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<blockquote data-quote="Bradskii" data-source="post: 76429846" data-attributes="member: 412388"><p>True story: My wife and I were doing a tour of a very old brewery in Bruge in Belgium (they <em>really</em> pride themselves on their beer in that part of the world). And the brewery was in the centre of town, which is a rabbit warren of narrow, cobbled streets. Unfortunately, their bottling plant was about 3 kms away on the outskirts and it was a real pain getting beer tankers back and forth. So, they applied to lay a pipe between the two. Which was approved, and after 3 years they completed it. </p><p></p><p>The guy showing us around had a section of the pipe and it contained two smaller pipes for the beer, and one for cables etc. And he said that in some places, the pipe was only a half a metre underground. Which raised a few eyebrows. Hmm. If you knew where it was and you dug down a little...</p><p></p><p>But, he said, seeing what people were thinking, after every batch of beer has been pumped through, they pump a cleaning fluid through and then flush it with water. So if you happened to find a leak, or you tapped into the pipe, then you might end up drinking the cleaning fluid. Which, he said, was a low cost liquid, and tasted absolutely terrible. You would definitely make yourself sick.</p><p></p><p>'And', he said, 'we have a name for this disgusting liquid'. Suitable pause. 'Heineken'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bradskii, post: 76429846, member: 412388"] True story: My wife and I were doing a tour of a very old brewery in Bruge in Belgium (they [I]really[/I] pride themselves on their beer in that part of the world). And the brewery was in the centre of town, which is a rabbit warren of narrow, cobbled streets. Unfortunately, their bottling plant was about 3 kms away on the outskirts and it was a real pain getting beer tankers back and forth. So, they applied to lay a pipe between the two. Which was approved, and after 3 years they completed it. The guy showing us around had a section of the pipe and it contained two smaller pipes for the beer, and one for cables etc. And he said that in some places, the pipe was only a half a metre underground. Which raised a few eyebrows. Hmm. If you knew where it was and you dug down a little... But, he said, seeing what people were thinking, after every batch of beer has been pumped through, they pump a cleaning fluid through and then flush it with water. So if you happened to find a leak, or you tapped into the pipe, then you might end up drinking the cleaning fluid. Which, he said, was a low cost liquid, and tasted absolutely terrible. You would definitely make yourself sick. 'And', he said, 'we have a name for this disgusting liquid'. Suitable pause. 'Heineken'. [/QUOTE]
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