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Excuse me, there's a tree in your beer

Tom Graham, a brewer at Harpoon's Windsor brewery in Vermont, got the idea for his first signature beer from a home brew book that touted the virtues of spruce tips. He worked with a state lands stewardship forester from the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation to find a state forest that could supply the 200 pounds of new spruce buds needed to make a commercial batch of beer.

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December 16, 2011