The beer: Samuel Adams Rebel India Pale Ale The commentary: Welcome back! Is your favorite team the reigning Super Bowl Champion? Is your favorite team-oriented podcast making “Highway to L” jokes? Has your daughter not yet outgrown her team apparel from two years ago? I’ll keep this short with kickoff a week away. Training camp […]
You say there was a game? The game: Patriots vs. Seahawks The beer: (See part 1) The result: Win, 28–24 The commentary: Specific memories of the play-by-play have fogged over but I can’t exactly have a “part 1” without a “part 2” and maintain my dignity. Who am I, Remo Williams? Fingers crossed that my […]
Full-on electric The game: Patriots vs. Seahawks The beer: Dogfish Head Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew Ale The result: (To be continued) The commentary: The most expensive beer of the year cost about fourteen dollars. It’s been so long now, with Dr. Jones finally standing in for Major Toht, that the details are fuzzy—a lot has […]
The beer: Jack’s Abby Smoke and Dagger Black Lager The commentary: I liked what I did lo, these many years ago (three), one beer to one player. Berkshire Saint of Circumstance India Pale Ale is Tom Brady? Of course! Symmetry is an admirable life goal. But it’s been done—it’s been done!—and I’m just too tired […]
The game: Colts at Patriots The beer: Mystic Descendant Suffolk Dark Ale The result: Win, 45–7 The commentary: It went down as it was supposed to… and then some. Luck forced a couple of throws that, as against Denver, went the other way. What say you, Mike Wells of ESPN Indianapolis? Did these amount to […]
The game: Ravens at Patriots The beer: Slumbrew My Better Half Imperial Cream Ale The result: Win, 35–31 The commentary: The divisional-round game was the first this season that I watched live all the way through. G. cooperated with some rare nap action and then mama was kind enough to give her dinner. We then […]
The beer: Berkshire Raspberry Barleywine-Style Ale Henniker Working Man’s Porter The commentary: It came during the bye week so the media didn’t pick up on it, but after five (regular) beer-and-football seasons I finally called an audible. The BBC barleywine was a gift to the Christmas hosts and I cracked it open Saturday night while […]
Week sixteen The game: Patriots at Jets The beer: Stone Coffee Milk Stout The result: Win, 17–16 The commentary: It’s rarely easy with these teams. I spelled it out after the Pats won in October’s first meeting, and adding this one to the pile the Pats come out three cumulative points ahead from 2013 to […]
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 thirteen The game: Patriots at Packers The beer: Smuttynose S’muttonator Double Bock Lager The result: Loss, 26–21; Colts win, 49–27 The commentary: Super Bowl preview? Perhaps. I’m curious how this game would have turned out on a neutral field, but the Packers played better than any Wisconsin advantage provided. I never understood the Aaron […]
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