Spruce beer Sentence Examples

A decoction of the buds in milk or whey is a common household remedy for scurvy; and the young shoots or green cones form an essential ingredient in the spruce-beer drank with a similar object, or as an occasional beverage.

The spruce-beer of America is generally made from the young shoots of this tree.

The American "essence of spruce," occasionally used in England for making spruce-beer, is obtained by boiling the shoots and buds and concentrating the decoction.

The sprays are sometimes used for making spruce-beer and essence of spruce.