Stephen Beaumont, acclaimed beer writer whose 10-year old article about Ontario beer retailing I have already linked to, has just posted a new article on the subject in light of the recent groundswell.  Stephen’s opinion echoes my own, which is to allow speciality beer retail stores, which can happily co-exist with The Beer Store and the LCBO as they are.  Speciality stores and large, mass-focused stores exist together with just about every other form of consumer good.  Why should beer be different?