I raised the bottle and poured its contents into a frostedmug. The clear, effervescent brew had scarcely foamedto the top before it was at my lips. As I eagerly took my first sip, I was immediately hit with the unmistakable, biting taste of conifer—like a liquefied Christmas tree. This was my first bière d'épinette, orspruce beer.

frosted /?fr?stid/ adj.毛面的；磨砂的

effervescent /?ef??vesnt/ adj.冒泡的；起沫的

foam /f?um/ v.有泡沫；起泡沫

take a sip of 喝一小口(飲料)

conifer /?k?nif?(r); ?k?un-/ n.針葉樹

我舉起瓶子，把里面的東西倒進(jìn)一個(gè)磨砂馬克杯。那杯清澈、冒著泡的啤酒剛剛漫到杯子頂部，我就迫不及待地端至嘴邊。急切地灌下第一口，我立刻就明確無誤地被刺鼻的針葉樹味道擊中，這味道就像是一棵液化了的圣誕樹。這是我第一次喝云杉啤酒。

Despite its name, the drink contains a negligible amount of alcohol; it’s more like a root beer (a sweet, North American soft drink) than a lager or ale. Even so, on such a sweltering day, it wouldn’t feel a stretch to say the drink saved my life. As legend has it, this beer has something of a reputation for saving lives.

*negligible /?neɡlid??bl/ adj.微不足道的；不重要的；不值一提的

盡管它叫啤酒，其實(shí)里面的酒精含量可以忽略不計(jì)；它更像根啤（一種甜味北美軟飲），而不是窖藏啤酒或淡啤酒。即便如此，在這樣一個(gè)悶熱的天氣里，說這杯飲料救了我的命也不為過。據(jù)傳說，這種啤酒還真救過很多人的命。