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More peatland on everyone’s lips

German Amateur Brewers’ Championship

10/06/2026  Getting more people talking about peatlands—what peatland enthusiast wouldn’t want that? Several peatland researchers from the Greifswald Mire Centre were therefore happy to serve as judges for the peatland beers at the German Amateur Brewers’ Championship hosted by Störtebeker Braumanufaktur. With flavors and colors ranging from peat-dark to marsh marigold yellow, it wasn’t easy to pick the winning beer! The bog-and-beer combination isn’t just refreshing—it also makes it possible to draw people’s attention to peatlands in a casual way. Of course, here at the GMC, we dream of cultivating these “botanicals” on a large scale—that is, fields of paludiculture featuring bog myrtle and bog birch on rewetted areas—for the mass production of delicious peatland beers. But please note: For the brewing competition, we collected the botanical ingredients from the peatland with special permission. Especially in intact peatlands, which are often protected nature reserves, you are not allowed to pick or remove plants! You can gain more firsthand—or rather, first-keg—experience with peatland beer brewing at the awards ceremony on September 5 in Stralsund. Until then—cheers!