The Beer Hunter's Library Bequest

Posted by Maddalena Delli Jul 25, 2008

The Michael Jackson Collection will complement other special library collections on food and drink, one of the key areas of research excellence for Oxford University.

Oxford Brookes University Library’s impressive collection of food and drink related special collections, has been boosted by a donation from the estate of the late Michael Jackson, best known as The Beer Hunter or The Whisky Chaser (both registered trademarks).

A leading expert on beer and whisky, Jackson was a prolific journalist and lecturer, whose books on beer and whisky are translated in fifteen languages and have sold over three million copies worldwide.

Jackson died last year, and the executors of his estate have now donated the contents of his office to the University, including 1,500 books from his personal library on beer and whisky as well as 300 copies of his own books.

There is also much research material, hand-written notebooks, a selection of awards including four Glenfiddich awards for food writing, as well as photographs, press and book reviews.