Grasse, Steven. Colonial Spirits: A Toast to Our Drunken History. Illustrated by Reverend Michael Alan. Abrams Image, 2016.
Simmons1798 recipe attribution precedes a modern spruce infusion in brown ale, alongside Pine Tree symbolism.
Steven Grasse, Colonial Spirits (Abrams Image, 2016), supplied PDF screens 51–58.
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Grasse, Colonial Spirits, PDF 51–58.
Spruce beer and political symbolism
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Simmons1798 recipe attribution precedes a modern spruce infusion in brown ale, alongside Pine Tree symbolism.
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