I did a beer similar to this but used long leaf pine needles, because that’s what we have a lot of in Alabama . Worked really good. You have good videos, definitely on of my favorite content providers for homebrew.
I made a pine and spruce tip stout in February this year. Pale malt, roasted oats, roasted wheat and roasted polenta, with East Kent Goldings. Was lovely. With regards to drying the spruce tips - they end up becoming resinous in flavour, which is unpleasant. I made a black IPA last week.
I have a very good friend who has a forest of Blue Spruce, I vacuumed sealed the tips and stored them in my freezer. I read that’s the best was to preserve them till you use them.
Great Video, I just made a Spruce Tip Cream Ale a couple weeks ago. I used 1 quart of a spruce tip syrup which was made of 2 cups each, water sugar and spruce tips brought to a boil and steeped over night. I used Liberty hops, and Oslo Kveik and it turned out great. I heard you can vacuum seal and freeze spruce tips. Cheers!
You could have a metal shop form you a larger hopper for your mill. I've also seen people add extensions to the top and use pop rivets to attach it. Many thanks for showing the spruce tip harvest! I would have thought you would need much more spruce tips.
Hello friend. A subreddit recommended me this video and I loved every step and process, especially your camera work and audio. I hit that like button and subscribed real quick! Cheers!🍻
Hi Doctor. Yes you can dry them but you will lose a little aroma. But I would just put them in the freezer. Much easier.Will pick some too tomorrow. For beer sirup and liqeur.
That was a very nice, clear illustration of the brewing process from start to finish. (The location is fantastic too, of course.) Anyway, your video inspired me to experiment more with local ingredients. In my area of Japan, wild yeast is getting some attention lately. But nothing like spruce tips...I’ll have a look for our local equivalent!
My Native family back 200+ years ago use to make a drink with Birch water And crushed spruce tips / Staghorn sumac / crushed Blueberries And let sit for 24hrs Warm water only..Boiling it killed off all the vitamins It would be something to try as a add in after the brewing
Hi, cool video as usual :) Question: is that an additional adapter you have between sodastream bottle and co2 regulator? what thread type is it? looking to be more portable myself, with sodastream, rather than 23kg co2 tank :D Cheers!
No spruce where I live. At least I haven't found any down here in Uruguay, but there are plenty of other conifers. There is a plant looks like a weeping spruce but I am not sure it's even a conifer but the tips look like conifer and tastes citrus like. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melaleuca_viminalis
@@DrHansBrewery True. I was recommended Juniper Berry, something I can probably find. I am growing hops and I have yarrow too. Always good to look for new ideas.
It depends on were you live I guess. Here it's almost to late also I think. But in the darker areas of the forest here there is still some fresh spruce tips.
@@DrHansBrewery What's your take on spruce tip tincture? I'm thinking about macerating it in some vodka - I've had great results with lavender or mint, but my experience with spruce is lacking
Hey doc! Talk about a summer beer! It looked really refreshing!! Monster carbonation and heat retention too! Wish you lived closer, then I'd come over for a taste! 😜 Keep up the good work! Cheers! 👍 🍺
