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 […]
The game: Colts at Patriots The beer: Berkshire Scotch Ale The result: Win, 43–22; Seth-Aaron, 5–0 The commentary: Quickly, here’s what I loved this week. Turnovers. The defense is trending in the right direction, even if they’re still lousy. But turnovers are the great equalizer and more Brady drives can only help against Manning and […]
The beer: Lagunitas DogTown Pale Ale The commentary: The bye weekend was spent redeeming $40 of iTunes gift cards and playing in the snow with my daughter. The former resulted in some after-the-fact Christmas songs (to spare me from having to buy them next December) and other non-holiday favorites from Michael Yonkers, the Fall and […]
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 beer: Boulder Mojo India Pale Ale The commentary: Twenty-one beers with one more to go. Let’s recap by relating each week’s selection to a player on this year’s Patriots. Smell the contrivance! 1. Berkshire Saint of Circumstance India Pale Ale – Tom Brady Most valuable. I’d start the season with no other. 2. Rogue […]
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