Michael Jackson (Author)

Michael Jackson (2004)

Michael Jackson (born March 27, 1942 in Wetherby , West Yorkshire , England , † August 30, 2007 in London ) was a British expert in the field of beer and whiskey tasting ( degustation ) and author of various standard works on the subject.

Life

In 1994 he received the Glenfiddich Trophy . In 2006, it was revealed that Jackson had Parkinson's disease .

Jackson had a great influence on the categorization of beer types in the English-speaking world, especially his book The World Guide to Beer , published in 1977, set new standards here.

His nickname was Beerhunter ( English for "beer hunter" and a play on words with deerhunter , "stag or deer hunter").

Michael Jackson died of a heart attack in his London apartment.

Works

• The World Guide to Beer. 1977
• The World Guide to Whiskey. 1987
• Beer enjoyment. 6th edition, Ars Edition, 1999, ISBN 3-7607-3077-9
• Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch. 1999, ISBN 0-7624-0731-X
• The Running Press Pocket Guide to Beer: The Connoisseur's Companion to More Than 2,000 Beers of the World. 2000, ISBN 0-7624-0885-5
• Great Beer Guide. 2000, ISBN 0-7513-0813-7
• Beer lexicon. 2001, ISBN 978-3-8310-9008-2
• Great Beers of Belgium. 2001, ISBN 1-85375-464-1
• Scotland and its whiskeys Hallwag, Munich 2001, ISBN 978-3-7742-0048-7
• Michael Jackson's Malt Whiskey Companion. 5th edition, Dorling Kindersley, 2004, ISBN 3-283-00480-3
• Whiskey. The brands and distilleries in the world. Dorling Kindersley, 2005, ISBN 978-3-8310-0764-6
• Beers of the World - Edited by Michael Jackson. Dorling Kindersley, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8310-1301-2
• Malt whiskey. The standard work. Complete new edition, Dorling Kindersley, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-8310-3009-5

Web links

• Literature by and about Michael Jackson in the catalog of the German National Library
• Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ bellaonline.com