Mac and Jacks African Amber Ale

Brewed by Mac and Jacks Brewing Company
Style: Amber Ale
Redmond, Washington USA

Draft at El Corazon. Pours a cloudy amber with a lacy white head, although the lighting at El Corazon makes visual inspection a challenge. Aroma of citrus and floral hops with nutty malt. The taste is lightly sweet with nuts, toffee, oranges and a bit of apricot. Nice round flavor with a clean finish. The one decent brew in the Seattle area that consistently shows up on taps amid the Bud and Miller offerings at bars that don’t cater to beer geeks.

Draft at Ducks and Drakes, Leavenworth. Nose is full of caramel, nuttiness, faint wood and earth, some very light floral, fruity hop as well. Deep orange-amber color, translucent, with a thin head but nice lacing. Flavor profile is nicely balanced with light apple and citrus fruits, toasty bread, sweet and nutty caramel malts and a gentle spicy bitterness. Moderately effervescent with a medium body. Sort of an exercise in balance.

On tap--Poured a nice copper-amber body with a medium white head. Nose of nutty, apply malts and mild bitter hops. Creamy caramel flavor and rich full bodied mouth feel. Finished semi-sweet with a nice hoppy bite.

I purposely left this one undrunk because I am not a huge amber fan. I tired the IPA and the Porter at the ariport on the way out, and then ended up trying this one on the way back home. Turns our this was better than both. I really enjoyed this amber. Typical amber color and aroma, but the flavor was outstanding. Very malty with the prefect hoppy finish. Very tasty stuff. If I have rated an amber higher than this, then it needs to come down or this needs to go up. Great stuff.

Interesting/appealing deep brown orange color topped with a nice head. This beer has a wonderfully full flavor with the balance slightly tipped in favor of the hops. Quite interesting and a little complex for an amber. An exceptional, easy drinking beer that is great to chill with.

Tried at the Cheesecake Factory, Seattle. This was one of my last beers whilst on holiday this year. Very tasty, and flavoursome ale. Nice dark colour - like a slightly dryer oktoberfest beer. At the time I didn't realise it was so well regarded, but I can see why people enjoy it so much.

Draft at the Mariners game. Aroma is caramel, nice maltiness to it. Taste has a nice hoppiness to it, with plenty of maltiness, caramel, light nuttiness.

got a growler in the mail from Bitbucket! Thanks! I wasnt going to rate it, however it held up extremly well, so here goes. Pours orange with big white fluffy head. Wonderful lacing. Floral nose with hints of yeast. Very hoppy more simliar to a pale ale. bitter and refreshing finish