Brewery builds 2-mile long beer pipeline The pipeline will pump over 1,000 gallons of beer an hour below the streets of the medieval Belgian city of Bruges. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT MENS AND TRACY OF CONNECTICUT FINISHED FIRST AMONG THE WOMEN. ERIN: A BELGIAN BREWERY RAN ITS BUSINESS IN TO THE GROUND. IT IS BUILDING A BEER PIPELINE IN AN EFFORT TO BOOST DISTRIBUTION. TH STREETS AND TOWN ARE TOO SMALL TO ACCOMMODATE THE LARGE TANKER TRUCKS. SO THE SOLUTION IS A TWO-MILE-LONG BEER PIPELINE. ENGINEERS HAVE TO DRILL THROUGH THE TOWN'S CAMS AND COBBLE STREETS IN ORDER TO LAY THE PLASTIC PIPES. >> WE RECEIVED A LOT OF PEOPLE SPONTANEOUSLY OFFERING US TO PASS ALONGSIDE THEIR HOUSE. THEY JUST HAD ONE CONDITION, THEY WANTED A TAPPING PRIVATE -- A PRIVAT TAPPING POINT. >> ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE TAPPING IN TO YOUR PIPELINE? >> WE ARE SURE THIS WILL TECHNICALLY NOT BE POSSIBLE. ERIN: TECHNICALLY? PRETTY SURE IN BEER IS EXPECTED TO START FLOWING. ONCE IT IS UP AND RUNNING, IT WILL BE CAPABLE OF TRANSPORTING MORE THAN 100 GALLONS OF BEER AN HOUR. SHOULD THEY HAVE A PIPE THAT BURSTS, I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FLOOD TO THE AREA. SEAN: BRING SOME CUP. BEAUTIFUL SI IN BELGIUM. LOTS OF BEERS AND

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