
The Bruges city council just approved plans to install a beer pipeline under the northern Belgian city. Yes, you read that right – a beer pipeline.
The 1.86 mile (3 km) long tunnel will run beneath the city streets and funnel 6,000 liters of beer per hour from the brewery Brouwerij De Halve Maan to an offsite bottling facility, CityLab reports. The purpose? To reduce traffic and help the environment by taking about 500 delivery trucks off the streets, according to The Drinks Business.
But Bruges isn’t the first city to adopt this method of transport; Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland, Ohio, uses underground tubes to bring beer from its brewery to the pub across the street.
Cheers.
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