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september 2016 / the tasting panel / 105 Caley Shoemaker, Head Distiller, Hangar 1 Vodka, with Carissa Shaffer, proprietor; Hannah Burke, Events Coordinator; and Nicole Allen, Bar Manager—all of Knife & Tine. "I love the fact that Caley is a female Head Distiller," Allen says, explaining that much of the staff at their restaurant also is made up of women. Patrick Hahn, Assistant General Manager, Old Town Social; Michael A. Evans, CSS, Trade Events Manager, Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits of Illinois; and Caley Shoemaker, Head Distiller, Hangar 1 Vodka. Mona Patel, Rakesh Patel and Krupa Patel, Spring Wines & Spirits of Bloomingdale, Illinois.