Switch to hand sanitizer cost some Oregon distilleries thousands The Oregon distilleries we spoke to said they are moving out of the sanitizer business for the most part. Author: Andrew Dorn Updated: 2:23 PM MDT June 10, 2021 PORTLAND, Ore. — Last spring, distilleries across Oregon teamed up to produce hand sanitizer amid a national shortage driven by the coronavirus pandemic. Now, many of those same distilleries have hundreds of gallons leftover. In some cases, the switch to sanitizer resulted in a loss of thousands of dollars. We spoke to multiple distiller...