The game: Patriots at Falcons The beer: The Tap Sassy Rabbit Rye Ale The result: Win, 30–23 The commentary: One night last week I stayed a little late at work and walked the Greenway to North Station for my ride home. I knew the carousel had finally reopened (great idea to renovate over the summer, […]
Week two The game: Jets at Patriots The beer: Maine Peeper Ale The result: Win, 13–10 The commentary: What’s the sound of grown men crying for a solid week? All I remember from this game is four hours of Mike Mayock talking about Geno Smith’s lousy “internal clock” and how the Patriot rookie receivers “can’t […]
Week one The game: Patriots at Bills The beer: Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale The result: Win, 23–21; Bengals/Jarrod lose, 24–21 The commentary: Longtime readers (!) might recall this whole “beer and football” thing I started years ago when an innocent, shockingly handsome thirty-something guy got drunk on Samuel Smith pints each autumn Sunday in […]
The beer: Northampton Daniel Shays Best Bitter The commentary: New England, as a region, is comprised of six states: 1. Maine 2. New Hampshire 3. Massachusetts 4. Half of Connecticut 5. Pawtucket, Rhode Island 6. My own self-importance Despite rumors to the contrary, Vermont is not one of them. Northern New England (Maine and New […]
The beer: Green Flash West Coast India Pale Ale The commentary: My plan was to go Friday morning. On the road by eight, Foxborough by half past nine. But the rain! What happens to the first day of training camp when it rains? I knew of the Dana-Farber Field House, as in “Practice has been […]
The beer: Battle Road 1775 Tavern Ale The commentary: Michelle, who early on seemed overly confident for no good reason (certainly not from a talent perspective) only to turn things around when it counted, won season XI of Project Runway. She deserved it, I suppose, after Stanley went all “What do you mean it’s tomorrow? […]
The game: Ravens at Patriots The beer: Great Divide Wolfgang Doppelbock Lager The result: Fuuuuuuck The commentary: In my spare time I make pizza. My daughter favors Boboli’s whole wheat crust, onto which I dump a bunch (too much!) (but so good!) of pizza sauce and cheese all over it. The sneaky part, though, is […]
The game: Texans at Patriots The beer: Notch Valley Malt BSA (Brewer Supported Agriculture) Farmhouse Ale The result: Win, 41–28; Anthony Ryan, 5–0 The commentary: I am out of beer. After last weekend’s yummy porter and Sunday evening’s so-so Notch (saisons and farmhouse ales are pretty hit-or-miss for me, which is strange in this case […]
The beer: Firestone Walker Reserve Porter The commentary: Snore! Pretty forgettable football weekend for the first round of the playoffs. I didn’t watch any of the games too closely, just sort of had them on in the background while I did things around the house, but that was enough. I’m glad we have the big […]
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 […]
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