BrewDog Shares What It Learned Making Hand Sanitizer

, BrewDog Shares What It Learned Making Hand Sanitizer

(Courtesy BrewDog)

Like many craft breweries BrewDog is now making hand sanitizer to help stem the UK shortage at a critical time.

And to help others who also want to lend a hand, BrewDog is sharing what it learned.

Follow the World Health Organization Recipe

BrewDog followed the official World Health Organization recipe and guidelines and they suggest that other breweries interested in making hand sanitizers do so as well. BrewDog’s final specifications are 80% Ethanol, 1.45% Glycerol and 0.125% Hydrogen Peroxide.

In the face of this raging pandemic both the US and the UK have loosened regulations so businesses who want help out can make hand sanitizers without being a registered agent, as long as they follow the official recipes.

Be Ready To Get Creative with Packaging

, BrewDog Shares What It Learned Making Hand SanitizerDue to demand, BrewDog ran into a real shortage of suitable types of packaging for its hand sanitizer and was forced to get creative. They ended up using everything from 50ml glass bottles, 100ml glass bottles, 100ml plastic bottles, 200ml plastic bottles and larger containers too.

Inform Your Insurer

This was one of BrewDog’s most insightful recommendations…Turns out, it is really important that you inform your insurer so they can update your insurance policy in the United Kingdom. And it may be as well in the US, so it doesn’t hurt to check in with whoever insures your business before you start producing hand sanitizer.

This from BrewDog co-Founder James Watt…

“A massive thank you to all of our amazing team members who worked 24/7 to make this project happen for us and enable us to do all we can to help our country and community get through this really challenging time.”

 “And it’s always important to remember it is not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.”

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Stay safe everyone…And keep washing those hands…

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