Hip Hops: When Michael “Beer Hunter” Jackson came to Louisville in 1994 (part two)
Michael Jackson at Rich O’s Public House, 1994, with pre-digital photo bomb by BBC brewer David Pierce. “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 Last week: “Hip Hops: When Michael “Beer Hunter” Jackson came to Louisville in 1994 (part one).” Pioneering British beer writer Michael “Beer Hunter” Jackson (1942-2007) spent a busy day in Louisville on November 19, 1994. Jackson was conducting a research tour of American microbrewing for a book he never published, although his findings...Read more