Tucked along the Vancouver Island coastline just south of Campbell River, the 380-acre farm is blessed with the key ingredients for exceptional hand-crafted spirits: fertile barley-growing fields, an underground aquifer providing naturally filtered water, and crisp sea air.

Here, skilled artisans use traditional Scottish distilling methods to craft those ingredients into .

But when was urgently needed to combat the spread of COVID-19? That same know-how began doing so much more.

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Ramping up volume to produce the sanitizer in the most cost-effective way, today Shelter Point has distributed more than 100,000 litres. B次元官网网址淎fter donating several thousand litres of sanitizer initially, it was really important that we provide the product at a fair price, possible by producing on a larger scale,B次元官网网址� Evans says.

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Making a difference a little differently

While other distillers are bottling individual sizes, focusing on larger-size products lets serve organizations like the RCMP, Department of National Defence, Fraser Health Authority, and school districts. For individual bottles, theyB次元官网网址檝e partnered with Purica in Cowichan Valley.

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Today, a dedicated sanitizer production area is separate from whisky production, with additional employees to accommodate production.

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To learn more, visit , and to support the local community, discounts on sanitizer are available for those paying at the distillery, .