Week sixteen The game: Patriots at Jets The beer: Berkshire Cabin Fever Ale The result: Loss, 26–20 The commentary: Shades of Nausea! The Jets game was disjointed in that G. and I suffered through the ugly first half at home, then ran off to the local toy store and café before I was to meet […]
The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Ipswich Ruby Red India Pale Ale The result: Win, 36–7; Kelly Ashley, 4–0–0–0 The commentary: Halloween is a big deal in our new hometown. Our previous home was closer to Boston but also closer to madness and the exponential suburban shift has resulted, somehow, in a community more […]
The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Northampton Humbug Ale The result: Win, 41–13; Natalie, 4–2–1 The commentary: Nine o’clock: I knew something was wrong when I queued up Patriots Game Day, which I only record for its three-minute segment with Mike Reiss. “OK, fast-forward through this Steve Burton crap. Fast-forward through Dan Roche’s fantasy […]
Week one The game: Patriots at Dolphins The beer: Notch Mule Corn Lager The result: Loss, 33–20; Texans win, 17–6 The commentary: Pictured is the exact moment in time when the scales tipped in Miami’s favor. (Well, about two hours after the fact—I was watching on a delay. Again. But still.) I did not pause […]
The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Wolaver’s Pumpkin Ale The result: Win, 27–17 The commentary: Several weeks ago, the local Whole Foods teamed up with a neighboring liquor store to hold a Fall beer- and wine-tasting event in the parking lot. Needless to say the liquor store, who cleverly (admirably) provided attendees with checklists […]
The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Offshore Menemsha Creek Pale Ale The result: Win, 28–0 The commentary: The shutout is a rare thing in professional football. The Patriots haven’t done it since Shawn Springs, Adalius Thomas and Brandon Meriweather were making a mockery of things in 2009. It was as much a surprise then […]
The game: Patriots at Dolphins The beer: Southern Tier 2X Double Milk Stout The result: Win, 23–16 The commentary: Yet another example this season of a beer label’s hierarchy confounding me. Is it just “2X Stout”? Or “2X Stout Double Milk Stout”? Southern Tier also brews a “2X IPA.” So “2X IPA Double India Pale […]
The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Ipswich 20th Anniversary Imperial Pale Ale The result: Win, 27–24 The commentary: Crazy Christmas Eve. And that’s right, my daughter sucks her thumb! And grabs her nose in the process! Is she beautiful or what? (Also, dig our similarly posed Christmas card on the fridge. Meta!) This is […]
Week one The game: Patriots at Dolphins The beer: Berkshire Saint of Circumstance India Pale Ale The result: Win, 38–24 The commentary: I’m calling this season “2011” even though it spills into 2012 because “2011/2012” is a little clumsy. I’m more bothered by it than you are. [Edit: How did I not yet resolve this […]
The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Long Trail Imperial Porter The result: Win, 38–7 The commentary: Ho-hum. Another destruction, another twenty-two ounces. At least some nice Brian Hoyer and eight-percent-alcohol action kept things interesting. I don’t have much to say this week. It was nice to see Julian Edelman cash in on some of […]
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