Beijing creates 'Airpocalypse' beer as tribute to the country's notoriously bad air

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Beijing creates 'Airpocalypse' beer as tribute to the country's notoriously bad air
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Beijing's air pollution is bad enough to keep children home from school and force residents to wear masks. But one brewery has found a way to make something positive out of the so-called "smogpocalypse."

Jing-A-Brewing, one of Beijing's microbreweries, has created an "Airpocalypse" brew, the price of which is determined by the day's air quality. The Wall Street Journal reports that "if the AQI hit 500 or above, a measurement identified on the U.S. Embassy's Beijing Air Twitter feed as 'beyond index,' the beer would be free."

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.