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Posted on August 6, 2013August 29, 2015

Quick Tastings – #EBBC13

#EBBC13 Keynote - Garrett Oliver

I tried a bunch of beers at the European Beer Bloggers Conference, so here are a few that haven’t been mentioned elsewhere – the keynote beer and the rest of the Speed Blogging beverages:

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