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US And UK Distilleries Are Making and Donating Hand Sanitizer

    • 195 posts
    March 17, 2020 10:31 AM PDT

    US And UK Distilleries Are Making and Donating Hand Sanitizer

    58 Gin, London, U.K.

    When charity The Benevolent, which supports workers in the drinks industry, almost cancelled a big annual event in London’s Natural History Museum due to a sanitizer shortage the distillery stepped in and made hand ‘gin-itizer’ that everyone could use.

    Broken Trail, Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.

    This New Mexico distillery and brewery are making sanitizer, and give it away for free to anyone who asks for it.

    Cardinal Spirits, Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.

    Cardinal’s sanitizer is made available for distillery visitors and groups who are in need of it, including an office, health care visitors, and a group that transports patients on dialysis. It has issued a few sanitizer recipes on its website as well.

    Deeside Distillery, Banchory, Scotland

    Scottish Deeside Distillery makes the strongest gin in the world, it’s Still River Uncut Gin is 87% ABV. It makes it a perfect ingredient for DIY sanitizer, and the distillery has mixed the gin with aloe vera and vegetable oil to make 4000 bottles that it is handing out to local schools and food banks.

    Dirty Water Distillery, Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.

    This microdistillery made 6 gallons of sanitizer following WHO guidelines, and allowed customers to fill up bottles.

    Durham Distillery, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.

    A husband and wife distilling team have made their DIY sanitizer available for free to local businesses. Melissa and Lee Katrincic give away 2 liters of sanitizer to any businesses that make an appointment to pick it up.

    Eight Oaks Farm Distillery, New Tripoli, Pennsylvania, U.S.

    A family farm distillery made its first 20 bottles of DIY sanitizer on Monday to give away to local charities, and plans to scale up production to help provide more sanitizer to farmers’ markets and other charities as well.

    Fen Spirits, Wisbech, U.K.

    Fen Spirits has made sanitizer available for anyone in the area that needs it. The goodwill gesture began after they made and gave some to some vulnerable neighbors, and it all snowballed from there.

    Green Mountain Distillers, Morrisville, Vermont, U.S.

    A craft distiller specializing in organic spirits, Green Mountain are making sanitizer available to anyone who drops in with a used container to fill up.

    Hotel Tango Distillery, Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.

    Hotel Tango is donating sanitizer products to people in need, but aim to secure a permit that will allow for larger scale production and donate batches of sanitizer to shelters in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis.

    Moonrise Distillery, Clayton, Georgia, U.S.

    Moonrise’s DIY sanitizer combines its gin with aloe vera, and is available for free to any customers that want it.

    New York Distilling Company, New York City, New York, U.S.

    Using the full strength Perry’s Tot Navy Strength gin, this distillery gave away its sanitizer to local restaurants, bars, and liquor stores in the area, though NYC’s restaurants and bars are unfortunately now closed.

    Shine Distillery and Grill, Portland, Oregon, U.S.

    What began as a customer request for the recipe for Shine Distillery’s home-made cleaner led to production of more sanitizer to give away to customers.

    Old Fourth Distillery, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A

    After announcing that all visitors could have free hand sanitizer, the distillery quickly ran out and it had to order more ingredients in for future batches.

    Psychopomp, Bristol, U.K.

    Keeping up the Bristolian reputation for fierce community pride, this microdistillery has created hand sanitizer free to all local residents, asking for a suggested donation for those who can afford it that will go to local medical charities.

    Republic Restoratives, Washington D.C., U.S.

    Every bottle of vodka, rye, brandy, or bourbon sold by Republic Restoratives comes with free hand sanitizer, though the team is calling it ‘hand cleaner’.

    Thinking Tree Spirits, Eugene, Oregon, U.S.

    Thinking Tree was making hand sanitizer available for free to any distillery visitors, though unfortunately they’ve temporarily closed down, though are hoping to create more sanitizer on a larger scale that can be distributed around the county.

     

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    • 195 posts
    March 18, 2020 3:46 PM PDT

    Per TTB: Any existing DSP therefore can immediately commence production of hand sanitizer or distilled spirits (ethanol) for use in hand sanitizer...without having to obtain authorization first.