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Giant New York beer keg Christmas tree is sadly missing beer

A two-story Christmas tree made of 300 half-barrel beer kegs lights up the sky outside the Genesee Brew House in downtown Rochester, N.Y. on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. The keg tree is trimmed with 600 feet of green lights and topped by a rotating Genesee sign. More than 20 of Genesee's "elves" also known as employees, got to work designing and building the keg tree. AP Photo/Democrat & Chronicle, Shawn Dowd

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A western New York brewery has constructed a Christmas tree out of hundreds of beer kegs. All that’s missing is the beer.

The Genesee Brewing Co. built the Christmas tree out of 300 stainless steel kegs outsides its Brew House in downtown Rochester.

The keg tree is trimmed with 600 feet of green lights and topped by a rotating Genesee sign. More than 20 of Genesee’s elves – also known as employees – got to work designing and building the keg tree.

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Alas, beer lovers, the kegs are empty. But the company says when the tree is dismantled the kegs will return to the production line and be refilled.

The official public lighting ceremony is set for Dec. 18.

A two-story Christmas tree made of 300 half-barrel beer kegs lights up the sky outside the Genesee Brew House in downtown Rochester, N.Y. on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. The keg tree is trimmed with 600 feet of green lights and topped by a rotating Genesee sign. More than 20 of Genesee’s “elves” also known as employees, got to work designing and building the keg tree. AP Photo/Democrat & Chronicle, Shawn Dowd

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