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 […]
The game: Patriots at Redskins The beer: Berkshire Steel Rail Extra Pale Ale The result: Win, 34–27 The commentary: I got some great pictures of G. leading up to the game but the smiley ones never come out. You can’t see it here because of my stupid square-cropping syndrome but her feet were going a […]
The game: Colts at Patriots The beer: Just Beer Moby D American Ale The result: Win, 31–24 The commentary: Like the Pittsburgh game, only the exact opposite, this one was nowhere near as close as the final score indicated. Brady, Welker and Gronkowski were doing every single thing against the Colts that they wanted to […]
Week eight The game: Patriots at Steelers The beer: Cambridge Great Pumpkin Ale The result: Loss, 25–17 The commentary: My favorite pumpkin beer, marred by repeated long completions down the middle of the field to a wide-open tight end. Hey, that’s what the Pats are supposed to do! I would love another shot at these […]
Week six The game: Cowboys at Patriots The beer: Berkshire Oktoberfest Lager The result: Win, 20–16 The commentary: I think it’s going to be a Berkshire-heavy season—six weeks in and I’m already onto a second offering. My team’s won five of six games, though, and even if I’m not superstitious (very much) I’m not going […]
The game: Jets at Patriots The beer: Pretty Things Hedgerow Bitter The result: Win, 30–21 The commentary: My little girl knows what’s up. She doesn’t get all bothered the way her dad does over how poor a defense a 4–1 team might have. Here she is, really taking the time to weigh all sides of […]
The game: Patriots at Raiders The beer: Notch Saison The result: Win, 31–19 The commentary: I wonder what would have happened if Hank Williams (Jr.) compared Obama to Jesus. Will we ever survive without “Are you ready for some football?!” Forget for a minute that Monday Night Football is no longer all that relevant. Sure, […]
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