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 […]
The game: Ravens at Patriots The beer: Shipyard Double Old Thumper Ale The result: Win, 23–20 The commentary: It’s not so hard to relate to a billionaire. Robert Kraft is suffering a pain I never want to experience, and the manner in which he continues to carry himself and so publicly express his emotions, affections […]
The game: Broncos at Patriots The beer: Slumbrew Porter Square Porter The result: Win, 45–10 The commentary: I’m sticking with the thumb-sucking theme, before and after versions. Again, these pictures weren’t taken on game day—it was really Monday at the mall—and in the second one she’s sporting the vacant stare of someone who wishes she […]
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: Jets at Patriots The beer: Cody Unz Ya Altbier The result: Fuuuuuuck The commentary: I know nothing about football. Spending a week away from the game is a good way to deal with the end of your team’s season. I don’t know what I would have done without the Golden Globes—A. was all […]
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