A beer pipeline. It sounds like an ale lover's wildest dream.
啤酒管道。听上去像是酒鬼们最狂野的梦想。
It's no longer a fantasy in the Belgian city of Bruges, where the world's first beer pipeline opened last week.
The two-mile pipe connects the
Halve Maan
brewery in the city's historic center with a bottling plant in the suburbs.
It's a practical solution to the logistical nightmare of having trucks thundering daily through the narrow cobbled streets of a medieval town, the brewery said.
The old town of Bruges is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Halve Maan is one of the fastest growing
breweries in Belgium, and the traffic it was generating was becoming unsustainable.
The pipeline means the brewery can stay in its current location within the town center, where it has been
brewing for the past 500 years. The last beer
tanker left the brewery last week, Halve Maan said.
The pipeline was partly financed by a crowdfunding campaign, which raised more than 300,000 euros of the four million needed. Halve Maan said it set a record for crowdfunding in Belgium.
The pipeline is 3,276 meters (2 miles) long, and runs 34 meters (111 feet) below the surface at its deepest point. It passes under the town's historic canals and ramparts. Roughly 4,000 liters of beer, enough to fill 12,000 bottles, flows through the pipeline in an hour.
It is equipped with the latest technology to ensure the quality of the beer is maintained throughout its journey. It also has a cleaning and flushing system to keep the pipe clean.
相关单词：pipeline
pipeline解释：n.管道，管线
pipeline例句：
The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。
相关单词：halve
halve解释：vt.分成两半，平分；减少到一半
halve例句：
Let's halve the project between our two teams.让我们两个队平均分担这项工程吧。
I'll halve expenses with you.我要跟你平均分摊费用。
相关单词：brewery
brewery解释：n.啤酒厂
brewery例句：
The brewery had 25 heavy horses delivering beer in London.啤酒厂有25匹高头大马在伦敦城中运送啤酒。
When business was good,the brewery employed 20 people.在生意好的时候，这家酿造厂曾经雇佣过20人。
相关单词：breweries
breweries解释：酿造厂，啤酒厂( brewery的名词复数 )
breweries例句：
In some cases, this is desirable, but most breweries prefer lighter-type beers. 在一些情况下，这是很理想的，但是大多数啤酒厂更倾向于生产酒度较低的啤酒。
Currently, there are 58 breweries producing Snow Beeracross the country. 目前，全国共有58个雪花啤酒厂。
相关单词：brewing
brewing解释：n. 酿造, 一次酿造的量
动词brew的现在分词形式
brewing例句：
It was obvious that a big storm was brewing up. 很显然，一场暴风雨正在酝酿中。
She set about brewing some herb tea. 她动手泡一些药茶。
相关单词：tanker
tanker解释：n.油轮
tanker例句：
The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。
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