Brau AG Wins the People's Choice Award at the 12th International Brewing Competition

Success through the art of brewing: The Brau AG from the Department of Bioprocess Engineering won the Audience Choice Award last weekend at the 12th International Brewing Competition in Hamburg. The team on site—consisting of four students and two staff members—impressed voters with the presentation and distinctive flavor of a creation inspired by the Gauls.

This year’s beer was a recreation of a historic Gallic beer brewed without hops. To give the beer its characteristic bitterness nonetheless, various herbs—freshly gathered in the Palatinate Forest—were used. These included mugwort, sorrel, and spruce and pine needles. These ingredients contributed to the beer’s fresh, forest-like flavor, which generated great interest among both the jury and the audience.

The international brewing competition is organized regularly by the Campus-Perle brewing group at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg. A total of nine teams from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland competed against each other in Hamburg this year. The competition consisted not only of beer tastings but also of evaluating the beer booth and the presentation of the beer during a talk.

Both students and staff at RPTU are cordially invited to join the Brewing Club. Those interested can contact: Jan-Niklas Hengsbach, Niklas Erdmann, or Janik Haffelder.