Week one The game: Eagles at Patriots The beer: Cambridge Amber Ale The result: Loss, 25–20 The method: Live via Paramount+ The record: 0–1 The headline: “You want the same thing every day, I’ll teach you love a different way.” – Kiss, “Sweet Pain” The commentary: So much hostility! Deservedly so, sure, but there’s “fire […]
Week seven The game: Patriots at Jets The beer: Avery Ellie’s Brown Ale The result: Win, 33–0 Week eight The game: Browns at Patriots The beer: Lord Hobo Dark Lager The result: Win, 27–13 Week nine The game: Patriots at Ravens The beer: Ipswich Chucktoberfest Lager The result: Loss, 37–20 Week ten (bye) The beer: […]
The game: Patriots vs. Eagles The beer: Collective Arts Stranger Than Fiction Porter The result: Fuuuuuuck The commentary: There I was, chain-drinking bombers with the first setting up a presumed—upon winning—deep dive into socialized literature. Said plans, though, were scrapped early when our defense declared “No more!” So what better time to revisit a Super […]
The game: Eagles at Patriots The beer: Founders Breakfast Stout The result: Loss, 35–28 The commentary: This is where the heaviness sets in. Perhaps my “Before Floyd”/“After Floyd” theory was too broad. Is it, in fact, a Founders Curse? First the All-Day IPA and now the Breakfast Stout: can it be so simple? Or should […]
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 […]
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