Beer Pipeline Will Be Built Beneath Bruges
An underground beer pipeline is to be installed beneath Belgium's medieval city of Bruges to dramatically cut the number of lorries clogging its cobbled streets. The 3km (1.86 mile) pipe linking the De Halve Maan brewery to a bottling plant will be capable of carrying 6,000 litres an hour. The pipeline, given the go-ahead by the city council, is set to take about 500 tankers off Bruges' roads each year. Brewing has been carried out almost continuously on the current site for more than five centuries, and the firm wants to continue this tradition. While a new processing plant was opened on the Waggelwater industrial estate in 2010, every litre of the famous 'Brugse Zot' beer continues to be brewed at De Halve Maan on the Walplein. The pipes will be made from high-quality plastic - polyethylene - and will be [...]