Council Brewing Company

Microbrewery in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Council Brewing Company - Out of business

Established in 2013

Closed in 2018


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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

75cl bottle bottled in 2016 No stated best before date aroma of yeast, fart, fainter fruity notes. the fart is hard to ignore. (sulphuric note) After some air the sulphuric note becomes more earthy and leathery, the tart sour beery fruity notes comes more into play. Flavor is very pleasingly citrussy sour with fainter notes of leather. almost too one-sided citrussy sour, so not THAT much complexity, but the sourness is very refreshing and comes with a high drinkability.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Mar 2024 at 10:28


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

75cl bottle with no best before or produced date, from beergium. great complex aroma, really nice fruity tartness with both wood and fruits, but yeast and wood is driving the aroma. really good aroma. flavor is quite acidic, lemons, also wild yeasty notes and fainter sweet fruity notes. Tastes like a modern american sour where they go bacteria and stuff, not just open air fermentation as in belgium. Flavor is super good though, the fermentation sourness is really shining through, with the fruits only adding a bit more complexity without sweetening things up unneccesarily. then finer notes of wild yeast and wood. great bottle. happy I bought it. the bottle was in the fridge for 3 days before I got aroud to having the last bit. With a sour inbetween, also good, I noticed how really outstanding good this is. upped overall from 17 to 18.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Jan 2024 at 12:27


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottled@Rådhuskällaren, Umeå. Yellow colour, small white head. Aroma is apricot, some rotten eggs and lactose with mild sweetness. Flavour is apricot, fruits, some tart wood and mild lactic/acidic notes. Very tart finish.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2022 at 16:16


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle pours out hazy purple color topped with a fizzy head. Nose is light berries tartness some spice. Taste is more of the little berries spice and tartness.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2022 at 19:45


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, 23rd November 22. Pours a red brown. Aroma is tart fruits and wood. Taste is tart, sweet and wood, berries. True to the style, nice one

Tried from Draft on 27 Nov 2022 at 15:19


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, 23rd November 22. Pours a red brown. Aroma is tart fruits and caramel. Taste is tart and fruity, funk and dark fruit, red wine, complex and very good

Tried from Draft on 23 Nov 2022 at 18:24


8

Tried from Draft on 27 Oct 2022 at 20:33


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can split at Columbus, thanks to Dave, 31/07/19. Murky golden orange with a good sized just off white cap. Nose is mango, grapefruit pine needle, grass, melon. Taste comprises mixed tropicana, pine resin, papaya, orange pith, mango. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with balanced juicy come resinous hop bitterness. Tidy DIPA.

Tried from Can on 26 May 2022 at 15:03


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bright golden colour with quick fading head. Aroma has a touch of woody dryness and hints of tropical fruits and barnyard funk. It's really dry. Woody notes. Sharp yellow stone fruit. Complex with a fantastic dryness. More and more funk in the aftertaste.

Tried on 12 May 2022 at 20:55


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

(Bottle @ Erik's tasting, Stockholm, July 13/19) Pours reddish brown with an off-white head. Very tart fruited acetic Balsamic vibes with cherry but also raspberry/mixed forest berries, oaky, touch vinous, a little lactic. Lightish body, soft carb. Not bad but too sour to love it. RIP Council.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Feb 2021 at 22:35