Siletz Spruce Ale

Brewed by Siletz Brewing and Public House
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Siletz, Oregon USA

Bottle: Pours a clear copper with a tiny off white head. Aroma, card board, some pine, woody notes. Flavor, some fruits, woody, some sweet malts, a sourness to it, i’m not a fan. So apparently a 5 year old bottle actually tastes semi decent.

From a 22-oz. bottle--Poured a copper-amber body with a mild white head. Nose of spruce tips and sticky hops and malts. Finished rather dry and mildly bitter. Nice sprucy taste in finish, too.

Thanks to Aeneas for sharing - hmm...indeed - a unique beer - really kind of a smack in the mouth at first, but when your palate adjusts, it becomes enjoyable - cloudy reddish beer, with a large, foamy head - bizarre, yet not unwelcoming aroma of berries, bubble gum, pine needles, some sticky malt sweetness - the flavor is quite dry, somewhat acidic, almost sour, even - the spruce, or what I’m assuming is the spruce, is pretty dominant - a kind of waxy, almost plastic character sets in, making it a little less enjoyable - Aeneas commented that it tasted like swedish fish, and the fruit/berry character, coupled with the waxy flavor, kind of made this description spot on - but the sourness/tartness really gives it character - I think fans of Jolly Pumpkin would like this.

22 oz bottle. Poured a clear copper red color with a minimal soap bubble head. Aroma was of caramel, minimal molasses, crushed green leaves, and a hint of grape. There was strong acidity up front which tapers off gradually at then end. Tasted of adhesive tape, minimal toffee, and toasted bread. Must be an infected bottle.

bottle from kenb...domo.pours a hazy orange amber with no head at all. or carbonation for that matter. aroma of earthworms, yes earthworms, caramel and PINEY hops. caramel flavor is packed with pine...hops, bitterness and a lingering pine after taste. but, there is another flavor in there...a vomit like metallic sourness that turns my stomach inside out. it’s obviously an infected bottle. i’d bet it’s good underneath (in a fresh uninfected bottle) but i couldn’t finish half the glass...needs a rerate

interesting. certainly has a very piney aroma which carries over into the flavor in an sweet pine combo which takes some getting used to but isnt too bad. unique. not for everyone. worth a try. hopefully you wont try this beer after pinesoling your floors... maybe you could use it as pinesol if you dont like it...

bottle - Pours a lightly hazy amber/orange with an aroma of malt and well, spruce. The fairly sweet fairly of caramel malts is joined by mild hops and again the spruce. It makes for an interesting beer and I didn’t think the spruce was overpowering. It was actually pretty easy to drink and downing the bomber was no problem at all.

Siletz Brewery is very close to where I live. I have tried many of their styles and have really been disappointed with most of them. Then came this little beauty in the Scottish Gruit style. The brew has a real minty taste from the infusion of Spruce tips. This brew is one not to be missed. Try it...take a challenge.