Almanac Beer debuts Flow, a Direct Air Capture-carbonated beer, across 800+ California retail accounts

Almanac Beer Co. partnered with Aircapture to launch Flow – Clean Air Edition, the first beer carbonated with CO2 pulled directly from the atmosphere at 99.999% purity via onsite DAC at its Alameda brewery. The release rolls out to 800+ California accounts including Safeway, Whole Foods, Total Wine and BevMo.

— FiledFri, 15 May, 2026, 07:43 IST·First seen Fri, 15 May, 2026, 06:59 IST·Source Beverage Industry

What happened

Almanac Beer Co. and Aircapture launched Flow – Clean Air Edition, a beer carbonated with CO2 captured from the atmosphere via onsite Direct Air Capture at

Key facts

  • 99.999% purity
  • 800 accounts

Why this matters

Watch for major brewers (ABI, Molson Coors, Constellation) to pursue DAC partnerships or outright acquisitions of providers like Aircapture to lock up 'clean carbonation' narratives before craft challengers own the category.