2007.09.06
World Beer Hunter: RIP
In what seems like ages ago, I worked at Discovery Channel in their now defunct interactive media department. Looking at the titles at the last link I realize I worked on most of them. Two of the titles were called The Beer Hunter and World Beer Hunter. Both of these titles were created with British writer Michael Jackson (I know, an unfortunately similar name to some pop star). This man knew more about beer than almost anyone else on Earth, and had a great sense of humor. There’s no one I would have loved to have a pint and talk about beer with than Mr. Jackson.
Sadly, I just learned that he passed away. My thoughts go out to his family, friends and mates at his favourite pub. The world of beer has lost a great proponent. Tonight I will have a pint of Boddingtons in his honor.
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2 Responses to “World Beer Hunter: RIP”
- Shorty says (September 7th, 2007 at 08:53:26 )
While I think that he was an expert on beer and my thoughts go out to his loved ones, at one point he proclaimed Delirium Tremons the best beer in the world… this opinion was questionable!
On a side note, if you want to know about beer, why don’t you ask me???!!!- douglas says (September 7th, 2007 at 09:42:10 )
I don’t need to ask you about beer because I still have the disks I helped make with Discovery.
According to the article on SFGate that I linked to, Mr. Jackson never declared what his actual favorite beer was. I wonder if he says what it is in his will…?
