'KEEP IT CLEAN'

Beer giant BrewDog creates FREE hand sanitiser to help curb coronavirus spread

Matt Wilkinson

Published: 23:00, 18 Mar 2020
Updated: 11:55, 19 Mar 2020

BEER giant BrewDog has switched production to hand sanitiser to meet the huge spike in demand.

The craft ale company has created 60per cent ‘Punk Sanitiser’ - based on its flagship Punk IPA brand - to hand out for free to help curb coronavirus spread.

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BrewDog have launched a hand sanitiser called Punk Sanitiser to help curb the coronavirus spreadCredit: Wales News Service

A spokesman for the Scottish brewery said: “We are determined to do everything we can to try and help as many people as possible stay safe. It’s time to keep it clean.”

BrewDog founder James Watt said: “Just to be clear, we will not be selling the sanitiser. But giving it away to those who need it.”

He said that the crisis had hit the business hard, adding: “At BrewDog we are doing all we can to make it through and protect as many jobs as we can.

“But we, like so many businesses have lost 70% of our income almost overnight.”

Meanwhile gin distilleries have also switched to hand sanitiser production after spotting their facilities were perfect for producing the alcohol-based hand cleaner.

Bristol's Psychopomp Micro-distillery is supplying the public with 100ml of the product at a time for a donation to charity.

58 Gin, in London, will launch hand atomisers in about three weeks' time after making a batch for a charity.Matt Felgate, the owner of Lincoln Gin, said: "We are trying to use the resources we have - namely high-strength alcohol - to put together a functional hand sanitiser.

"I do not want a penny from this. I'm here to help and do the right thing.”