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US Whiskey Maker Starts Producing Hand Sanitizer

Ozlem Tinaz

   Hand sanitizer isone of the products Americanshave been stockpiling
   during the coronavirus outbreak and that's left many storeshelves empty
   of the product.

   That shortage is prompting companies like a small distillery in Falls
   Church, Virginia, to findcreative ways to help.

   Instead of producing whiskey, gin or vodka, Falls Church Distillers is
   busy making high-alcohol-content hand sanitizers.

   "We've pivoted into making sanitization," says Michael Paluzzi, founder
   of Falls Church Distillers. "It's the same type of process we're using
   the same whiskeys, our basespirits, that we would use to make a lot of
   our other products."

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