Santiago Graf

Santiago Graf (October 16, 1845 – August 31, 1904) was a Swiss born brewer, businessman, and director and manager of Compania Cervecera Toluca y Mexico.[1] He was the first successful brewer of lager beer in Mexico and pioneered the "Graf" style of Vienna lager, one of the two styles of Vienna lager today and still popular in Mexico and the southwest United States.[2]

  1. ^ Semblanza de la Vida de Santiago Graf, facsimile, Wiecherspedia.com
  2. ^ One Hundred Years of Brewing, H.S. Rich & Co., 1903, p.263