As is my habit when traveling in strange lands, I surfed the cold beverages aisle of the local grocery last night here in Montreal. This time my great find was a bottle of Bière d’épinette — Spruce Beer — from local bottler Marco Beverages.
And, as you might expect from something called Spruce Beer, drinking it feels just like drinking a forest. It brought back all sorts of memories of my time in the lumber camps (although I had no such time) and was unusually refreshing.
As a special bonus, Marco’s product comes in a hearty brown glass bottle with a ye olde articulated top.
Makes me pine for the old pre-takeover Seaman’s Beverages with its cavalcade of flavours.
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I’m surprised you didn’t
I’m surprised you didn’t break into a chorus of “I’m a lumberjack and I’m OK” right there in the supermarket aisle.
Does every tree have it’s own
Does every tree have it’s own beer? Maple Beer would be imbibed only during the raising of our national flag. Maple Beer, now that’s a Canadian beverage.
oh their site is great. I
oh their site is great. I love it.
If a beer spills in a forest,
If a beer spills in a forest, and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Oh sorry, I got carried away there for a moment…
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