Beer and football VI — week fifteen

The game: Titans at Patriots The beer: Josephsbrau Winter Brew Dark Double Bock Lager The result: Win, 33–16 The commentary: No clickbait this week! I’m still waiting to see the Akiem Hicks touchdown anyway, since the L-team behind Eye-Anne Eagle and Dan “You Might Learn the Rules, Dan, Since You Used to Play the Position” […]

Beer and football V — week fifteen

The game: Dolphins at Patriots The beer: Northampton Humbug Ale The result: Win, 41–13; Natalie, 4–2–1 The commentary: Nine o’clock: I knew something was wrong when I queued up Patriots Game Day, which I only record for its three-minute segment with Mike Reiss. “OK, fast-forward through this Steve Burton crap. Fast-forward through Dan Roche’s fantasy […]

Beer and football IV — week sixteen

The game: Patriots at Ravens The beer: Rogue Chipotle Ale The result: Win, 41–7 The commentary: With a name like “Chipotle Ale” it had to at least be interesting, right? Hmm. Assassination attempts are interesting. The weird police activity on my street last night was interesting. Owning too many (more than zero) reggae CDs is […]

Beer and football II — week thirteen

The game: Colts at Patriots The beer: Just Beer Moby D American Ale The result: Win, 31–24 The commentary: Like the Pittsburgh game, only the exact opposite, this one was nowhere near as close as the final score indicated. Brady, Welker and Gronkowski were doing every single thing against the Colts that they wanted to […]

Beer and football — week sixteen

The game: Patriots at Bills The beer: Shipyard Blue Fin Stout The result: Win, 34–3 The commentary: Once again I rocked a Starbucks iced chai as a warm-up, obtained during a pre-storm errand scramble. And then the Blue Fin Stout. Mmm… as tasty and comfortable as December football against a Thurman Thomas-less Bills team. This […]