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spruce beer

What a shame... I just got rid of the Christmas tree... I can ship you some spruce sprigs from Canada if you want...

 

Irondavy wrote:

Sounds good killigan as soon as i find some stupid spruce trees here in central texas i was thinking of trying something like that anyway.   was it amber or lighter colored or was it dark like a birch/ root beer?

Irondavy

Keep in mind the spruce candles are what you want and they are only available in the springtime; when the new growth comes.  You can't just lop off a branch of spruce and hop to make a drinkable spruce beer.

 

thanks killigan I would happily pay for the shipping if you would pick some spruce candles for me.   I'm sure you already know but just like Brewchez said you can't just pick em and send em ,they have to be picked in springtime when the candles are still soft before they harden and fill with sap and turpentine,  (or so I'm told)
I really have no idea what i'm talking about just repeating what I've been told.wink

Thanks
Irondavy

 

Lets chat when the snow clears up here.. As long as they can get across the border without issue, I don't mind mailing some down... I'd be happy to..

 

BTW- They freeze well.  I have some extra from this spring. 
If you would like a few ounces, send me a PM with your address.

 

Being a lumber guy, I was doing some research on the species of pines that would make up the Southern Yellow Pine mix coming out of a particular Arkansas sawmill.  Yawn neutral

And, whilst flipping though the pages of my "Atlas of United States Trees"  USDA Forest Service Pub. 1146--

  big_smile Low and behold I discovered a species of spruce I had never heard of-
Brewer Spruce, picea breweriana, which grows only in a small area of extreme SW Oregon and NW California.

Could this be the Holy Grail of Spruce Beer Brewers??
Now, how do I acquire some?

 

I have looked.  I have never come across any nurseries that sell saplings , neither have i seen someone  selling the nuts or cones.  probably would have to drive up there rent yourself an arborist and find one in the wild and bring it back with you.  Kinda like in the National Lampoons Christmas when they go out looking for a Christmas tree and they forget the saw........  Yeah I still laugh at that every time  smile

Good stuff, let me know if you find somewhere to get saplings or seeds.

ID

 

Hey Irondavy,

Spring's just around the corner up here.  You should be getting close to the blue spruce candling in Austin.
Got any located?

 

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