Bryan Roth

LATEST ARTICLES ( 450 )

• True Romance: New Glarus Gives a New Meaning to Brand Loyalty

  

  If you're deep in the weeds or thick in the mash or whatever the appropriate idiom would be for someone who thinks about beer too much, you're likely familiar... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Deconstructing What It Means to Be Best: Is It Beer Or Experience?

  

  The past week was a wild one of lines drawn and heated tempers - all over a logo. Or, rather, a logo released by the Brewers Association to separate their... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Citation Needed – What Does It Mean to Support ‘Independence’ in Beer?

  

  The Brewers Association has created a new "independent" logo for businesses to display on beer packaging. As for its value as a good or bad thing, I'll leave i... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Homebrewers Vote, We Listen: Zymurgy’s “Best Beer” and National Trends

  

  Pliny the Elder's reign is over. Since 2009, the beloved double IPA has sat atop the annual "best beer" poll held by Zymurgy magazine, but no longer. Over... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Malt Liquor’s One-Off Return to ‘High Class’ Status

  

  This week, Founders announced the arrival of a new beer in their barrel-aged series, DKML. A rather innocuous announcement, as these things happen all the... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Beer is Suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder

  

  Since 2009, Oregon's Ninkasi Brewing has been producing Maiden the Shade, a "summer IPA" created to help celebrate an annual fair. It recently , bringing it... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• AB InBev is Coming for All Your Hops, Unless They Aren’t

  If it's not Wicked Weed, it's something else, I suppose. On the heels of a loud and wide outcry from industry professionals and drinkers over the purchase of... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Drinkers Already Think Sam Adams Isn’t ‘Craft.’ What If It Won’t Be for Long?

  

  A week from today, leadership overseeing the Boston Beer suite of brands - most notably Samuel Adams beer - will present their Q1 earnings report. If recent... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Saison Isn’t the ‘Next IPA,’ but It’s Trending in the Right Direction

  

  Today is April 8, Saison Day, a fake holiday created for the beer community because if Hallmark can pull it off why can't we? I often poke fun of such... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Here’s a Fun Way to Increase ‘Craft’ Beer’s Market Share

  

  This morning, Good Beer Hunting published a Sightlines piece I wrote examining the essential forfeiture of the Brewers Association's goal of 20 percent market... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Silence and Secrets Have No Place Here

  

  Anonymous sources are not unusual. In many cases, they are vital. The contacts made by journalists, and the information they provide, are often pivotal for the... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• The Search for Authenticity: A Questionable Manifesto

  

  You familiar with Panera Bread or Five Guys? Ever visit a food truck? Each kind of business represents a part of the fastest-growing segment of the dining... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• What If You Don’t Have to Make ‘Good’ Beer Anymore?

  

  Earlier this month, Brian Grossman, the son of Sierra Nevada's founder, Ken, and a leader at one of America's pioneering breweries, said something that may rais... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2017 DRINK

• Can RateBeer’s Best Teach Us About Beer’s Hype Train?

  

  More: Read my first post on RateBeer's best in 2016 There are a lot of layers when it comes to "best beer" lists. Subjective opinion, especially on... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Hunt Whalez Or Die Tryin: 2016’s Best of RateBeer

  

  Last month we took a look at 2016's best beers as selected by writers, bloggers and beer enthusiasts. Today, we step it up to an annual celebration of "best" b... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Do You Want Politics in Your Beer?

  

  This past weekend was a momentous one for the United States, signaling literal and figurative change throughout our government, prompting a variety of actions... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Making Snowflakes: An Exploration into Rarity, Beer Quality and Industry...

  

  We find ourselves in a unique time as beer lovers. Everything and anything is available to us. Whatever we want, whenever we want it. With a record number of... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• How to Win ‘Best’ Beer and Influence People

  

  Along with all the data parsed from my recent analysis of 2016's best beer, there was one particular trend that caught my eye. Beyond the use of specific hops... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• A ‘Definitive’ Guide to the Best Beer of 2016

  

  Ask friends and family. Look around the Internet. Talk to a stranger on the street. It seems just about everyone is over 2016. But it wasn't all bad, right? We... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2017 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Trend Watching: 2016 Hop Production and the Rise of Citra

  

  What better kind of "end of year" review than one related to hops, the national treasure of our beer loving country? Another annual report was released this... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2016 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK