Spruce tip pale ale question

[FishinHank]

Has anyone taken a basic pale ale kit and done spruce tip additions near the end of the boil? I thought about giving it a try this spring to see how it turned out.

 

[ColoHox]

Yes, and it is very easy to overwhelm the beer with the spruce flavor, depending on your spruce source. Check out some of the other threads, there are quite a few (in the similar threads box below).

 

[QuercusMax]

Here's another good thread with a lot of info: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/spruce-tips-popping-do-i-dare-60942/

I made a really nice spruce tip ale last year which wasn't overly sprucey. I found about 1oz of spruce tips per gallon 15 minutes from the end of the boil came out very nice.

Here's my recipe, it's a pretty basic all-grain pale ale.

3 gallons:

5lb 2-row
1lb Munich
.5lb Crystal 40

.35oz Magnum@60 (14.7%)
3.3oz Spruce Tips@15
Whirlfloc at 15
.5oz Cascade@10
.25oz Cascade@0 (when temp below 190)

Target Preboil: 1.040 - 4.5 Gal
Target OG: 1051 - 3.5 Gal
IBUs: 39.32 Tinseth

 

[FishinHank]

Cool, thanks guys!