Friday

BYCU

A loyal TDE reader sent this story last week. I should've ran it right away, but the week got away from me: Belgian City Plans to Build an Underground Beer Pipeline. The city is Bruges, the "Venice of the North." With a population in excess of 100,000, the pipeline is going to be moving a lot of suds.

Approximately 85% of the town's truck traffic is currently caused by beer trucks, so the city actually has a pretty good excuse for its underground alcohol river. In fact, the brewery is calling the plan a "win-win." With the new pipeline, the beer's journey from the plant to the tap will take just 10 to 15 minutes.

Is anybody else struck by that stat? Eight-five percent of the truck traffic is caused by beer trucks? That's pretty remarkable, it would seem. Maybe a lot of traffic comes from boats? Heck if I know.