Winemaker
Mark McDavid
- Discipline
- Winemaker
- Based in
- San Antonio, Texas, United States
i. Biography
The Path
At Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling in San Antonio, United States, the work has stayed inside one house and inside two linked disciplines: beer and whiskey. As co-founder and head of Sales & Marketing, Mark McDavid’s role sits on both sides of that equation, shaping how the company is presented while helping carry it through the market. The throughline is not movement between houses, but the steady development of a founding role as the business moved from barrel-aged brewing toward Texas bourbon, with 2015 marking national craft-spirit recognition. “most intrigued and excited by products that showcase the relationship between beer and whiskey.” Mark has said.
The Work Today
The current brief remains co-founder and head of Sales & Marketing at Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling. That position places Mark McDavid where product identity, release language, and customer understanding meet. In a business built around both beer and whiskey, the craft extends beyond production alone: how a release is framed, named, and explained becomes part of the work. The Texas Bourbon Barrel series gave the brewery a recurring format for barrel-aged beer, tying beer-making to the slower register of whiskey maturation. Earlier, the Small Batch Series Nos. 4 and 5 marked the steps that led toward that release. Taken together, those projects show a company working through transition, experimentation, and continuity within the same Texas footprint.
Career - Co-founder and Head of Sales & Marketing — Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling
Signature
Mark's signature wines include Texas Bourbon Barrel series,.36 Single Barrel Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey,.36 Single Barrel Straight Bourbon, and Small Batch Series Nos. 4 and 5. Read as a set, those names map the range of Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling: barrel-aged beer, straight bourbon, and the small-batch work that connects one expression to the next. They also show the company’s ability to move between beer and whiskey without losing the thread of either.
Acclaim
In 2015, national craft-spirit recognition attached to a single-barrel Texas straight bourbon carrying the Ranger Creek name. For Mark McDavid, that recognition gave public weight to work already taking shape inside the brand, and it confirmed the hybrid identity Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling had been building.
FAQ What is Mark McDavid's current role? As of 2026, Mark McDavid is Co-founder and Head of Sales & Marketing. What is Mark McDavid known for? He and his partners are most intrigued and excited by products that showcase the relationship between beer and whiskey.
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