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Scratch Spring Tonic

Scratch Brewing Company
Ava, Illinois
Beer style: Gruit
Ref: ratebeer.com May2024

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Spring Tonic was brewed with plants that were coming up in our garden during mid-spring this year: dandelion, carrot tops, and clover, with ginger from All Seasons Farm in Cobden. It is fermented with our wild house culture. Spring Tonic has a lemonade-like tartness with a light ginger finish. Some have had this beer on tap and know how refreshing it is! This bottle marks a series of non-hopped beers we’ll be releasing that are bittered and flavored with plants that grow in our area. While it’s no longer spring, the beer features spring herbs and is bottle-conditioned, making it available in the bottle a little later than the season; it is, however, wonderful any time of year. Gruit note