Can We claim the Title of Beervana Without a Beer Pipeline?

John Foyston | December 15, 2016 | Beer Brewing, Beer Travel | No Comments

In the heart of the medieval city of Bruges is a remarkably contemporary innovation: the world’s first legal beer pipeline. Running underneath the city streets, the tube transports 1,000 gallons of beer per hour—the equivalent of 12,000 bottles—from one of the country’s oldest still-operational breweries, Halve Maan (“half moon”), to its bottling plant two miles away. (image courtesy of Halve Maan Brewery) — *Halve Maan beer pipeline in Bruges. (image courtesy of Halve Maan Brewery)*

Can we claim the title of Beervana without a beer pipeline such as the one in Bruges?

From Atlas Obscura:

In the heart of the medieval city of Bruges is a remarkably contemporary innovation: the world’s first legal beer pipeline. Running underneath the city streets, the tube transports 1,000 gallons of beer per hour—the equivalent of 12,000 bottles—from one of the country’s oldest still-operational breweries, Halve Maan (“half moon”), to its bottling plant two miles away.

…we coulda been a contender if only the city fathers had allowed Henry Weinhard to pipe beer to the then-new Lovejoy Fountain…

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