The game: Steelers at Patriots The beer: Flying Dreams Nightcrawler Dark Ale The result: Win, 36–17 The commentary: The “watch live” plan didn’t quite work out. And I think we read The Gift of Nothing, having borrowed it from Steeler defensive coordinator Keith Butler. “Coach, Brady is picking us apart. This zone shit isn’t working. […]
Playoffs, week one (bye) The beer: Old Planters Crop Rotation India Pale Ale Playoffs, week two The game: Texans at Patriots The beer: Mystic Hum Low-Frequency Porter The result: Win, 34–16 The commentary: Low frequency my ass! Six straight conference championships for “those assholes”? Indeed, Mister Tomlin! The Steelers, though, are no slouches. In re-tempting […]
The game: Patriots at Broncos The beer: Maine Mo Pale Ale The result: Fuuuuuuck The commentary: Oh hi! What’s that now? Riiight… The time to hesitate is through. Delaying longer than in between witnessed XLIX achievement and part one of its recorded reflection (though not part two, which stretched into summer) exemplifies the degree of […]
The game: Chiefs at Patriots The beer: Ballast Point Sculpin India Pale Ale The result: Win, 27–20 The commentary: Ladies and gentlemen, Andy Reid & His Five-Minute Drives! I love that band. I love when the Pats’ defense can just hang out and listen to them perform without worrying about where to stand and whom […]
The beer: Ipswich Route 1A Double India Pale Ale The commentary: And, lo, on the fourth day of the fourteen billionth (or so) year, the Mercury Brewing Company opened (soft-opened) its Brewer’s Table pub and restaurant, and it was good. Well, decent. Still some kinks to work out like the lack of a children’s menu, […]
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 […]
The game: Patriots at Broncos The beer: Southern Tier Plum Noir Imperial Porter The result: Fuuuuuuck The commentary: What is loss? What is the passage of time? What is the intersection of these? I don’t know, but surely it is black. Fucking black. Nah. I’m over it and have been since before the last of […]
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