spruce beer

noun

A kind of beer which is flavored with parts of the spruce tree.

OriginGerman Sprossenbier →
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Meanings

nounspruce beer (countable and uncountable, plural spruce beers)

plural spruce beers

  1. CanadaUScountableuncountableA kind of beer which is flavored with parts of the spruce tree.
  2. CanadaUScountableuncountableA spruce-flavored soft drink.

Origin

  1. GermanSprossenbier
  2. Englishspruce beer

German Sprossenbier. Sprosse (“sprout, shoot”) was changed into spruce because the beer came from Prussia, or because it was made from the sprouts of the spruce.

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APA

spruce beer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spruce%20beer

MLA

“spruce beer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spruce%20beer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spruce beer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spruce%20beer.

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