A TU SALUD/ A TOAST FOR YOU PAL

Recien llegáu de Italia, donde tuviemos desconectaos del mundu, recibo con tristeza la noticia de que Michael Jackson, L'estudiosu de la cerveza, no l'otru, había muerto el últimu día d'Agostu del presente añu. Ye una irreparable perdida pa esti mundu de la cerveza. Lo que más me gustaba de él era que tenía una forma personal de acercase a la cerveza. Siempre relacionaba la cerveza, y también el whisky, con un contextu social, históricu y antropolóxicu que te enganchaba a probar, investigar y catar cerveces. Un bebedor profesional como-y gustaba denominase. Un maestru cercanu y allegre. Desde aquí dedicoy esti Sursum Corda.A la to salú queríu Michael.A la Tua caro Michael//Last night after our resting staying in Italy I came across a really sad piece of news: Michael Jackson, the well-known beer journalist and author had been found dead at his home in London. For me, Michael Jackson has- because he will remain forever- a near kind style of writing, a style which gives another dimension to the world of beer. he approaches culture to beer and viceversa, getting to a top level in which the figure of the professional drinker acquires the status it deserves.His huge Knowledge, his outstanding passion for our job makes his work and his memory last forever in our hearts and also in our way of tasting and studying the beer's universe.A toast for you Pal.