The game: Broncos at Patriots The beer: Smuttynose Old Brown Dog Ale The result: 34–31 The commentary: Fred Kirsch on the Patriots.com live blog put it best after Blount’s fumble (the team’s third) when he wrote “I’m going to vomit.” (In Blount’s defense he appeared to be knocked out for a second. The strip sack […]
Week nine The game: Steelers at Patriots The beer: Berkley Harvest Ale The result: Win, 55–31 The commentary: Wow. Look at her! Wow… wow. Just when I think the world is too far gone a moment like this is captured. Everything, somehow, will be OK. Fifty-five points! Despite two no-calls on back-to-back first-quarter touchdowns by […]
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 […]
Week six The game: Saints at Patriots The beer: Cambridge Sgt. Pepper Saison The result: Win, 30–27 The commentary: G. was on fire today. First we went to A&J King where she hammed it up in mom’s sunglasses. Outstanding. Later, when she wouldn’t nap, I took her out to run a few errands. She rode […]
The game: Patriots at Bengals The beer: Martha’s Exchange Olde London Stout The result: Loss, 13–6 The commentary: Bob Socci must be stopped. The new radio voice of the Patriots lied to me four times in an hour during a rainy second-half drive to Nashua: an interception (not an interception), two receptions (two drops) and […]
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 […]
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