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Cape Byron Distillery, producers of premium spirits including the awarded Brookie’s Byron Gin, will be adapting to meet the overwhelming demand in the current COVID-19 climate by producing a high quality, alcohol based, natural sanitiser, scented with their rainforest gin and lime.
Eddie Brook Co-Founder and Distiller comments, “We are extremely proud to be in a position to produce this product to assist with the current need for personal hygiene, health and safety of our community and will be doing everything we can to meet the demand.”
The sanitiser was developed by Pamela Brook B.D. Sc MBA (Co-founder of Brookfarm & Cape Byron Distillery) using all natural ingredients including; 70% Ethanol, bi-products of the production of
Brookie’s Gin, UV & charcoal filtered Mt Warning Spring Water, vegetable glycerine, aloe vera and citrus oil. Brookie’s hand/surface sanitiser is bottled at 70% volume by volume ethanol, above the minimum recommended alcohol strength for sanitiser, according to the world health organisation and medical professionals.
The overwhelming need for sanitiser from the COVID-19 pandemic, in particular in the medical services industry has inspired the distillery to develop a product for the community. The distillery has access to high proof ethanol, essential for creating hand and surface sanitiser and the production of this product means that there will be consistent employment for the Brookie’s team given the down turn in gin sales as a result of the closure of the cellar door and all hospitality venues around Australia.
The distillery reached out to the local medical community to see if there was interest and demand for the sanitiser and have since been inundated with requests.
“We will be supplying larger containers of sanitiser to the local medical professions, doctors, hospitals and care workers” says Eddie Brook. “We are prioritising supply to many health organisations within the local community and will be initially releasing our first batch to some of our current Brookie’s Gin retailers and other local businesses in the Northern Rivers”.
Eddie Brook concludes, “We understand the urgent need in the community, and we will be doing all we can to meet this demand during these testing times”.
Medical services in need are directed to contact sanitiser@capebyrondistillery.com.
The sanitiser will be available in 500ml recyclable bottles online via their website, local retailers and pharmacies, RRP $14.99.
Brookie’s Hand and Surface Sanitiser and the range of Brookie’s Gin and macadamia liqueur are currently available online www.capebyrondistillery.com
