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Yes, but unfortunately I didn't have anything left in the fridge and only a hoppy IPA would have done him justice. So I opted for a flight of Bowmores to send him on his way last night, and will seek out a pint or two this afternoon at C'est What, the BeerBistro, or Volo...
By chance I was interviewing Dave Alexander of the Brickskeller in Washington, D.C. about that bar's 50th anniversary in early October when an e-mail with the news landed in Dave's inbox. Dave and Michael were good friends, (MJ and several friends crossed the pond to have his 60th birthday party at the Brickskeller five years ago) so Dave and I broke into some the Brick's "special" beers and toasted Michael with a 1998 bottle of Oud Beersel geuze (not my favorite Belgian style but Michael loved the stuff) and a 1983 "Royal" Thomas Hardy's Ale.