Stephen Beaumont

With word that Gourmet magazine recently co-hosted with a leading American brewer a five-course beer-pairing luncheon in their private dining room at the Condé Nast Building in New York, there is no longer any...

Time was that stocking a wine cellar, beer list or back bar was as simple as hanging out your shingle and waiting for the sales reps to arrive. Sometimes it still is. But in today’s competitive environment, more often...

Ithink ‘local’ is the new ‘organic.’”That sentiment, voiced by William Reed, co-owner of two Philadelphia taverns, The Standard Tap and Johnny Brenda’s, may be a trifle self-serving—The Standard Tap has a policy of...

Fifteen years ago, when the late beer writer Michael Jackson first devoted a chapter of his book, “Michael Jackson’s Beer Companion,” to the topic of beer and food, it’s safe to say that, to the overwhelming majority...

“Wine is fine, but don’t forget the beer.” That’s the message from Don Davis, co-owner and self-appointed “beer sommelier” at San Francisco’s Bin 38 restaurant and wine bar. Davis, a committed oenophile, proudly...