比利時小鎮計劃建地下管道運啤酒!

Under the streets of the medieval Belgian city of Bruges, a full two-mile pipeline is being built -- exclusively for beer.

在比利時的中世紀古城布魯日的街道下面，一條長達2英里的管道正在建設中--專用於輸送啤酒。

The pipeline, which is expected to be completed this summer, will pump beer at a speed of 4,000 liters (about 1,057 gallons) an hour from De Halve Maan Brewery in the center of Brussels to its bottling plant outside the city.

這條管道預計將於今年夏天完成，屆時將以每小時4000公升（約1057加侖）的速度把啤酒從市中心的De Halve Maan Brewery啤酒廠運出，送到城郊的灌裝基地。

"I think we are the very first ones to do this ever in the world," says Xavier Vanneste, whose family has run the brewery for 160 years.

酒廠老闆格澤維爾·凡內斯特表示：“我想我們是第一個這麼做的廠家。”據悉，他的家族已經經營這家酒廠有160年之久了。

It sounds like a beer-lover's dream -- beer on tap, 24 hours a day. Unsurprisingly, there's a lot of support around town for the project.

這聽起來好像是一個啤酒控的夢想——啤酒從管道輸送，全天24小時供應。不出所料，該市的很多人都對這個項目給予了支持。

"We received a lot of people spontaneously offering us to pass alongside their house," Vanneste said. "They just had one condition -- they wanted a tap-in point."

凡內斯特說：“我們收到了許多人的自發建議，他們願意讓輸酒管道從家旁邊經過，只有一個條件--他們能接上水龍頭喝啤酒。“

But sadly for the famously beer-loving Belgians, the pipeline wasn't built so that people could have personal taps inside their homes. It's instead solving a logistical problem.

只可惜對比利時這個出了名的啤酒王國來說，建設這個管道並非是爲了要方便各家接上水龍頭。事實上，它是爲了解決一個物流難題。

In 2010, the brewery moved their bottling plant outside of the city. Being an older place with small, cobblestone streets, it's hard for tankers to get into Bruges to pick up beer and deliver it to the bottling plant.

2010年，啤酒廠將灌裝基地搬遷到市郊。布魯日是一個古城，街道狹窄，鋪滿鵝卵石，貨車很難進入市內，並將啤酒運送到郊區的灌裝基地。

The other option was to move the brewery outside Bruges.

那麼另一個解決方案就是將啤酒廠也搬到郊區。

"We want to keep this last remaining brewery in Bruges, and therefore we need a pipeline," Vanneste said.

不過凡內斯特卻表示，“我們還是想將這僅存的啤酒廠留在布魯日，所以我們需要一個管道。”

He started a crowdfunding campaign to help pay for the estimated $4.5 million pipeline -- offering rewards to those who've contributed to its construction.

據悉，凡內斯特針對這一耗資450萬美元的工程發起了一個衆籌項目，而那些捐款者將獲得飲酒資格。

One of the top donors is Philippe Le Loup, who runs the Poules Moules Restaurant. He's donated $11,000 -- and now gets free beer for life. "I like the beer," he said. "I drink it every day." But he also says he donated out of "friendship."

Poules Moules飯店的老闆菲利普·盧普捐款最多，他出資1.1萬美元，而他得到的獎勵就是“一輩子免費喝啤酒”。他對此表示：“我喜歡喝啤酒。我每天都要喝。”不過他補充說道，這次的捐款完全是出於“友情贊助”。

For those thinking about breaking in to the pipe, probably best not to try. Vanneste says he's pretty sure it's impossible to do it.

對於那些惦記着在管道上鑽個孔的人，最好還是放棄吧。酒廠老闆凡內斯特表示，他非常肯定你是辦不到的。