Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 September 2018 . Retrieved 18 June 2019. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) Extensive quality tests have shown that the oxygen absorption by the beer is less because of the pipeline transportation, lending the beer a longer natural preservation,” says De Halve Maan’s Inge Vandenbogaerde. Appearance: The body is a very dark ruby brown but it has excellent clarity. Although it is extremely dark, as light glints through it, the clarity becomes apparent. The beer has a very large tan head that is frothy and a bit creamy. It has excellent lacing and outstanding retention. It is a fantastic looking beer in the glass. The brewery brought this literal pipe dream to life in September 2016, after three years of planning, wrangling permits and actual construction. The beer pipeline is 3,276 metres long and 34 metres deep at its lowest point, under a parking garage at the famous Zand Square. There are two pipelines lying side by side. They alternately contain the Bruges brewery’s popular blond and brown Brugse Zot (the official city beer) and Straffe Hendrik (an intense, malty beer). The pipes are equipped with high-density polyethylene, a sturdy food-grade plastic to ensure the quality of the beer. This satisfies food safety authorities and surprisingly even improved the taste of their famous brews.

Each delicious batch takes anywhere from 1.5 to 3 hours to travel through the pipeline. That’s to keep too much air from infiltrating the beer. The pipeline even has a cleaning system to keep the pipe sparkling. The brewers use jets of cleaning solution to sterilize the pipes between batches. Until now our huge tankers had to constantly make their way through the narrow streets of Bruges,” says CEO Xavier Vanneste. “ Which is no longer sustainable. This beer pipeline means that we’ll be able to remain in the city.” Underneath the medieval streets of Bruges lies the world’s first beer pipeline, pumping enough beer to fill a whopping 12,000 bottles an hour. It sounds like a beer lover’s wildest dream but this 3km beer pipeline is very real and pumping close to 4,000 litres of booze an hour beneath the step-gabled houses and winding canals of the Belgian city. The beer problem Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 April 2019 . Retrieved 18 June 2019. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link) Brouwerij De Halve Maan Brugge – Brouwerij Belgische bieren – Brugse Zot en Straffe Hendrik – Bezoekerscentrum en historiek". halvemaan.be.

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Flavour: Strong, rich, very sweet, incredibly warming (not surprising considering the 11%), dark fruit, caramel and very strong caramelised banana, cherry, prune, date, very smooth, slightly creeps up into the nose, malty, a flavour profile that’s somewhat like a cross between an IPA and a porter, almost bourbon-like spice and sweetness (though the former is apparent yet milder, and the latter is strong - the inverse to the average bourbon, from my experience), not cloying whatsoever considering the sweetness, settles on the palate beautifully (and goes down very well, despite the strength), a slight savoury note of very (very) lightly bitter toasted malt that provides both balance and that great ‘toasty’ comfort that the best dark beers provide, ever so slightly carbonated to prevent it being flat, increasing richness that’s rarely ever experienced.

Pours an opaque medium brown with 3 fingers of creamy light beige head that slowly fades to a cap and leaves decent lacing My trip to Chicago led me to stumble upon this Quad that I’ve heard much about but can never seen to find. I wasn’t even looking for it but I’m happy it was there. Let’s pop it open and see what it has to offer Kottasova, Ivana (19 September 2016). "Cheers! The world's first beer pipeline is now open". CNNMoney. This is the world first beer pipeline – and its thousands of investors are being rewarded with free beer". Business Insider.

The world’s first beer pipeline was devised by De Halve Maan (Half Moon Brewery), a 500-year-old brewery in the heart of Bruges. It was inspired by the logistical headache of transporting their beer from their historic brewery in the city centre, to their larger bottling factory around 3km outside the city.