Boston on a Budget: Tailgate with Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey

Here we go again!  In the same vein as the very successful Guinness Believer event last week, ThreeifbyStrike is proud to inform you of the Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey Tail Gate Throwdown.

Seems that on Sunday, October 14th, for the Patriots-Seahawks game ole Jackie Daniels and his boys will be taking over a bean town bar and throwing a tailgate party (don't tell but it's in the Fenway area.) From the invite, Jack Daniels say they will be providing catered BBQ, appearances by former NFL stars Lawyer Milloy and Andre Tippett, opportunities to win prizes and of course, that sweet Tennessee Honey.  All free.

I signed up, we'll wait and see what happens. In the meantime, mark your calendars, dry clean your jersey and practice your tailgate games.  Something tells me this could turn out pretty okay for all of us. See you there!

Purity Ring 9/29 (Saturday) Free at Northeastern

They say time is money and that the best things in life are free; well play your cards right this weekend and both could be true. Sorry about the late notice on this one but hot damn, is this exciting.  So I'm creeping on Facebook just now, poking around here and there, seeing who's lost their cell phone or uploaded the last of summer's bathing suit pictures and I find this absolute gem just sitting there in the middle of The Book.

The Details: This Saturday 6-9pm-Northeastern's Centennial Commons Quad-Purity Ring and Penguin Prison-FREE-FREE-FREE.  I went to one of these concerts a couple years ago and saw Tim Fite and The Cool Kids, so here's the deal.  No Northeastern ID necessary, just show up. It's gonna be kinda messy as most of the undergrad class and outsiders will probably make there way to this at some point. I would suggest going early, bringing a bunch of friends and supplies and stake out a spot way up front.

I've already written about how much I think Purity Ring is on the verge of blowing up big in the scene, with a great live show, a top tier debut album and word of mouth that's spreading like the Boston Neurovirus they just have to.  I will be at this show and I will be annoying anyone within cellphone range to come to this concert.

Not like it happened on purpose but if your a regular follower of the blog we here at Three If By Strike have laid out a pretty nice little Saturday for this upcoming weekend.  Explore the North End on an adult style field trip  then hop on the Orange Line at North Station and catch Purity Ring, all for free.

Guinness Believer at Ned Devine's

True to my word, this past Tuesday I wandered over to Faneuil and took part in the Guinness Believer event. Since then people have been asking about it, so here's what went down. 

I got to Ned Devine's a little early, about 5:30, to beat the crowd for the 6:00 event only to find things pretty quiet.  After showing my reservation confirmation at the door I waited in a sidebar area until beer crew was ready for us.  Don't worry if you haven't printed out a confirmation code or if you want to bring some friends at the last minute. There are registration stations at Ned's for those living on the fly and plenty of space at the bar, so grab that weird co-worker or classmate and loosen them up a bit over a pint. 

They let us in around six and started setting out hor d'oeuvres. Bingo...Jackpot...Game ON.  Mini-pizza slices, housemade potato chips and buff or BBQ chicken wraps? Fug-ghed-aboutit. They brought out tray after tray of gnosh so if you don't mind catching a few eyes while feeding your face, then go nuts. Eat like you paid for it.

Half stuffed and carrying a full plate of snacks I then made my way to get a beer. If your going to wait in line at this thing definitely wait in the "Learn to Pour your own Guinness," queue.  Not to say that I have the golden touch and nailed the perfect draft but I'll let the Guinness pour technique rattle around my brain for a while. Eating free food, drinking free stout that I poured off the tap for myself, not a bad Tuesday night at all.  

The rest of the event consisted of a presentation on the origins of Guinness and then a guided taste test of Guinness Foreign Stout and the new Black Lager.  I ended up walking away from the night with a belly full of food, some delicious beer, a Black lager tasting glass and the know how on the best way to pour Ireland's signature brew. All this for the low, low price of zero. 

There are still slots open for registration at 6:00, 7:30, and 9:30 tonight if you need a place to go after work or somewhere to start pregaming for free before it gets really thirsty  Thursday.  Guinness Believer:  Strike tested, Strike approved.

Field Trip Boston-This Saturday

Not totally sure what this Field Trip Boston deal is but it's free and it sure couldn't hurt to learn a little more about the hub so check it out if your plans for Saturday only extend as far as "hanging over."

From as near as I can tell this is the plan, sign up for a free ticket, meet in the North End at 3, wander around till 6, and then party with the other field trippers at Savas Studios.  From the linked site it sounds like all the best parts about your 4th grade trips to the Science Museum and Plymouth Rock except there are no chaperons and the day ends with booze.

Sidebar: I was up late last night pretending like I didn't have to be up by 6:30 for work and I needed some get up and go tunes to get  up and over the hump.  Maybe you do too...maybe not, maybe f**k yahself.