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As was trying a mere sip or two of some extremely rare and expensive stout or lambic split among a large group of fellow tickers. By February of last year, a video of Spoll drinking a boozy Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout at a Philadelphias airport bar shot to over 100,000 views.
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