# Michael Jackson (the beer guy) found dead in his London home

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** beer\
**Created:** [August 31, 2007, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-the-beer-guy-found-dead-in-his-london-home/417595 "2007-08-31T07:03:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-the-beer-guy-found-dead-in-his-london-home/417595/21 "2007-09-01T03:16:06Z")

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He used to come to Minneapolis every year for an event at Sherlock’s Home. Despite the stupid name, Sherlock’s was a damn fine brewpub, the best I’ve ever been to. Mr. Jackson would do a Scotch tasting the first day and a homebrew event the next.

I talked to him at the homebrew event. He signed my copy of his _New World Guide To Beer_ and asked me if I had a beer in the homebrew competition. I told him that I did have a beer in the competition, but that it didn’t stand a chance of winning. He seemed a bit surprised at my pessimism. He hadn’t tasted my beer though. It wasn’t very good. Probably the worst I’d ever made.

Sadly Sherlock’s is no longer with us either. I’ll be raising a pint in Michael’s honor this evening, and following that up with a glass of Oban. I may pour the scotch right into my commemorative Sherlock’s Home imperial pint glass, directly after reliving it of it’s previous beerly contents.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-the-beer-guy-found-dead-in-his-london-home/417595/22 "2007-09-01T03:53:58Z")

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I raise a dram of Glenmorangie Cellar 13–Score: 81, 43% alcohol, with a soft nose, medium body, sweet and malty palate, and a finish he described as follows:

“Buttercups. Juicy, then late, emphatic saltiness. Very long indeed.”

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**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-the-beer-guy-found-dead-in-his-london-home/417595/23 "2007-09-01T04:18:45Z")

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How ironic. Today I picked up a copy of his computer game World Beer Hunter. Before that, I had never heard of the guy.

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**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-the-beer-guy-found-dead-in-his-london-home/417595/24 "2007-09-01T14:27:09Z")

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Damn, I had that guy (beer, not glove) on my shortlist for the 2008 Celebrity Death Pool.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-jackson-the-beer-guy-found-dead-in-his-london-home/417595/25 "2007-09-03T14:49:44Z")

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[QUOTE=silenus]  
You got whooshed.  
[/QUOTE]

I knew it!

:smack:

😃

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