Legendary Mike Browns Spruce Ale

Place Crystal and chocolate malts in 1 gallon cold water and raise temp- erature to 158 degrees and immediately strain into the brew kettle and sparge with 2 cups of 158 degree water. Add malt extracts and water to bring volume to 6 gallons. Add boiling sprigs when boil begins and boil for 60 minutes. Add finishing sprigs and boil for 3 minutes. Chill via wort chiller. Pitch yeast at 68 degrees. Single stage ferment in glass for 14 days then bottle using 1 cup corn sugar to prime. I didnt like this beer at first because I felt that a spruce essence was lacking in the flavour. However, two months in the bottle cured that problem and the beer was exquisite and "sprucey" and improved with further aging. Original Gravity: 1.046 Primary Ferment: 14 days Recipe By : Phoebe Couch From: File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmdja006.zip