A Belgian beer pipeline is on the works in the famous city of Bruges, which hosts some of the most celebrated beers in the globe. One of the city's most famous breweries, one by the name of De Halve Maan Brewery, will build a Belgian beer pipeline to go from where the drink is made to the company's bottle plant across the city.
De Halve Maan Brewery is among the oldest in the city and has turned into an important tourist attraction in its own right, crafting different types of beer from a family recipe since 1859, and in general the site has been brewing for nearly five centuries.
The brewery's bottling operation was moved away from town in 2010, but according to local official Franky Demon, the company always intended to keep the beer brewed at the historic site. The Belgian beer pipeline, covering 2 miles, would allow this to not be a problem in terms of transporting the drinks from one place to the other.
The Belgian beer pipeline could actually avoid accidents in the future, as the city's medieval canals are often surrounded of rumbling beer trucks that transport the beverages from one point in town to another; however, the Belgian beer pipeline would have the operation running smoothly underground, according to The Telegraph.
The city of Bruges has already approved the Belgian beer pipeline project, on the grounds that it would relieve traffic in the city - which, due to its age, wasn't built to have trucks of that magnitude going up and down its streets. The construction would begin at some point of 2015, and would be paid by De Halve Maan Brewery, although currently costs are unknown.
To avoid damaging the medieval city's sites and landmarks, authorities would be using the latest pipeline technologies created for the transportation of oil and gas.
