Mac & Jack's Brewing Company is a craft brewery in Redmond, Washington.
| Location | 17825 Northeast 65th St, Redmond, WA 98052 | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1993 | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Mac Rankin and Jack Schropp | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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History
editMac & 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
editUntil 2014 Mac and Jack's beers were only offered on draft,[6] but beginning in 2014 limited runs of their speciality beers have been offered in 22 oz. bottles. In 2016 they have begun small 12oz canning runs. The brewery's flagship beer is the African Amber. During 2020 they began selling and advertising their African Amber in 12oz. cans.
As of 2009, the African Amber accounted for 95% of production.[7] As of 2010 the African 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Businessweek, Issues 3789-3801. Bloomberg. 2002. p. 83.
- ^ Nelson, Robert T. (March 18, 2001). "Microbrews, microprofits". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
- ^ "Washington state with two of nation's largest craft breweries". Puget Sound Business Journal. April 15, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
- ^ Jones, Kendall; Borg, Shannon & Seattle Magazine Staff (October 2011). "Buzzworthy Microbreweries". Seattle Magazine. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
- ^ Jones, Kendall; Borg, Shannon & Seattle Magazine Staff (October 2011). "Seattle's Macro Microbreweries". Seattle Magazine. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on July 8, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
- ^ Stevens Decker, Mary (February 20, 2009). "Mac & Jack's: Low profile company, high-quality beer". Redmond Reporter. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Roth, Anna; Voelker, Jessica (October 2008). "True Brew". Seattle Metropolitan. Archived from the original on November 20, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2011.