Austin-based Vodka maker Tito’s Vodka has clarified on social media that their vodka cannot be used as hand sanitizer. Even if it’s handmade. Even if alcoholic beverages have alcohol, it doesn’t really sanitize! While it would be good for the company if people would keep buying their alcohol, the company had to set things straight, as Eater detailed:
The confusion arises amid a shortage of hand sanitizer as concerned members of the public attempt to protect against the spread of the novel coronavirus. That lack of supply has led to price gouging for hand sanitizer online: a box of small Purell bottles that might sell for $10 typically are now listed for hundreds from secondary sellers on Amazon. It’s also led to DIY advice and online recipes for homemade hand sanitizers, most of which call for rubbing alcohol (99 percent alcohol by volume) plus aloe vera gel.
Tito’s, meanwhile, is actually just 40 percent alcohol by volume, not the 60 percent required to kill viruses. As Dallas Morning News reporter Dom DiFurio noted, the company will probably have to keep Tweeting ad nauseam while people on Twitter threaten to “get me a handle of @TitosVodka and make some hand sanitizer for my family.”
“Per the CDC, hand sanitizer needs to contain at least 60% alcohol by volume,” Tito’s writes soberly in reply after reply, attaching an explanation for added clarity.
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Since it doesn't kill anything and it's handmade; perhaps in these trying times of fear, uncertainty, and doubt, they should suspend production - you know, put the customer first and ease any concerns.
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Percentage of alcohol aside, Tito's Vodka would be an expensive option. But then, I can't understand why. Tito's "Handmade" vodka is anything but handmade.The stuff is made from industrial-grade alcohol shipped in from, the same commercial stills supplying the plastic bottle bargain stuff. It starts as grain neutral spirit (GNS) manufactured by Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Midwest Grain Products (MGP), or Grain Processing Corporation (GPC).
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