Michael Jackson at Rich O’s Public House, 1994, with pre-digital photo bomb by BBC brewer David Pierce.
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 56: Michael Jackson’s 1994 visit to Louisville — BBC, the Silo, Rich O’s.
“When one thirsts for a glass of wine or a pint of beer, the brain gradually registers the order as a half-heard whisper. The volume is slowly turned up, creating a gentle, purring, reverberation throughout the nervous system. It seems a pleasurable massage at first, then becoming tenacious. You are in the hands of a higher authority that brooks no argument. It is desire, and the streetcar cannot leave its lines. Your destination is a rendezvous with a drink.”
— Michael Jackson, circa 2006
Pioneering British beer writer Michael Jackson (1942-2007) spent a busy day in Louisville on November 19, 1994, making stops at Bluegrass Brewing Company, the Silo Microbrewery and Rich O’s Public House. Jackson was conducting a research tour of American microbreweries for a book he never published, although his findings later appeared as part of other writing projects.
While the Beer Hunter came and went in just a day’s time, for months afterward our burgeoning “better beer” community was euphoric about his visit. Back at...
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