Bryan Roth

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• What Do the “Best Beers in America” Say About the Beer Industry?

  

  Yesterday, Zymurgy, the official magazine of the American Homebrewers Association, released results of its annual “Best Beers in America” survey, completed by... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Who is the Best? Presenting the Real World Cup of Beer

  

  The entire world is entranced by The Beautiful Game for the next month as the World Cup kicked off this week. OK, maybe not the United States, but there’s a... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Is the Fastest-Growing Domestic Beer a Key for Beer Marketing?

  

  Despite ongoing problems with going up against the craft beer sector here in the U.S., AB InBev recently announced it had an OK start to the fiscal year. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Safe Travels: Does Brewery Growth Mean We Need to Talk More About Drinking and...

  

  It wasn’t until recently that I truly noticed what it was like growing up in my hometown of Geneva, NY.Tucked away in the middle of wine country and farmland,... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Beer Goggled: May 2014 Beertography

  

  It’s the end of the month, which means it’s time for my regular roundup of beertography from the last few weeks. Glad to sneak this one in on the very last day... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Big Beer is Wounded, Here’s How They’re Trying to Heal

  

  This is how we know craft beer is winning.It’s not necessarily the almost 8 percent (and growing) market share or the nearly 2,800 operating breweries or craft’... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Quick Drink Fiction: A House Blown Down

  

  This is a continuation from my first short, short story, The Big, Bad Wolf.His hookers knew tricks that would make David Copperfield blush.Slights of hand that... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• The Art of Storytelling and the Craft of Beer

  

  From an early age, we are drawn to the mythic nature of stories.Wondrous lands, conniving villains and our heroes that save the day. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• He Said What? Pete Coors and His Magical Mystery Press Tour

  

  Warning: #LongReadYesterday, the Denver Post’s “First Drafts” blog ran this story: “Pete Coors, big beer industry continues to grapple with craft beers.”No... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• On Gender and Beer: There and Back Again

  

  I had planned for my last post on this topic to be the end of this series of posts, but then this happened:Meet CraftBeerVixen. She started following me on... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• The Eye of the Beerholder: April 2014 Beertography

  

  It’s the end of the month, which means it’s time for my regular roundup of beertography from the last few weeks.Below you’ll find some of my favorite, recent... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Reiterating the Importance of Glassware

  

  I’ve previously shared a post about my beer-specific glassware collection, which I’ve been lucky to upgrade in the past couple years. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Quick Drink Fiction: The Big, Bad Wolf

  

  What revs him up every time he awakes – what really petrifies his morning wood – is picturing all the stupid fucking fucks he’d fuck that day and their soon to... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• On Gender and Beer: Do We Need Saving?

  

  When I first began thinking months ago about my recent series of posts on gender and beer, I centered them around this question:Can women save beer? Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• On Gender and Beer: Changing Our Expectations of Women

  

  Remember that? In 2003, this was the apex of  advertising for Miller Lite, who aired the ad during that year’s Super Bowl. The cause of the argument – “great... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• On Gender and Beer: Why Do We Think Men Are from Ales, Women Are from Lagers?

  

  Conversations on Capitol Hill once again became focused on the equity of men and women last week, as the White House marked Equal Pay Day. Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Why I Don’t Worry About (Beer) Journalism

  

  I used to be a servant to deadlines – my ball and chain the ink-stained notepads and pens scattered across my desk. My boss? An editor who would take my... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Birth Announcement: Welcoming Modern Beer Journalism … “The Session” April 2014

  

  ANYTOWN, U.S.A — Modern Beer Journalism was born June 23, 2012.The parents, sub-humans who spend their day trolling the drecks of of the five Ws and a pack of... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Birth of a Brewery? Another Look at Sharp End Brewing

  

  If you’re getting into the professional brewing game these days, there are probably two things to know, and Drew Perez is fully aware of both of them:... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Beer’s Eye View: March 2014 Beertography

  

  It’s the end of the month, which means it’s time for my regular roundup of beertography from the last few weeks.Below you’ll find some of my favorite, recent... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK