A passion for quality
After immigrating from Schwabia, Germany with his family at the age of 15, Christoph went on to become a respected soil and water scientist. A simple wish - to brew a genuine Bavarian wheat beer for his father - saw Christoph build a gas-fired all-grain brewery in his garage.
His scientific background and a German’s legendary obsession with quality saw him brew thousands of litres of award-winning beer. Christoph went on to take the title of Grand Champion Brewer two years in a row at the Australian amateur brewing championships.
Christoph decided to pursue a new dream - to own and run his own full-scale commercial brewery, making the finest European beers to be served fresh at local venues. The Zierholz Premium Brewery is that dream made real.