Michael Jackson 1942 - 2007 Michael Jackson was the world’s leading consumer-writer on beer, and is known by readers in many countries for his particular love of Belgian brews. He received the Mercurius Award from Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium in 1994, which was made with special reference to his television series “The Beer Hunter” and his book The Great Beers of Belgium (currently in its fifth edition). Jackson was an Officer of honor in the Chevalerie de Fourquet. In 1997, he was made a member of the Belgian Confederation of Brewers. This was the first time that the honor had been extended to someone who was not a brewer. For his writing on beer, Jackson has been honored in Italy, France, Germany, Finland, Great Britain, and the United States. He won the André Simon Award; the Glenfiddich Trophy; Glenfiddich Awards for books, journalism, and television; the Gold Tankard of the British Guild of Beer Writers; awards for CD roms, “Columnist of the Year” and historical writing, from the North American Guild of Beer Writers; and is a James Beard nominee. In the U.S. he was the first recipient of the Achievement Award of the Institute for Fermentation Studies.		Jackson was a consultant editor to Beer Passion magazine, and contributed to Journal du Brasseur, Bière, Pint, What’s Brewing, All About Beer, and magazines on drinks and food in many countries. He wrote for Playboy, GQ and the Washington Post, and in Britain was a regular contributor to the Independent and the Observer. A library of his writings can be found at www.beerhunter.com. He conducted tastings at the Belgian Embassy in Tokyo and at the Belgian Consulate in New York, and lectured at Cornell University, the Museum of Archeology and Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, the Culinary Institute of America, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Geographic Society.