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local spruce tips

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blakee
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local spruce tips

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hoping to do a brew with spruce tips but all the leads online ship from the US. does anyone local have access to or know where i could source about 1lb? thanks!!
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blakee wrote:hoping to do a brew with spruce tips but all the leads online ship from the US. does anyone local have access to or know where i could source about 1lb? thanks!!
What type of beer are you planning to ruin? :)

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blakee wrote:hoping to do a brew with spruce tips but all the leads online ship from the US. does anyone local have access to or know where i could source about 1lb? thanks!!
No spruce trees in any parks near you? You're probably best harvesting the new growth tips in March/April/May, You wouldn't need much, from what I understand a pint is enough (more than enough for some) for a 5G batch

Just the light green bit at the end is what you're looking for

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Post by Craig »

I don't know how they package them (might be pickled or something), but these guys have spruce tips:

http://store-hmv2g3il.mybigcommerce.com ... 190ml.html

They don't have a physical store, but their mailing address is on the Danforth, so I'm pretty sure they're local.
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cool, thanks guys! hoping to throw them into a cherry porter... intrigued by descriptions of cola-like flavours. i'll check out that shop on the danforth, hopefully they're just preserved and not pickled haha
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actually it looks like the forbes canned spruce tips are pickled... anyone else have any leads?
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Post by zaireeka »

Phone around to places that exclusive sell tea. People drink spruce tip tea so you should be able to find it at a tea store.
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thanks for all your help, guys!
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I have some in the freezer I picked from last year, I'll check when I get home. I work in the Queen/Mutual area. If you are interested in trading. PM me if you still need them.
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