JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Craft distilleries are turning away from making hand sanitizer. I mean you can go into anywhere and find hand sanitizer,” CEO and co-founder of Grey Matter Distillery Paul Grey said. Actions like those hit the profits of alcohol producers hard, but there was, at the time, a saving grace: hand sanitizer. Several increased hand sanitizer production for the RNC but once that fell through—companies were left with even more product in inventory. The New York Times reported that not all distillers turned away from hand sanitizer production.