100% Ohio-grown, rustic amber lager with oats & estate spruce tips.

***This just in!: 2023 marks the first year that the spruce trees we planted just footsteps outside our brewery door in Athens, Ohio were big enough (about 10 feet high) to provide us with all the spruce tips (20 pounds) we needed for our annual spruce tip brew! That’s a generous 2 pounds per barrel of beer, FYI.***

Spruce Crispy was mashed with all Ohio malts from Haus Malts, including pale, Vienna, caramel 90, Honey malt, and malted oats. This year’s batch’s hops were from Auburn Acres (Triple Pearl: very clean and noble-like). We add Norway spruce tips (harvested when fresh, young, and green) to the boil. Young spruce, instead of being resiny and woody like older spruce, is bright, citrusy, and freshly zingy with evegreen flavor. We ferment spruce crispy to dryness with our preferred lager strain, but the malted oats help keep the mouthfeel full and gentle.

Flavor profile: Clean malt aroma with light bread crust and caramelized sugar notes. Fresh evergreen spruce aroma. Flavor is clean and crisp with light caramel sweetness and bold spruce. Light bitterness, crisp finish.

6.7% ABV, Gluten Reduced.