hopIQ found 10 beers with the same resinous and piney character as Garrison Spruce Beer. A revival of an old East Coast recipe, brewed with locally foraged spruce and fir tips and blackstrap molasses. The evergreen tips give a resinous, piney aroma with a hint of citrus peel and a crisp, almost mentholated bitterness; the molasses answers with dark treacle, liquorice and burnt sugar. Dark crystal malt and oat flakes fill out a smooth, dark amber body, and the 35 IBU read as much herbal as hoppy. Ranked by flavour match rather than popularity.
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