History

Mac & Jack's began as a home brewery in the early 1990s by Malcolm 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. In 2001, the brewery's limited staff produced 24,000 barrels for sale in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. By 2010, the Brewers Association

Brewers Association

The Brewers Association is an American trade group of over 1,000 brewers, particularly concerned with the promotion of craft beer and homebrewing....

 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.

Former employees have gone on to found the Black Raven Brewing Company and the Georgetown Brewing Company

Georgetown Brewing Company

Georgetown Brewing Company is a craft brewery in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood. It sells only draft beer. The primary brew is a pale ale called Manny's....

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Brews

Mac & Jack's beers are only available on draft. The brewery's flagship beer is the African Amber. As of 2009, it accounted for 95% of production. The amber is one of the best-selling craft beers in the state of Washington

Washington State

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. Mac & Jack's also produces a hefeweizen called Serengeti Wheat. The African and Serengeti were originally developed as house brews for a pub located near the Woodland Park Zoo

Woodland Park Zoo

Woodland Park Zoo is a zoological garden around the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Occupying the western half of Woodland Park, the zoo began as a small menagerie on the estate of Guy C. Phinney, a Canadian-born lumber mill owner and real estate developer...

 in Seattle. Another standard beer of the brewery is the Black Cat Porter

Porter (beer)

Porter is a dark-coloured style of beer. The history and development of stout and porter are intertwined. The name was first used in the 18th century from its popularity with the street and river porters of London. It is generally brewed with dark malts...

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