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RATINGS: 96   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.02   EST. CALORIES: 159   ABV: 5.29%
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A truly unique beer made from the finest Northwest barley malts and Spruce tips. We use a small amount of hops for bittering and all the rest of the flavor comes from tender, new-growth Sitka spruce tips. Amazingly fruity and full bodied!


3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
YogiBeera (2436) - Hamburg, GERMANY - MAR 4, 2005
Hazy muddy brown color, no head.Sweet malt and caramel nose. Detergent spruce and hops taste. Weird!

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
motelpogo (4543) - Plzen, CZECH REPUBLIC - OCT 24, 2004
on tap in siletz. deep orange colour with slight haze. aroma of pine and fir trees and i guess spruce. quite sweet, odd tang in the finish that might take me a bit of getting used to

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
AlabastorJones (800) - San Francisco, California, USA - OCT 3, 2004
brown fogged body with a white head, tart fruit / malt aroma, sweet taste with slight alc flavor, malty flavor with woody and smokey notes, citrus, tangy finish is the the only displeasing aspect I can notice, i can appreciate this attempt and it seems like a good idea for an ale, but its not quite there yet

3.4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Volgon (2698) - Manchester, New Hampshire, USA - JUL 27, 2004
RBSG 2004: Cloudy orange with a thin white head. HUGE spruce/resin aroma. Starts and end sweet in a pine sort of way. Medium bodied. If you like chewing on spruce trees, you’ll be sure to like this beer.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
argo0 (9034) - Washington DC, USA - JUL 24, 2004
(RBSG04) Clear amber body with off-white head. Aroma is molasses sweet, toffee, caramel, spruce, berry. Taste is moderately sweet, spruce, berry, finishing with spruce. Light-medium body.

3.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
3fourths (6219) - Boulder, Colorado, USA - JUL 23, 2004
Dark orange, brown almost. Sweet spicy tree sap, apples, bread and spiced hops with some orange peel in the nose... maybe something resembling ginger too. Sweet everywhere, with a definite presence of the spruce... interesting, but with some unwanted nail-polish qualities.

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
JohnC (2846) - Mission Viejo, California, USA - JUL 22, 2004
this is a basic amber ale with a light spruce aroma and flavor. Definitely different and a pleasant change of pace

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Aubrey (3125) - Bellingham, Washington, USA - JUL 20, 2004
Deep amber with a little haze. Pretty nice texture; medium bodied and very smooth. Had a curious fruitiness about it (apple and maybe a little lemon). Kind of reminded me of Pez candy for some reason. Malts had a mild caramel sweetness, but they were very subdued, hidden behind a sweet ’n’ sour thing going on. Very mild bitterness from the small amount of bittering hops. Spruce tips made for an interesting ingredient.


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