Karl Schiffner
Karl Schiffner (born May 29, 1960 in Aigen im Mühlkreis , Upper Austria ) is an Austrian sommelier with a focus on beer .
Schiffner and his wife Gisela have been running a beer inn in Aigen-Schlägl since 1987 , which was awarded by Gault Millau for its beer range in 2017 .
He graduated from the Salzkammergut tourism school as a hotel and tourism clerk . He trained as a qualified sommelier in 1998 at WIFI in Linz. In 2004 he attended a course to become a certified beer sommelier and has been a beer sommelier from the very beginning. At the first world championship of beer sommeliers in April 2009 in Sonthofen , he prevailed against 47 competitors from all over the world. His son Felix was runner-up at the fifth beer sommelier world championship eight years later.
Together with the Doemens Brewery Academy , Karl Schiffner developed a beer fan . This is a special color fan for assessing types of beer. He is also a lecturer for Doemens.
Journalistic activity
- regular author of the magazine Brauwelt
- Beer combined (together with Sepp Wejwar ), Av Buch, 2010. ISBN 978-3-7040-2403-9
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait on wirteforum.at
- ↑ www.tips.at of October 30, 2017
- ↑ Portrait on wirteforum.at
- ^ ORF of September 11, 2017
- ↑ Beer fans on brauen.de
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SURNAME | Schiffner, Karl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian sommelier |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1960 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Aigen in the Mühlkreis |