# Montreal/Canadian dopers--a beverage question
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-canadian-dopers-a-beverage-question/282384
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 31, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-canadian-dopers-a-beverage-question/282384 "2004-12-31T05:42:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-canadian-dopers-a-beverage-question/282384/1 "2004-12-31T05:42:08Z")
Do any of you awesome Montreal (or other Canadian) people know where to get spruce beer online? Or, as my mom and my grandmother call it when they’re trying to impress me, bière d’épinette (I hope I got that right, otherwise the spirits of my French-Canadian relatives will descend upon me with a fiery vengeance. Or they’ll just give me heartburn again, whatever works).
Anyway. . .my mom’s birthday’s coming up, and I’d like to be able to surprise her with the carbonated Pine-Sol that she so loves, yet hasn’t had in over five years. I’m just having some trouble finding it. Any help would be greatly appreciated…
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2004, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-canadian-dopers-a-beverage-question/282384/2 "2004-12-31T05:53:42Z")
I’ve never heard tell of a brewer making spruce beer available.
It’s kind of like dandelion wine – you make it yourself, if you’re inclined to drink it.
Maybe it’s different back East, but out here it’s strictly a home-brew thing.
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### Author:  [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2004, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-canadian-dopers-a-beverage-question/282384/3 "2004-12-31T06:26:28Z")
**Larry** back here, it is just another flavor of pop.
**Angel** , I am not sure if they sell online, but here is a site for [breuvages Marco](http://www.breuvagesmarco.com/) , a manufacturer of old-fashioned spruce beer.
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-canadian-dopers-a-beverage-question/282384/4 "2004-12-31T06:35:27Z")
Non-alcoholic spruce beer?
That… that’s just _perverse_. 😃
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### Author:  [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montreal-canadian-dopers-a-beverage-question/282384/5 "2004-12-31T06:37:59Z")
Well, **Larry** , you know what they say about us French-speaking people 😃