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Stephen Oliver
October 26, 2018

Great Wall of Beer

Stephen Oliver
October 26, 2018

Shout out to Jason at Overflow Brewery in Ottawa who picked out my Big Bend Brewing hat amongst the masses on the Great Wall yesterday. Congrats on your new 20BBL system! Love that beer around the world keeps bringing strangers together! OPA

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