Photos: Local distilleries turn unused alcohol into hand sanitizer
Thunder Canyon Brewery, along with Elgin's Flying Leap Vineyards & Distillery, Town Under Black and a few other local distilleries, are turning unused alcohol into United States Food and Drug Administration approved hand sanitizer for hospitals, first responders and the public in response to COVID-19.
"Whatever I have, I am turning into hand sanitizer," said Steve Tracy of Thunder Canyon Brewstillery. "We are going to keep making it as much as we can."
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Hand Sanitizer
Steve Tracy, Thunder Canyon Brewery co-owner and brewer, fills up 16oz bottles of locally made hand sanitizer at Thunder Canyon Brewery, 220 E. Broadway Blvd., in Tucson, Ariz., on April 6, 2020.
Hand Sanitizer
Steve Tracy, Thunder Canyon Brewstillery co-owner, fills up 16-oz. bottles of locally made hand sanitizer.
Hand Sanitizer
Steve Tracy, Thunder Canyon Brewstillery co-owner and brewer, fills up 16 oz. bottles of locally made hand sanitizer.
Hand Sanitizer
Steve Tracy, Thunder Canyon Brewery co-owner and brewer, whisks glycerin into a hand sanitizer mixture at Thunder Canyon Brewery, 220 E. Broadway Blvd., in Tucson, Ariz., on April 6, 2020.
Hand Sanitizer
Thunder Canyon Brewstillery co-owner Steve Tracy places a hand sanitizer label on a finished bottle.
Hand Sanitizer
Pre-made labels sit on top of a few bottles of alcohol while hand sanitizer is being made at Thunder Canyon Brewstillery.
Hand sanitizer
Steve Tracy, Thunder Canyon Brewery co-owner and brewer, refills an ice container while keeping an eye on the production of hand sanitizer at Thunder Canyon Brewstillery. It take roughly 24 hours to create hand sanitizer which includes a 12-hour process in the still and placing it in bottles to sell.
Rebecca Sasnett
Photojournalist
Thunder Canyon Brewstillery downtown and Elgin's Flying Leap Vineyards & Distillery are converting part of their production into hand sanitizer to ease shortages due to coronavirus crisis.
There are 415 known coronavirus cases in Pima County and 15 deaths have been reported as of Tuesday morning, up two from Sunday.