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spruce beer
noun
a fermented beverage made with spruce leaves and twigs, or an extract from them.
spruce beer
noun
an alcoholic drink made of fermented molasses flavoured with spruce twigs and cones
Word History and Origins
Origin of spruce beer1
Example Sentences
Joe Beef originally was a place that used to make spruce beer.
Native Americans brewed spruce beer long before Europeans arrived on the scene.
I can give you a comfortable lodging, and wholesome good fresh provisions, excellent fish and good spruce beer, the growth and manufacture of our own Province.
Every other day we had a cask of spruce beer sent on board.
"Certainly, Mister, of course," responded the Pigeon express man, leaving the presence of the tickled-to-death publisher, who paced his office as full of effervescence as a jimmyjohn of spruce beer in dog days.
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