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 […]
Week fifteen The game: 49ers at Patriots The beer: Boatswain Chocolate Stout The result: Loss, 41–34; Denise, 6–1–1 The commentary: A few weeks ago we visited Hell N Earth Babies R Us in search of the Perfect Winter Coat for G. (eventually purchased at JC Penney, and it is perfect) and afterward I dropped into […]
The game: Texans at Patriots The beer: Smuttynose Scotch Ale The result: Win, 42–14 The commentary: I had it all figured out. Thursday, December 6 featured Smuttynose Shoals Pale Ale in my 365 Bottles of Beer for the Year calendar (it’s leap year: plus one, suckers!). When I saw it last week I said “Snap! […]
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: Patriots at Jets The beer: Mayflower Winter Oatmeal Stout The result: Win, 49–19 The commentary: What a laugher! That was the most fun I’d had since… well, probably like a half hour before when G. was still awake. But you get the idea. Also, this happened, which was pretty funny: A.: “Did you […]
The game: Colts at Patriots The beer: Notch Polotmavý Czech Amber Lager The result: Win, 59–24 The commentary: Guess who wouldn’t nap again! Like last week, our efforts were foiled when G. turned crib time into play time, followed by full-on holler time. As kickoff approached I scooped her up and tried to lie down […]
The game: Bills at Patriots The beer: AleSmith Nut Brown English-Style Ale The result: Win, 37–31 The commentary: God bless the DVR. Continuing the trend, this week’s “1:00” game didn’t start for me until almost 3:30. Sunday was the deadline for a local arts festival logo contest that I entered, and after running a few […]
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