Beer is decent, bartenders/owners are nice, only bad part is service is super slow even when it's not terribly busy because of how they're set up with 2 counters and only 1 bar, so if you're not really aggressive you will just get passed over. Somehow that's part of the charm though; I've been coming by a few times a year for over a decade and haven't yet been disauaded. There's a couple of high top tables on the fully indoor side and big 8 person tables in the beer garden area which extends from the warehouse to the parking lot. No food in house but they do have food trucks occasionally (mostly on the weekends). Apparently, this entire location is closing in December. The brewing operation is moving to Bremerton and the taproom is not planned to be reopened. I suspect this was announced suddenly by the private equity firm that bought the brewery out a couple years back, as all the customers today seemed surprised and there was even a sign on the wall with December event dates printed and then crossed out after the fact. I feel terrible for the employees as I imagine none or basically none of them have kept their employment given the distance from Redmond to Bremerton. Even though this isn't my favorite brewery in town I'm sad to see them go after 30+ years here, one of the original microbreweries read more

Superb service, decent beers, dog and kid friendly. If you show up with your four-legged friend they'll take a photo and next time you come in you can find it on the wall. Good luck because they're running out of real estate in there and the walls are dense with cuteness. I think they have a food truck on the weekends, though sadly not on our visit. And you can do a free tour of their brewery on Saturdays at 3pm. They also have a couple wine options in case the beers aren't doing it for you. The only major bummer is that they serve beverages in plastic cups. Really not a fan of that at all. read more

I love this brewery for how significant it is within the craft brew industry in the Seattle area. It has a long tradition and I'm happy to see it's still open. They don't offer a very large selection of beers, but what they do offer is for quality. I wish they served it in a pint glass instead of plastic, which is the primary reason I'm giving them four stars instead of five. The service is excellent since they're usually very friendly and knowledgeable about their beers. They also offer free pretzels which is a nice touch. read more

Came in here to grab some merch for my friends birthday. Everyone was so friendly and welcoming. We ended up staying for a few drinks. Loved the atmosphere and will definitely be back!! read more

Mac & Jack's Brewery - Breweries Near Me - Redmond, Washington

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This business has moved. The facility is vacant. Their website still states they are at their Redmond address. An online search shows the new owners, Ackley Brands, who purchased Mac and Jack's in 2023, moved the brewery to Bremerton in October of 2025. The one star review is directed at the new ownership for not updating the website. I would still rate the exceptional Mac and Jack's African Amber with 5, or even 10 stars if I could. The new owners, not so much. read more

Enjoyed a family night out at Mac and Jack's Brewery. Kids are welcome and enjoy board games and pretzels and have apple juice, while the adults sample the wide range of home brews available. Imagine yourself in your garage with the door open and neighbors over. That's what Mac and Jack's is like. Don't expect fancy, but a friendly staff and pleasant surroundings makes it nice laid back fun. read more

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Service is friendly, beer is delicious and we can sit on the patio with our dog! They have water bowls and water for your doggo, and board games & cards to play too! Super chill vibe. read more

Imagine having some beers in your friends garage...except it's a full scale brewing operation. That's the vibe I got from Mac and Jacks. Beer is solid and would be great on a nice day with the garage doors open. read more

This has to be one of the best kept secrets of Redmond. On Saturday's and Sunday's they do brewery tours at 2:00pm and there is no charge to go on them. At the beginning of the tour, each person is given a pint glass with 4 coupons to taste their beer and you get to keep the glass when you leave. Amazing and free! It was so much fun to learn the fun facts about the brewery and experience all the beers they make. We went with friends and had such a good time. Customer service and tour guides are outstanding and it is just a fun thing to do with friends. read more

Great beer, good service. Wish I would have been there on a day with a food truck as that would have completed it.

Very small brewery but the beer is fantastic. They do tours once a week on Saturday's. Get there early to get your spot. You can taste many beers and get a free pint glass on the tour. They typically have a food truck on weekends or you can bring your own food. Growlers to go. Merch. What more could you want? read more

Mac & Jack's Brewery - Beer flight. - Breweries Near Me - Redmond, Washington

If you check my first review of this place, you can see that I said I'd come back after August to give them a real go since I was pregnant during my first visit... And I did! We came to the brewery in the middle of the day on a Thursday. The retail shop was wide open and they even had a little makeshift beer garden set up right outside. It was awesome, especially because the weather was suuuper warm. As usual, the staff was super nice and informative. We ended up walking out $93 lighter, but who could blame us? We each got some beers to have there, a six pack of their Summer IPA, and three brand new growlers allll filled up. We each enjoyed two beers (I had the Apricot Wheat and my boyfriend had the Juicy IPA). The Apricot Wheat is phenomenal. Super refreshing and really light, and the apricot taste is definitely there but it's subtle. Probably one of my favorite beers to date! What's really nice is that they are very generous with their samples before you make a decision on what you want. Bottoms up! Did I mention we brought our two month old? It's kid-friendly, woot woot! I think they're dog-friendly as well, which makes this place way easy to visit no matter what you got going on. Do yourself a favor and get here nowwww. read more

Mac & Jack's Brewery - Apricot Wheat and Hazy IPA - Breweries Near Me - Redmond, Washington

Local, friendly place to get beer to-go. There is a window where you can try samples and order a growler ($11 refills) or "crowlers" (tall cans that they fill and seal on the spot). There isn't seating at the brewery itself, but Marymoor Park is just around the corner! FYI Mac & Jack's takes credit cards, but you'll need cash for parking at Marymoor Park. I'd especially recommend if you're looking for a good IPA or dark beer. read more

We visit many of the breweries in the area. Many are quite good, but Mac & Jacks is always kind of special for us due to the outstanding service provided by regular beertenders Will and Adriana. The beer is great, and we are always met by bright smiles from Will and Adriana. Two super nice people who enjoy their work, and it really shows. We also love the atmosphere, as you basically are sitting amongst the brewing equipment. Lots of great food trucks as well. FIVE STAR PEOPLE AND BEER!!! read more

I didn't realize Mac and Jacks had a brewery/ taproom space, apparently it's been there for several years. They had several different beers aside from the usual African amber or wheat, I had a lager which was good and sampled one of the darker beers. It was a good stop, very friendly employees, I'd recommend a stop by to try some of the lesser known beers. read more

Love this place! The beer + ambiance is great and Will + all the employees are so friendly.

Despite the YELP information they DO ALLOW & WELCOME DOGS, just not on the brewery tours! The people were friendly, informative, and very accommodating! The location is tucked away in an industrial/automotive repair area but it was quite. The beer... OH THE BEER!!! We enjoyed Several tastings and took home multiple growlers! Keep being awesome!!! read more

Mac & Jack's Brewery - Life is TOO short to drink crappy beer! Mac & Jack's is a nice vacation for my tastebuds! - Breweries Near Me - Redmond, Washington

We have some pretty high expectations for breweries in Washington and this did not meet them unfortunately. The beer itself was pretty lackluster and did not have the juicy bright flavor we were hoping for from a hazy IPA. It was also pored in plastic cups which always takes away from the experience and is pointlessly wasteful. The atmosphere itself was not too bad especially on a sunny day but also nothing compared to most breweries. (The plastic chairs and tables didn't help). We were recommended this place by a friend but it unfortunately did not live up to the hype. read more

It was my first time touring a brewery. It is not necessary to set an appointment you just need to walk in to the retail store. Two tours are available on Sunday, 1pm and 3pm. Two samples are available before the tour so get a bit early! Tour starts with getting a pint cup! You can try 4 samples during the tour. (So 6 samples total). They explain the history of the brewery and get to see the production line. It was fun experience. read more

Mac & Jack's Brewery - Breweries Near Me - Redmond, Washington

Nice staff. Great beer. Good pricing. Went in to get the growlers refilled but because of covid, they are unable to do that. However you can still buy larger cans that technically are better priced. read more

Awesome place! -Took the Free Tour! -Got lot's of Free Beer samples! + Free Mack and Jack Beer Glass!!! = Awesome! Tried first Crowler Can a few days ago threw it in the freezer, enjoyed with a nub cigar, it was awesome, new favorite place to grab beer Crowler large can and or Growler glass jug etc.. 5 stars mostly because of the inherent quality in the product and because the customer service rocks! PS. I have told a few of my friends about this place, (Quick Direction's) it's super easy to get to just go to whole foods in Redmond then as you are turning to "go to" Mary More Park(that road) turn "The Second Left" --early(Look for Mack and Jack obviously) into the small industrial park you can't miss it! all the industrial park neighbors know the place! read more

It is literally a few miles from the house, but this is the first time we visited. I have had Mac & Jack's beer before. It seems to have a cult following and what I've had has been decent. Unfortunately, we were hoping for a place where we could sit down and have a tasting flight (more like PostDoc just down the street). But this is just a brewery, not a pub. No tables or chairs. Also, they don't bottle so you can't buy bottles. They do have tours of the brewery available. These start at 1 and 3 PM on the weekend and take about an hour. We didn't have time for that (I hear it's a great tour though). You can buy growlers from them and they do provide tastes of their beer. So we tried several. The beer is good quality, but I was disappointed that they don't make goses or sours (which are what we prefer). Since we didn't have a growler and didn't want to buy one, I felt pretty uncomfortable trying any beer. Fortunately, they do bottle in a very limited fashion and we were able to buy their bottled barleywine (which wasn't available to taste anyhow). The barleywine was good. Pricey though at $12 a bottle. Not really what we were looking for (a place to hang out and try a flight of beers). But it's not their fault. I don't see coming back here for beer as we don't buy enough at one time to ever justify a growler and also they don't make the types of beer we really love, like the sours. read more

Casual atmosphere and dogs are allowed! If you're looking for a great place to chill for an afternoon, drop by. You can't be in Redmond without having Mac & Jack in your life. read more

Mac & Jack's Brewery - Flight of tasters! - Breweries Near Me - Redmond, Washington

Not impressed. Service felt rushed and unwelcoming. The beers are ok nothing special but overall it was the worst brewery tour I had ever been on. When you order a flight they don't even give you a list of what you ordered which makes it hard to find your favorite. read more

These guys do great things for the beer world without a doubt. They focus on a rock-solid business model: produce flagship beers that anyone can enjoy, and don't spend a lot of time on side projects. As a result, you get a fairly bare-bones experience here. There are tanks and kettles, and there are faucets and growlers. There are grains, yeasts, and hops somewhere as well, but those are marked employees only. You come in, you get your growler filled to go, maybe you shoot the breeze a little, then you go drink your beer. This place offers a nice lineup of beers. They actually offer the current sales leader in Western Washington among craft beers, I think--the African Amber. Redhook and Widmer and a few other mid-major craft breweries challenge it pretty well, but the African is a king among kegs of craft beer in this town. You see it at places where it's the only non-industrial beer, that stately lion on the tap handle announcing that there's at least one thing on tap with a grain bill that's all barley. You see it at restaurants, sports bars, sometimes even at higher-end places that are crazy for beer. You occasionally get a stale keg of the African because it can sit so long at places that don't move much craft beer, so it has a bit of a middling reputation with a few people--some people think it's too sweet, because by the time they get to a place with a keg of it, the hops have faded, and the crispness and refreshment have gone. But African is a very drinkable beer, and the Serengeti Wheat is solid as well. They also serve a decent porter and IPA, and they occasionally make an interesting special batch of this or that. But most of all they serve beers that anyone can enjoy, and more than once their beers have been compared to Kind of Blue by Miles Davis--something both musicians and a large percentage of the public alike can really get into. Very well-crafted, but also very accessible. read more

We came here one night after purchasing a groupon and we loved it. The second we walked in a man greeted us and was so helpful and knowledgeable on all the beer. Any questions we had he was there to help explain about the beer. We ended up doing 2 flights which made it so we could try one of every beer to choose which one we liked before we got a glass. The beer is always great and the people there make the experience even better. I recommend this place not just for the beer but for the atmosphere and the people. read more

WOW!! What a great experience!! The beers are excellent and the service is off the chart!! The guys working are gifted with the hospitality gene. Will took great care of us and answered all of our questions with a smile. Thank you Mac & Jack's for a lovely afternoon out. read more

Mac & Jack's Brewery - Serengeti and Log Boom with complimentary pretzels and pulled pork sandwiches. - Breweries Near Me - Redmond, Washington

The Mac & Jack's brew tour is now conducted on Saturdays AND Sundays at 1pm AND 3pm. Yay for options! I brought my out of towner here a few weekends ago. How the tour goes definitely depends on who is giving it. It was structured differently than a few years ago. But no complaints. We both enjoyed ourselves and of course loved sampling the wares. My friend added some fun facts to his trivia knowledge base. I have another M&J pint glass and he brought some PNW - wear back to the Midwest. Still a little difficult to find. Still FREE. A must do if you live here or are visiting and love beer. read more

'nuff said Ambience: 2 Food: - Drinks: 5 Value: 5 FREE tour (Sat & Sun, 1 & 3 pm); 4 FREE tastings (including their limited release beers); 1 FREE Mac and Jack pint glass, repeat offenders welcome. You're welcome. *Mic Drop* read more

Mac & Jack's Brewery - Hunt for Red October... Beer - Breweries Near Me - Redmond, Washington

I love this brewery. I had the African Amber as one of my first beers when I turned 21. So I guess it will always have a special place in my heart. They have tours on Sunday which is pretty cool to see how they make all the beer. It doesn't cost anything to take a tour, plus you get to keep the pint glass afterwards! It's been $7.50 for a growler for the longest time, but as of April 6th, they're upping the price to $10 for a growler, which to me is a sad, but understandable part of business. They have a barley wine there, which is new. I will try a growler of that some day. The staff there are great. I'm sure I'll be back to grab more growlers of their beer. read more

I just love Mack & Jack "African Amber" and many of their other offerings. The brewery is cool, because they have tours. The front area will happily fill your CLEAN growers for a good price. They have a lot of merch up front including some great M&J T-shirts and even banners. What they do not have is a place to sit an drink beer, either inside or outside. I would have happily given them the extra star if they had a decent tasting room. read more

Awesome, friendly staff. Chris Dotson ran the Brewery tour and had tons of information! So much fun and well timed beer tasting throughout the tour makes sure your lips are always wet with superb micro brew as you take in the process. The newly opened beer garden attached to the brewery along with the food truck Soul Bowl Korean food bowls made it an experience I didn't want to leave. 5+ hours on a lazy afternoon well spent with friends! read more

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Hard to find - be sure to check the site for directions. If you're going for a tour though, there's usually people ambling that direction, so following others is a safe option. Excited to come here for the tour (Sat @ 3). Our guide was really knowledgeable and open to questions. There might have been a slight air of impatience with our group, to get on to the samples, but I think it was just because it was really cold and the tour is in the warehouse/outdoors. Dress warmly! The samples were fantastic. The tour itself was really interesting, but the variety of really delicious beers here was memorable. In addition to their super popular African Amber, they had a light beer, porter, IPA, and dark ale. When we went, they were just trying a new bourbon-aged dark ale - super delicious. Visiting this brewery is a must for any beer aficionado. read more

Free tour, free pint glass, free tasting! Every Sunday at 3PM, take a free tasting tour of Mac & Jacks micro brewery. Get a free pint glass and 4 drink tickets to enjoy 4 samples of your choice on tap. What more is there to say, the generosity of this brewery is quite amazing; their beer is tasty and fresh. Their beer is only available on tap. After the tour and tasting, We picked up a growler and had them fill it with their African Amber to take home. They've got growlers for sale along with other beer swag. Overall not a bad hour spent on a Sunday afternoon. Tip: it gets crowded, be patient. read more

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This Brewery is amazing. Randomly placed in an industrial park, we tried all the beers on tap. They can the beer directly from the tap for you to take home. The Resolution Ipa was our personal favorite read more

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Stumbled upon this taproom- it's good to taste other beers besides amber. Hams their stout which was really good - which I wish they had that in tap more often. They had board games t-shirts and dog friendly. The stout is yummy! read more

Mac & Jack's Brewery - Breweries Near Me - Redmond, Washington

AWESOME beer! Super small yet awesome brewery! I can't believe this brewery serves so many of the locations in the Seattle area! I don't think I've been to a beer serving location in the surrounding areas that don't serve Mac & Jack's! The brewery tours are so fun and let you go with an awesome parting gift of a Mac & Jack's beer glass! Growlers are a good price! Can't wait to visit the brewery when I'm in Wa again! read more

Best place to go after bringing ur pup from the off-leash park! African Amber is our go to :) read more

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For a free tour, free beer, and a free pint-glass... it really can't be beat. But they've updated their tour now, and the quality of the tour really depends on the guide giving it. One tour guide will take you in back and show you the cleaning area and explain a lot more about the process. Other guides will drone on about the history of the brewery and give common beer facts. The same information you can get at ANY brewery, while rushing you through the actual tour. "Home brewers: A certain amount of water, grain, hops and yeast sit in there for a certain amount of time. Moving on." .. that was a direct quote. :-( BTW,.... did I mention the tour is FREE? read more

Great tour. Our docent was really knowledgeable. He fielded the questions from a spirited group of visitors with great excitement. We got to sample 4 of the 5 offerings they have. We left with a nice buzz and a logo beer glass. The place is a bit hard to find, tucked away in a business park. Tour was over in less than 30 minutes. They distribute, draft only, in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. So for me, I'm out of luck. I'll have an African IPA on my next visit to Seattle. I've toured many breweries of all sizes, this ranks right up there. read more