Our Story

Mac & Jack’s was started out of Jack’s garage in 1993, with nothing but a passion for good beer and the certainty that people would recognize quality and originality when they tasted it. They learned everything as they went—from brewing at scale, to the nuances of distribution, to the fact that selling beer out of your garage isn’t entirely legal.

In the early years, Mac & Jack were making most of the deliveries themselves. Talking to bartenders and customers every day helped them learn what people liked to drink and what helped businesses do business. Above all, they learned that the distance between a good beer and a truly compelling beer is subtle, but it’s a hard-fought inch, and people recognize the difference.

Consistency and quality have been an obsession from day one. Long after most peers had switched to modern, cylindrical kegs, we continued to put our beer into Hoff-Stevens kegs. These things were a pain in the ass in every way—hard to fill, hard to clean, hard to move—but that same irksome design gave us a unique way to add little packets of fresh hops to each keg and to create the beer our customers had come to love. When we finally switched over, it was only because we found a way—after countless failed attempts—to make our beer without compromising flavor or freshness.

Twenty-five years in, a lot has changed in the beer industry, but a lot hasn’t. People still appreciate quality and originality, and we’re still here in Redmond, making only the most compelling beer we can. We’re still listening to our customers, still learning how to do it better, and still laughing about it.

Those kegs sum up our story about as well as anything: We’re stubborn as hell about our beer, because you deserve nothing less.