What is "wurzelpeter"

Wurzelpeter is an assertive bitter hailing from Germany, originally developed by Berlin-based pharmacist Paul Pöschke in 1875 as strengthening potion including secret ingredients, mostly picked from the German forest.

Since 1949 WurzelPeter was bottled by the VEB Bärensiegel Berlin in the former GDR which became Berliner Bärensiegel GmbH after the Berlin Wall came down and was acquired by Franz Wilhelm Langguth Erben in 1990, a winery with its headquarters in Traben-Trarbach, a municipality in the district Bernkastel-Wittlich. Hence, Berliner Bärensiegel GmbH continued to produce and bottle the herbal liqueur in Berlin-Lichtenberg.