{"id":65079,"date":"2020-03-29T16:03:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T22:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/peach-street-distillers-three-rivers-brewery-brew-up-hand-sanitizer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T05:09:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:09:20","slug":"peach-street-distillers-three-rivers-brewery-brew-up-hand-sanitizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/peach-street-distillers-three-rivers-brewery-brew-up-hand-sanitizer\/","title":{"rendered":"Peach Street Distillers, Three Rivers Brewery brew up hand sanitizer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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With shortages of disinfectants throughout the region, breweries and distilleries are converting their operations to kick out a new product: sanitizer.<\/p>\n

Ska Brewing Co.\u2019s sister company, Peach Street Distillers, recently started repurposing a byproduct of distilling that is nearly pure alcohol and not suitable for consumption to make hand sanitizer, said co-owner Dave Thibodeau.<\/p>\n

At Peach Street Distillers\u2019 Grand Junction location and at Ska\u2019s headquarters in Bodo Park, Thibodeau said the sanitizer is being given away free with all curbside orders. But with a lack of available medical supplies, the company is now looking at ways to put the cleaning agent in the hands of health care providers.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, it\u2019s becoming apparent there\u2019s a big need for it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Members of Farmington Police Department accept sanitizer distilled at Three Rivers Brewery.<\/span>Courtesy of Three Rivers Brewery\u2019s Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

In Farmington, Three Rivers Brewery began producing batches of hand sanitizer for first responders and local health care workers last week.<\/p>\n

With an initial $500 donation from Perry Webb at Webb Chevrolet, the brewery\u2019s distiller and head brewer Patrick Liessman started producing 30-gallon batches using the distillery equipment.<\/p>\n

The first batch of 62% ethyl alcohol sanitizer went to the San Juan County Sheriff\u2019s Department on March 20. Since then, Three Rivers Brewery has donated sanitizer to the Farmington Fire Department, Farmington Police Department, Farmington Emergency Management, Basin Home Health, Southwestern Home Health and Farmington Municipal Schools, which is working to provide meals to students despite school closures.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very important to us to make sure all the health care professionals and first responders are taken care of before we open it up to the public,\u201d Three Rivers Brewery said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Because the brewery already had the right distillery equipment and quantities of ethanol present from producing vodka, whiskey and bourbon, it was a relatively easy transition to creating the first batch of sanitizer. Like other distilleries throughout New Mexico, Three Rivers Brewery said it used a recipe guideline provided by the World Health Organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The brewery said it was prioritizing donating the sanitizer to first responders, health care providers and frontline workers during this time, but it encouraged people interested in contributing to email the brewery at dave@threeriversbrewery.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The brewery \u2013 which also includes a pizzeria, restaurant and distillery \u2013 reduced its staff after Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham\u2019s stay-at-home order but remains open to takeout and delivery via Grubhub.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love our community and want to take this time to remind the public to stay put, and when you are hungry to please support local businesses,\u201d the brewery said in the release.<\/p>\n

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