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Who | Ashley “Amac” Mac
Where | Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Current Position | Vice President of the Baltimore Bartenders Guild
Past Bar(s) | NiHao, Moon Rabbit (Washington DC), True Chesapeake
Favourite Spirit | Whiskey or Baijiu. Yes, baijiu- ganbei!
Favourite Juice | Lime
Favourite Classic Cocktail | Daiquiri
First Classic Cocktail you ever had | First I ever made: Boulevardier
Favourite Part of the Job | People. I love connecting with poeple.
Favourite After Work Drink | A deli of water and a diet coke. Or an Athletic Upside Dawn
Favourite bar in the world | It was Peppers Tavern in Ocean City, Maryland (RIP) but now is Floods (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania)
Best known for | For guests, it’s my personality. For industry, it’s for baijiu or for being sober. For everyone, it’s being loud AF.
Favourite “at work” memory | Meeting my partner.
What’s your favourite movie? I’ve seen like 7 movies bc of ADHD but I really like Tarantino movies.
Favourite thing about your city? This extremely underrated F&B machine? It’s the realest place I’ve ever been.
What was the last photo that you took? My dags. Two cow-looking pocket pitties. My children.
Where is one place that you have never been but would like to travel to? Utah- Zion specifically. And Europe.
Any claims to fame? Been to Camp Runamok several times (even hosted trivia for Spooky Camp in 2020), I ran one of the bars at PDXCW in 2024 and ran a couple of award-winning bar programs. I am the VP of the Baltimore Bartenders Guild, a founding member of HEARD Online (a non-profit for industry folks struggling with mental health or sobriety) and I am a Trainer for Safe Bars. A non-profit that trains breweries/distilleries, bars/restaurants in sexual assault de-escalation practices and gender-based violence prevention.
Aperitivo or Digestivo? Aperitivo
Soda or Tonic? Soda
Trader Vic or Donn Beach? Donn
Egg Whites or Vegan Foamer? Both
Are you available for freelance gigs? Yea! I am the Owner of Blind Cat Consulting. I do marketing for brands, build bar programs, events – all of it. Yes
Find them: Instagram
Media: SALON – Navigating the new sober boom, where “a person’s sobriety is as unique as their fingerprint”
Good Day DC, FOX 5 DC, TV APPEARANCE
No Proof, Podcast
DRINK BAIJIU – A Sober Look at Baijiu with Ashley Mac
StarChefs – Ashely Mac Bartender Nod