Bryan Roth

LATEST ARTICLES ( 450 )

• In/out of Focus

  

  Our shadows follow us around, lingering, there and not, an approximation of ourselves. Faded around the edges, we're fine-tuned and sharp on the inside, but gro... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• the Last Supper is All You Can Eat

  

  The strange thing about relationships is you never quite know all the how or where or when they're going to end. Maybe you threw punches because you wanted to... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Hopelessly, Imperfectly Optimistic

  

  In nature vs. nurture, we're taught to instinctively see imperfections as problematic. By definition, the decreased potential for absolute perfection is suppose... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Thinking Geometrically

  

  There's a little piece of you that drifts away every time you say goodbye. It's the end of a moment in time, and even with the promise of another, the... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• When You’re Measuring Existential Dread

  

  We're constantly reminded of our distance of, to and from things. The GPS on our phone ticks away the mileage to our destination while our Google calendar... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• 10,000 Hours

  

  Among many realizations as you get older is the time you spend on things. Slowly, but surely, those areas of interest may dwindle. The loss isn't sad, and it's... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• in Stasis

  

  I'm sitting alone in my living room writing this. It's early - so much of my writing happens in the morning when the sky is rising in hue from black to gray. A... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• in Absence

  

  One of the hardest things to do as a writer is the very first: looking at a blank page on your computer. The emptiness of that document, in all its potential,... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Trial and Error and Failure and Success

  

  When you make plans to visit somewhere new, what do you do? Not sure what your routine may be, but I can only assume it's not too far off from mine, or countles... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Are You an ’empathy Person’?

  

  Every morning, before I go to work, I pour some coffee and sit on the right side of my three-cushion couch. It's a deliberate spot where I can place my cup on... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Go Figure, My Brother Really Likes Beer, Too

  

  It's an odd thing, family. We grow together and even in close proximity, maybe never really "get" what makes it special until well after the fact. Some of us, a... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• on Getting Older and Accepting Happiness

  

  In high school, I was voted "most optimistic," one of those senior superlatives that only functions on the periphery of what our peers really care about. We... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2019 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Tapas and Cañas: A Disjointed Travelogue from Madrid

  

  I live in a state closing in on 300 breweries, among countless others who send their packaged beer to be sold in grocery chains, convenience stores and specialt... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2018 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• You’re Actually as Old as Your Feel: Introducing ALF, the Brewery Assumed...

  

  It started, as so many things do these days, with a tweet: Also weird to call a 15-year old brewery like Southern Tier "old," so we'll have to figure out "bee... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2018 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• The ‘Definitive’ Guide to the ‘Best’ Beer of 2017

  

  If there was ever going to be a year in beer to highlight the "haves" and "have nots," might as well be 2017. Since 2014, I've been pulling together a... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2018 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Trouble for Sam Adams’ Flagships? Three Charts Explain

  

  Over on Good Beer Hunting, I wrote this week about Boston Beer's latest financial report and some of its implications. Of note, I gathered some IRI data to... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• GABF by the Numbers: Coffee, ‘Session’ Beer and Winner Geography

  

  Over the weekend, the Brewers Association announced their annual list of winners from judging at the Great American Beer Festival, offering the best of... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• ‘Nobody’ Cares About Independence in Beer

  OK clickbait LOL headline is a J/K Sort of. Over on Good Beer Hunting today I've got a think piece that works to deconstruct the word choice beer enthusiasts... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• What Does It Mean When Big Breweries Go ‘Small’?

  

  For years, craft breweries have played off the myth and ethos of being small, whether a single person creating one-barrel batches at a time or a national... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• In Beer Vs. Wine Vs. Spirits, Consider Similarities, Too

  

  Sure, they've already ruined the housing market, dating and napkins (natch), but here's one thing Millennials aren't apparently killing: wine. According to the... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK