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    And Now for Something Completely Different….

    Written by Sandy Williams


    The oil pipeline business has been suffering due to the crash in oil prices but here is something to cheer about for pipeline producers –the beer pipeline.

    In Bruges, Belgium brew master Xavier Vanneste is about to open the taps to send his beer from the De Halve Maan brewery along a 3 kilometer pipeline to a bottling company. The fans of the brewery will not be able to siphon off the sudsy beverage but can contribute to the cost of the pipeline in return for a lifelong beer drinking IOU.

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