Farmhouse Style Oat Braggot Heavy

Steep the spruce in either a separate kettle if possible. If you have a full lauter tun(I don't) you can filter mashed wort through the spruce at the bottom of the tun, my steep method is just to approximate this process whilst not having a real lauter process. Spruce and some other evergreen trees provide vitamin c(ascorbic acid) when steeped as a tea, this provides a slight sour flavor and helps keep the beer from going stale(oxidizing). When dry hopping also mash the juniper berries and dry "hop" those as well, either in the same bag or separate, depending on size of bag and fermenter. Add honey in two steps, half on the third day after fermentation begins, the rest after the 7th day. The end result should be floral, piney, and if you bottle condition I recommend using a strong flavored varietal honey as the priming sugar, as this flavor/aroma will show up when poured. Bottle as soon as possible once you have reached final gravity, I recommend an aging period of at least three months after bottling.