Birch tar from alder?

[Billinthedesert]

I've always wanted to make some of this stuff, but we really don't have any but ornamental birch trees here in Oregon, so I am mostly out of luck. I notice birch is of the genus Betula, and the Betulacaeae family, which also includes alders. Plenty of alder in Oregon. Has anyone tried to make a useful tar from alder bark?

[GlisGlis]

Personally I didnt but i read of someone who did.
Actually I cant find where. Google gives some results but it was somewhere else i read.
Anyway i'd try if I be you

[Ed Brooks]

Stick with fir you won't go wrong. Ed

[Billinthedesert]

Ed, are you actually extracting a tar, and not just pitch, from fir? Do tell!

[Ed Brooks]

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Ed, are you actually extracting a tar, and not just pitch, from fir? Do tell!
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Sorry my bad Im not making tar. Just pitch glue. Ed