Entrepreneurial spirit(s): Vodka distillery at home in Midlothian

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Matt Altman holds up bottles his CD (CatalinDynastii) Vodkhis new vodkdistillery Mid-Oak Distillery Midlothian Ill. Friday June 15 2012. |

Matt Altman holds up bottles of his CD (Catalina Dynastii) Vodka at his new vodka distillery, Mid-Oak Distillery in Midlothian, Ill., Friday, June 15, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Bottles CD Vodkvodktasting menu are shown Mid-Oak Distillery. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Bottles of CD Vodka and the vodka tasting menu are shown at the Mid-Oak Distillery. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Matt Altman talks about his new vodkdistillery Mid-Oak Distillery Midlothian Illinois Friday June 15 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Matt Altman talks about his new vodka distillery, Mid-Oak Distillery in Midlothian, Illinois, Friday, June 15, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Each bottle CD Vodkhas Bottled by Mid-Oak Distiller Inc. Midlothian IL. label. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Each bottle of CD Vodka has a Bottled by Mid-Oak Distiller, Inc. Midlothian, IL. label. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

As tag every bottle Mid-Oak's CD Vodkexplains some best vodkworld was produced during reign Russian Empress Catherine Great. The 'CD'

As the tag of every bottle of Mid-Oak's CD Vodka explains, some of the best vodka in the world was produced during the reign of Russian Empress Catherine the Great. The "CD" stands for Catalina Dynastii. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

The tasting areis shown Mid-Oak Distillery. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

The tasting area is shown at the Mid-Oak Distillery. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Matt Altman fills up two bottles CD Vodkhis new vodkdistillery Mid-Oak Distillery Midlothian Ill. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Matt Altman fills up two bottles of CD Vodka at his new vodka distillery, Mid-Oak Distillery in Midlothian, Ill. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Matt Altman caps off two bottles CD Vodkhis new vodkdistillery Mid-Oak Distillery Midlothian Ill. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Matt Altman caps off two bottles of CD Vodka at his new vodka distillery, Mid-Oak Distillery in Midlothian, Ill. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Each bottle vodkis capped by hMid-Oak Distillery. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

Each bottle of vodka is capped by hand at the Mid-Oak Distillery. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media

When Matt Altman quietly raised the blinds on his storefront window recently, he was not only opening his new business venture, he was signaling a first for the Southland. His Mid-Oak Distillery, at 4704 W. 147th St. in Midlothian’s Tiffany Plaza, is the first and …