Michel and Chris Hogan’s cloak of invisibility impressive athleticism and hands to […]

Beer and football VII — week nine (bye)

The beer: Clown Shoes Third-Party Candidate India Pale Lager The result: Chiefs win, 19–14; Trump wins, 304–227–7 The commentary: This is my two hundredth post. I am close to dropping an overdue essay regarding the importance of Trout Mask Replica (currently headlined “Tight also”), having reserved its epic for a weighty round number, but it […]

Beer and football VI — week fourteen

The game: Patriots at Texans The beer: Clown Shoes Coffee Pecan Pie Porter The result: Win, 27–6; Jeremy, 10–0–0 The commentary: Leave it to fantasy origin stories involving turkeys to reclaim first place in the AFC. These past few weeks have become awfully meta around here: repeated self-referential links to a year-old post about the […]

Beer and football V — week four

The game: Patriots at Chiefs The beer: Clown Shoes Pecan Pie Porter The result: Loss, 41–14; Chargers win, 33–14 The commentary: “No pictures of my little girl will accompany losses, especially losses as ugly and perplexing as this.” Almost. Here’s an outtake from week one, basically summing up the game. The porter was delicious and […]

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 […]