Mac and Jacks African Amber Ale

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

Tried this at 3 different places in Seattle. Excellent stuff! Looks like a darker hefeweizen, with a very similar mouthfeel. Cidery notes at the top of the swallow. So so tasty.

The go-to beer at Seattle-area bars. Available only on tap, this beer is amazing when you first try one. Tremendous floral and fruit scents, very sweet but also hoppy, easy to drink a few pints in rapid succession. I think I’m a bit burned out on Mac and Jack’s by now, though, after hundreds of pints of the stuff.

This on one of my favorite beers at the moment. Too bad I can’t get it here in Germany. On the darker side for an amber, this beer is a delightful refreshing beer to say the least. medium head with a crisp citrus undertone. Goes down smooth with a wonderful after taste that needs to be experienced to believe. Do yourself a favor and TRY THIS BEER.

I love it! Everywhere I go I check to see if they have Jacks on tap! Great dark appearance and great flavor

I don’t want to dissect this stuff. It’s just a lights-out treat up here in MicroHeaven. It delivers that citrusy/caramel/toast/cherry/herb thing every time, in every setting, with a startling intensity and freshness. I run a wine shop that sells specialty beers and, to a person, my customers moan loudly about this stuff not being available in bottles. Me, too. I’d sell the heck out of this, if I had it. Luckily, I’m only 200 yards from a pub that serves it. Great amber.

A smooth, rich, African Amber with no equal (at least, so far). Certainly the absolute best of the Northwest!

Enjoyed many a pint of this one at a number of places in Seattle, and particularly enjoy this one on draught at the African Lounge, which is an outlet for Mac and Jack beers at SETAC. This beer is a fantastic example of amber ale, with lots of great hop aromas, flavor, and bitterness, paired with really great sweet and caramel malt flavor. This beer pour to a hazy, deep amber color, with a creamy white head, and a good bit of carbonation. The nose is outstanding, with lots of big, fragrant, lemon/grapefruit hop aromas. The palate is firm, with some really good pale, sweet, and caramel malt flavors, paired with a nice fruity back drop of tangy, citrus hop flavor. This beer finishes with more really good sweet and caramel malt up front, then ends with a very pleasing, lemon/grapefruit hop bitterness that lingers. An excellent pint of beer, one that must be tried when ever you visit the Seattle, WA area.

One of the best beers I have had in a while. Its cloudiness has some mystery within. An abundance of flavor that is not overpowering. Smooth to the tongue.