Old ale spruce tip beer help

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@FATC1TY @jbakajust1

 

Your wish is granted.... You have two more; and one doesn't include tips on spruce tips!

 

You must have a huge mash tun

 

Three things;
1) Young spruce tips found in spring are generally preferred over old growth found in winter.
2) Spruce character doesn't fade much with time
3) ~2# spruce tips seems h-u-g-e
4) 15% crystal might not end well

 

Hmmm. Err. Yeah, no. Harumph. Well nuts. No, I can't say it right now, @HerbMeowing. Maybe I'll just sit on my comment for three or four minutes to think about it.

 

With old ales I usually use a long boil with a very plain malt bill. Last couple of old ales I have done have been all Maris Otter plus a small amount of adjunct, and the colors turned out at around 15 L and 22 L. I'd recommend a bit simpler malt bill or standard boil, with my preference being axe all the crystal and boil 3 hours.

Edit: And I just imagined 2 pounds of spruce tips. That's a lot.