The liquor industry has long been considered an old boys club, with men, who overwhelmingly hold the highest distilling and blending positions, preserving secret formulas as well as a culture of machismo. But at Bacardí, the largest privately held, family-owned spirits company in the world, blender-in-training Noidys Herrera is one of a growing number of women breaking rum’s glass ceilings.

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