Mac & Jack's Brewing Company

Mac & Jack's Brewing Company
Location 17825 Northeast 65th St, Redmond, WA 98052
Opened 1993
Owner(s) Mac Rankin and Jack Schropp
Website www.macandjacks.com
Active beers
Name Type
Mac & Jack's African Amber
Serengeti Wheat
Blackcat Porter
Two Tun IPA
Ibis IPA
Other beers
Name Type
Cascadian Dark Ale
C-U-Later Barley Wine

The Mac & Jack's Brewing Company is a craft brewery in Redmond, Washington.

History

Mac & Jack's began as a home brewery in the early 1990s by Mac Rankin and Jack Schropp. The two brewed in Schropp's garage until 1997, when the operation was moved to a former transmission shop in a Redmond business park.[1] In 2001, the brewery's limited staff produced 24,000 barrels for sale in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.[2] By 2010, the Brewers Association ranked Mac & Jack's the 39th largest craft brewery in the country by volume sold.

The association's study also showed that the brewery almost made the top 50 list that included macrobreweries.[3]

Former employees have gone on to found the Black Raven Brewing Company and the Georgetown Brewing Company.[4][5]

Brews

Mac & Jack's beers are only available on draft,[6] but in 2014 limited runs of their speciality beers have been offered in 22 oz. bottles. The brewery's flagship beer is the African Amber. As of 2009, it accounted for 95% of production.[7] The amber is one of the best-selling craft beers in the state of Washington.[8] Mac & Jack's also produces a hefeweizen called Serengeti Wheat. The African and Serengeti were originally developed by Mac as house brews for a pub located near the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. Another standard beer of the brewery is the Black Cat Porter.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Businessweek, Issues 3789-3801. Bloomberg. 2002. p. 83.
  2. ↑ Nelson, Robert T. (March 18, 2001). "Microbrews, microprofits". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Washington state with two of nation's largest craft breweries". Puget Sound Business Journal. April 15, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  4. ↑ Jones, Kendall; Borg, Shannon & Seattle Magazine Staff (October 2011). "Buzzworthy Microbreweries". Seattle Magazine. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  5. ↑ Jones, Kendall; Borg, Shannon & Seattle Magazine Staff (October 2011). "Seattle's Macro Microbreweries". Seattle Magazine. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  6. ↑ Pittman, Lia (February 15, 2008). "Mac & Jack's Brewing Company: We Drink It, But What Exactly Is It?". The Daily of University of the Washington. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  7. ↑ Stevens Decker, Mary (February 20, 2009). "Mac & Jack's: Low profile company, high-quality beer". Redmond Reporter. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  8. ↑ Body, Steve (October 25, 2011). "Peaks, Powerhouse, Elk Head, and Emerald City Breweries: Top Five Tap-Only Beers of 2011". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  9. ↑ Roth, Anna; Voelker, Jessica (October 2008). "True Brew". Seattle Metropolitan. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
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