Scotland's ability to manufacture (and consume) alcohol such as Scotch whisky may be world-renowned, but Scottish distilleries are today joining the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Responding to a global shortage of hand sanitiser, which has seen barren supermarket shelves across Scotland and the United Kingdom as demand outstripped supply, some Scottish spirit makers have begun a novel form of alcohol production that, just days ago, would have been seen as laughable.
[...] "This idea was not even 24 hours old," said Andrew Mackenzie, owner of Verdant Spirits, before he decided to switch production from gin to hand sanitiser earlier this week, following requests from local caregivers in Dundee, eastern Scotland.
Don't drink the hand sanitizer, even if it smells delightfully like Glen Alba.
(Score: 3, Informative) by looorg on Friday March 20 2020, @04:28AM (2 children)
Absolut offered to do something similar, https://www.foodandwine.com/news/absolut-vodka-making-hand-sanitizer-coronavirus [foodandwine.com] . Since it's vodka I guess there wont be much of a production alteration.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday March 20 2020, @05:57PM
Won't this be needed as a vehicle fuel?
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 20 2020, @11:16PM
In this mornings newspaper (yes, I still have a paper delivered) there was a story about a local boutique vodka maker that had switched over to making hand sanitizer. His only problem was going to be filling thousands of little dispensing bottles--he doesn't have a packaging line, was going to use his family to do that work.