Wang Fan, who runs the No 18 Brewery, with a “Wuhan Stay Strong” beer. Photo: AFP Wang Fan, who runs the No 18 Brewery, with a “Wuhan Stay Strong” beer. Photo: AFP
Wang Fan, who runs the No 18 Brewery, with a “Wuhan Stay Strong” beer. Photo: AFP
China /  People & Culture

Chinese brewery marks traumatic Wuhan coronavirus lockdown with ‘stay strong’ craft beer

  • After Wang Fan’s business nearly folded when the city was shut down for months he released a special brew to ‘let people know our story’
  • Labels peel back to reveal black-and-white photographs of the fight against the virus and a poem – and all 100,000 cans were snapped up

Topic |   Coronavirus China
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 4:30pm, 3 Dec, 2020

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Wang Fan, who runs the No 18 Brewery, with a “Wuhan Stay Strong” beer. Photo: AFP Wang Fan, who runs the No 18 Brewery, with a “Wuhan Stay Strong” beer. Photo: AFP
Wang Fan, who runs the No 18 Brewery, with a “Wuhan Stay Strong” beer. Photo: AFP
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