The game: Patriots at Steelers The beer: Samuel Smith Winter Welcome Ale The result: Win, 27–24; Jaguars win, 45–7 The commentary: Survivor’s Jeff Probst, wisest of the wise, laid on the tribal-council empathy last week and—moments before Devon incomprehensibly voted out his lone ally, positioning Ben as his future destroyer instead of a possible swing […]
The game: Jaguars at Patriots The beer: Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout The result: Win, 51–17; Seahawks win, 26–0 The commentary: Returning to my roots, I beckoned Samuel Smith from oversea adventure among the whores and skyscrapers of southeast Asia in order to lubricate a week-three, buy-back Seattle victory. Thank god those guys are checked off […]
The beer: Samuel Smith Organic Chocolate Stout The result: Seahawks win, 38–17 The commentary: “What can happen?” So I asked as I considered the Samuel Smith on the shelf. The stout and a six-pack of Founders Porter accompanied me to the car when it hit me that Rob Gronkowski was on the professional athlete version […]
Week one The game: Patriots at Bills The beer: Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale The result: Win, 23–21; Bengals/Jarrod lose, 24–21 The commentary: Longtime readers (!) might recall this whole “beer and football” thing I started years ago when an innocent, shockingly handsome thirty-something guy got drunk on Samuel Smith pints each autumn Sunday in […]
The game: Patriots at Browns The beer: Samuel Smith Organically Produced Ale The result: Loss, 34–14 The commentary: Wow. Let me say that I’m worried about my relationship with Samuel Smith right now. I had a Taddy Porter the night before our Block Island trip (week two against the Jets) and tried to counter the […]
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