--- description: Find out why Air Vodka is one of the best inventions of 2020. title: Air Vodka: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltafa6b48c9e32ffce/698a1449b21a9c1aea504408/best-inventions-of-2020-Air-Vodka-6.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 19, 2020 # Vodka, Out of Thin Air Air Vodka by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Courtesy For centuries, vodka has been made by fermenting grains like corn and wheat, a process that naturally results in carbon emissions. The Brooklyn-based startup [Air Co.](https://aircompany.com/ "undefined") thinks it’s found a better way, distilling the spirit from nothing more than water and carbon dioxide, in a process that transforms the CO² into ethyl alcohol. Not only does Air Vodka (starting at $65 for 750 ml) do the trick in a Moscow mule, but it’s also carbon negative: for every bottle that’s produced, the company’s NASA-award-­winning technology removes about a pound of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. _—Nadia Suleman_ **Buy now:** [Air Vodka](https://shop.aircompany.com/products/air-vodka "undefined") Air Vodka: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911376/air-vodka/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911376/air-vodka/"},"headline":"Vodka, Out of Thin Air","datePublished":"2020-11-19T13:54:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:46:23.937Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911376/air-vodka/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2020"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltafa6b48c9e32ffce/698a1449b21a9c1aea504408/best-inventions-of-2020-Air-Vodka-6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltafa6b48c9e32ffce/698a1449b21a9c1aea504408/best-inventions-of-2020-Air-Vodka-6.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911376/air-vodka/","name":"Vodka, Out of Thin Air"}}]}] ```