Re: COVID-19 The 7th Part: We're Gonna Be Number One Soon!
Yep, some distilleries around here are doing the same, and donating the sanitizer.Speaking of breweries — I know several microbrews around me are still running. Some are brewing cheep beer that is getting delivered to distilleries to get processed into 190 proof alcohol, which is then turned into hand sanitizer for local hospitals by the UMaine chemical engineering department. They’re also selling beer for contactless pickup or delivery.
For the hand sanitizer to scale up initially a bunch of breweries donated beer they brewed for St Patrick’s day. It went to a bunch of craft distilleries to get distilled down and then on to one of the few distilleries in Portland that can distill it further to 190 proof. Now some of the breweries are brewing cheap beer just for hand sanitizer (the distilleries can’t ferment enough on their own to keep up).
“Manufacturing” is deemed essential so they have no problem staying open.