Bryan Roth

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• Numbers and Context Behind Beer’s ‘Next Frontier’

  

  Beer enthusiasts from coast-to-coast spent a lot of time in 2015 talking about the hottest news topic of last year: mergers and acquisitions. But when we weren'... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2016 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Reporter’s Notebook: The Serious Side of Brewery Safety

  

  Dan Drown has worked in occupational safety and health for about 30 years, but he's noticing his niche of expertise has been catching on lately. "Hot liquids,... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2016 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Hot Job? ‘Share of Stomach’ Comes to Beer Boardrooms

  

  It is certainly not a wholly American value, but competition sometimes feels more deeply rooted in our everyday lives than it should be. After all, there's a... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2016 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• A ‘Definitive’ Guide to the Best Beer of 2015: The Beer

  

  Yesterday, we looked at the "best" breweries of 2015. Today, we focus on the best beers we might have enjoyed last year. To do this, I used a collection of... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2016 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• A ‘Definitive’ Guide to the Best Beer of 2015: The Breweries

  

  About a week into the New Year and I can only assume we're all so over 2015. It's time for a fresh start with new goals, attitudes and beers, of course. With... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2016 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Happy New Beer: December 2015 Beertography

  

  OH NO. BEER PUNS. I'm so sorry. That time has returned. As we celebrate the final days of December (and 2015!) I've got a final collection of beertography to... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• ‘Legacy’ Breweries and the Fight for Attention in 2016

  

  A little yin and yang as we close out the year: In 2015, Blue Moon, which popularized Belgian wheat beers in the U.S., saw its White IPA become a top-3 selling... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Sam Adams and the Power of IPA

  

  Supermarkets and grocery stores are brimming with beer options these days, making every trip to coolers more time consuming for drinkers trying to sort through... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• The Rising Price of Beer and Why We Pay (Or Not)

  

  Nothing is good as it used to be. People come and go. Things change. Time lurches on. Our memories are cherished, some more so with the lasting glow of... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Reporter’s Notebook: An Evolution of the Neighborhood Bar

  

  There's an epidemic sweeping the country and it's not our national addiction to hops. Rather, it's the slow decline of a place where we once built our drinking... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Behind-the-Scenes Beertography: A Visit to Anheuser-Busch

  

  At the beginning of this month, I was presented with an invitation to travel to St. Louis as part of a very small media event hosted by Anheuser-Busch. As with... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Trend Watching: Is Beer Looking to ‘Sweeten’ Its Deal with Drinkers?

  

  Us humans are a fickle species. For as much as we are individual snowflakes, there is still even more that binds us together, ingrained predispositions that go... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Poppa Don’t Preach: Do We Need ‘Craft Beer Evangelists’?

  

  This summer, I presented at the annual Beer Bloggers Conference, sharing the spotlight with some talented writers. In the day leading up to the presentation, I... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Trick Or Treat: October 2015 Beertography

  

  The favorite holiday of ghouls and ghosts is nearly upon us, so let's have a wonderfully topical collection of beertography to celebrate Halloween. Below... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Semantics and the Search for a ‘Perfect’ Beer

  

  What is a perfect beer? Ask the question and subjectivity runs amok. Would it be our favorite beer? One that holds particular nostalgic value? A sum of... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Craft Brew Alliance and the Search for a New ‘Local’

  

  There is great power in "local." It offers pride, ownership and often, a connection to intrinsic values. Between 2008 and 2014, sales of local food more than... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Are We Watching the Next Stage of Sam Adams?

  

  Blink and you'll miss it. Among all the industry news of buyouts, investments and global mergers, we may be witnessing the pivot and turn of one of America's... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• A Labored Effort: September 2015 Beertography

  

  Labor Day has passed, the white clothing is tucked away and the last vestiges of summer are gone. Good a time as any for a new collection of... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• We Are More Than Beer, Beer is More Than Us

  

  There's an undeniable truth I have needed to come to terms with in recent years, despite what my loving mother and father may tell me otherwise. I will never... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• A Return to ‘The Pleasant Distraction’

  There are always other things to do. We have jobs and friends and responsibilities of life. But even then, there is always something else pulling us toward the... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2015 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK