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The passing of a giant

There are people who are important to you at various stages of your life. Some are teachers or mentors. Some are poets and singers. Some are pilosophers and thinkers. And some are enthusiasts in a field you are interested in yourself, and, if you are lucky, they will open doors for you to be able to pursue your interests way beyond your expectations.

For a beer enthisiast, it is a sad day when we mark the passing of English beer writer Michael Jackson. For decades his writings have been an inspiration to many of us, across the globe. I bought the Swedish edition of his World Guide to Beer in the early eighties, and if I have to pinpoint one single reason why I am blogging about beer today, it is  this book. The combination of broad knowledge and a good pen has spread the beer gospel to millions. I think that applies to brewers as well as beer drinkers. Lew calls him the first rock star of beer, and that is an accurate description.

All about beer magazine has published his last (and his first) column. It is, appropriately, about death. The rest of us raise our glasses to a pioneer.

Posted by: KnutAlbert at 07:18 | link | comments
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