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spruce beer

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spruce beer
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(Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) an alcoholic drink made of fermented molasses flavoured with spruce twigs and cones
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Noun1.spruce beer - a brew made by fermenting molasses and other sugars with the sap of spruce trees (sometimes with malt)
brew, brewage - drink made by steeping and boiling and fermenting rather than distilling


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