I like the spruce tips idea. CP has a spruce beer recipe, if I recall correctly.
I don’t really drink “seasonally”, but if there is one beer that I associate with spring it’s Bock. I love the stuff…including the American ones like Yuengling, Genesee, Shiner, and others like it that seem to be making a resurgence.
Part of it is probably a sentimental association, too: The very first sixpack of beer I ever purchased for myself, back in the spring of 1969, was a Bock beer. I looked forward to it every spring after that.
Saison is really nice, so is MaiBock (which is kind of my personal favorite spring beer) but you certainly can’t go wrong with a nice IPA - for any time of the year for that mattter. ![]()
I vote for an IPA or pale ale, possibly dry hopped. A nice crispy pale ale really sounds like the answer for spring.
I always brew a CAP and a hefeweizen for spring drinking.
Thanks for the opinions folks! I just ordered ingredients for an american wheat and a kolsch, I can’t wait to get them in!
Dogfish Aprihop (apricot IPA) is my favorite, though I’ve never tried to brew something like it.
Just picked up a 4 pack of that. One of my favs also, but I wasn’t all that impressed this year. Just didnt seem to have the hop aroma and apricot flavor this year. Maybe not as good of a crop?