Just finished brewing a spruce ale--fresh spruce tips from the towering Norway spruce trees next to my home that I picked less than two weeks ago. This is my third go with it: the first was like an APA--with a lot of spruce, which my wife said reminded her of apple juice. Last year, I used Golden Promise, Munich, scaled back on the spruce (3.5 oz. for 5.5 gallons) and added some Special B--and it worked very well: the floral/fruit-like flavor of the spruce complemented the raisiny Special B. And so this year, I upped the Special B a bit to see what happens. Should be a refreshing summer ale, if nothing else.