African Amber
- Filedwith the TTB
- Cleared26 May 2026
- SpottedNot yet — watching
Register-wide, a cleared beer typically surfaces at its brewery within 17 days — four out of five inside 29 — measured across 137 filings we've watched land. This page gets stamped the moment it's seen.
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This filing went on record 26 May 2026, before the beer reached a shelf. Every week's new filings, read and delivered Tuesday morning.
This is the 1st of 7 label filings we hold from Mac & Jack's Brewing Co. It is one of 6 amber / red ale labels approved in May 2026. It cleared 4 days after it was filed. The label carries the Brewers Association independent seal.
A stylized lion head in gold and cream occupies the center of the label against a dark navy ground. The mane is rendered with bold, angular strokes, and the face is frontal with defined white eyes and whiskers. The brewery name MAC & JACK'S appears in white sans-serif type below the lion, with the beer name AFRICAN AMBER centered above in white capitals. A script logotype for Mac & Jack's Brewing Co. runs vertically along the right edge in white script lettering.
From the label“In 1993, an Amber went on tap at the Park Pub in Seattle, steps from the Woodland Park Zoo's Serengeti exhibit. The bartender topped the tap handle with a cheetah figurine which patrons mistook for a lion. The new brew was a hit, and African Amber has been paired with a lion ever since.”
Extracted from label art by hopgrail · fields verified against the filing
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