Frank Beer working with local distilleries to turn beer into hand sanitizer
Frank Beer in Wisconsin saw a majority of their customers shut down following their Governor's stay-at-home order. To help alleviate the situation of excess keg beer that might expire, Frank Beer reached out to local distilleries to see if they could re-purpose it into hand sanitizer. Together they will be distilling around 270 gallons of beer each day and by the end of this week hope to have enough to make 1,000 bottles of hand sanitizer.
If the Easter bunny were to make a beer-themed basket, it might include some of the beers from this list. Ranging from a chocolate stout to a sour IPA, they are the perfect treat.
Passover began this week, and if you are looking for more information on kosher beer, check out this article from October which takes a deeper dive into the subject.
Are stores going to start taking customers' temperatures?
As grocery stores try to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in their stores, some have begun taking employees' temperatures and are keeping sick workers home. But what if a sick customer comes into the store? Public health experts say it is a prudent step to monitor customers' health as well, but how to implement that would be a more complicated discussion.