The beer: Anchor Porter The commentary: Are you ready for some third-stringers? Then you’re ready for preseason game three. Feel the heat! I didn’t pay much attention to the action. A. went out with some friends and G. was down for the night, so it was just me, some substandard Chinese food and the Anchor […]
The beer: Blatant Session Ale The commentary: It’s become blatantly (ha!) obvious that I’m incapable of writing much outside of the comfort and weekly deadlines afforded by professional football, so I’ll kick off what I’m calling the 2012 season (in place of a clumsy “2012/2013”) with an attempt at live-blogging ESPN’s coverage of the first […]
The game: Patriots vs. Giants The beer: Bear Republic Big Bear Black Stout The result: Fuuuuuuck The commentary: Time is a funny thing. With time, wounds heal. With time, losses seem unimportant. With time, you’d think you could stock a secondary with personnel at all capable of stopping one stinking drive at the end of […]
The beer: Boulder Mojo India Pale Ale The commentary: Twenty-one beers with one more to go. Let’s recap by relating each week’s selection to a player on this year’s Patriots. Smell the contrivance! 1. Berkshire Saint of Circumstance India Pale Ale – Tom Brady Most valuable. I’d start the season with no other. 2. Rogue […]
The game: Ravens at Patriots The beer: Shipyard Double Old Thumper Ale The result: Win, 23–20 The commentary: It’s not so hard to relate to a billionaire. Robert Kraft is suffering a pain I never want to experience, and the manner in which he continues to carry himself and so publicly express his emotions, affections […]
The game: Broncos at Patriots The beer: Slumbrew Porter Square Porter The result: Win, 45–10 The commentary: I’m sticking with the thumb-sucking theme, before and after versions. Again, these pictures weren’t taken on game day—it was really Monday at the mall—and in the second one she’s sporting the vacant stare of someone who wishes she […]
The beer: Founders Porter The commentary: Last year at this time (I am not providing the link) I had a Berkshire Shabadoo all set to go for a second playoff contest that didn’t happen. Never again, I vowed… until I was shopping for tonight’s beer at Kappy’s this morning and couldn’t decide between options A […]
The game: Bills at Patriots The beer: Samuel Adams (The) Vixen Chocolate Chili Bock Lager The result: Win, 49–21 The commentary: I’m cheating with this picture as it was not actually taken during the game, or even on game day, but rather the following morning as G. snuggled her loveys and fought sleep with every […]
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 […]
The game: Patriots at Broncos The beer: People’s Pint Scotch Ale The result: Win, 41–23; Sophie, 6–3–0 The commentary: I picked up the Scotch ale a few weeks ago out in central Mass. and thought it was a good choice for the Broncos game. Since Tebow is (was?) God’s favorite quarterback, I thought I’d counter […]
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