Council Brewing Co.
Council Brewing Company, established in 2013 and opened in 2014, is a small batch brewery, located in the Kearny Mesa area of San Diego.
We place a tremendous emphasis on creating exemplary beer, crafted to the highest standards. We brew beers that are unique and extremely flavorful, focusing on Ales hailing from American, Belgian, and English origins with an emphasis on San Diego's interpretation of West Coast IPA's and Sour Beers. No matter what the style, we focus on creating intense aromas and flavors that are very well balanced and drinkable. Click over to "Our Beer" to find out more about our beer offerings.
Our tasting room has been deliberately crafted to create a destination for people from all walks of life to come together, converse, and fellowship over truly fine craft beer. The name "Council" was chosen because it conveys this sense of community; a place where peers come together to deliberate, debate, and make decisions. The tasting room has a warm, inviting feeling, with green, tan, and rustic red toned walls, soft brown flooring and rich Mahogany bar tops. Careful thought was placed into the low music sound levels and decision to not install televisions in order to promote conversations.
Council Brewing Company is owned and operated by Curtis & Liz Chism.
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Council 100% Maybe
American IPA6.3% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Dry-hopped with Mosaic and Ekuanot (formerly Equinox) Hops, this IPA has a hop forward aromoa with grapefruit citrus flavors.
Council 2nd Anniversary Flanders Style Red Ale
Flanders Red Ale5.6% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Council Aged Belgian Quad With Brett
Belgian Dark Strong Ale11.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Council America's Finest Pale Ale
American Pale Ale5.4% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
A very crisp, dry, and hoppy rendition of an American Pale with heavy handed use of Centennial, Chinook, and Amarillo.
Council Barrel Aged Belgian Quad
Belgian Dark Strong Ale10.1% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Complex and rich maltiness, intense caramel and toasted bread, and bold dark fruit flavors and dominate this beer. Dark copper with a large mousy tan head. This beer was aged in bourbon barrels to provide a rich bourbon flavor and added oak complexity.
Council Barrel Aged Pumpkin Sour Saison
Saison6.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Barrel Aged for 10 months in neutral oak barrels, this fall inspired Pumpkin Saison is spiced and slightly sour.
Council Beatitude Apricot Tart Saison
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer4.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Council Beatitude Black Currant Tart Saison
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer4.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Aged on black currants, this yields a beer with a lacto forward nose, an intensely tart fruit flavor, and a doughy complexity.
Council Beatitude Blueberry Tart Saison
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer4.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Aged on Blueberries, this beer has a lacto forward nose and an intensely tart fruit flavor with a doughy complexity from our no-boil process, taking the word "refreshing" to a whole new level.
Council Beatitude Boysenberry Imperial Tart Saison Aged In Bourbon Barrles
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer9.7% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
A delicious and deceivingly easy to drink but complex beer with a tart fruity and bourbon aroma, and a boysenberry jam mid-palate.
Council Beatitude Cherry Tart Saison
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer4.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Council Beatitude Citra Dry-Hopped Tart Saison
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer4.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Council Beatitude Cucumber Mint Tart Saison
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer4.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
A wild-fermented beer containing funky sour flavors and a variety of aromas
Council Beatitude Guava Tart Saison
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer4.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Aged on guava, with a lacto forward nose, an intensely tart fruit flavor, and a doughy complexity.
Council Beatitude Imperial Tart Saison With Peach & Nectarine
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer6.3% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Higher alcohol version of our Beatitude, aged on peaches and nectarines with French oak chips.
Council Beatitude Mango Tart Saison
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer4.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Council Beatitude Mango Tart Saison
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer4.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
An intensely tart mango fruit flavor, with a lacto forward nose and a doughy complexity from our no-boil process.
Council Beatitude Passion Fruit Tart Saison
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer4.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Passion fruit saison with a lacto forward nose, an intensely tart fruit flavor and a doughy complexity.
Council Beatitude Prickly Pear Tart Saison
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer4.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
we used real prickly pear fruit (no extracts) and achieved a delicious, bright pink colored beer (just in time for Valentine's Day). This beer is sour with huge cactus fruit characteristics with some background notes of pear and lemon. When you tastes this beer, you'll also get some watermelon jolly rancher flavor, which is surprising because we didn't use any artificial flavorings.
Council Beatitude Raspberry Tart Saison
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer4.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Raspberry saison with a lacto forward nose, an intensely tart fruit flavor and doughy complexity.
Council Beatitude Three Berry Tart Saison
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer4.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
A tart saison aged on blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries with a lacto forward nose, an intensely tart fruit flavor and a doughy complexity.
Council Beautitude Pineapple Tart Saison
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer4.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Council Belgian Tripel
Belgian Tripel9.0% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Aroma and flavor of clove, spice, light colored stone fruit, with a creamy texture and semi-dry finish.
Council Belgian Tripel With Brett
Belgian Tripel10.2% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Golden color with mousy head; medium-full bodied; aroma and flavor of clove, spice, light colored stone fruit, with a creamy texture and semi-dry finish. We added Brett to this batch for some extra funk.
Council Brewing Hazy Brett IPA
Brett Beer6.2% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Intense fruity hop character followed by funky Brett aroma.
Council Brewing Lively Banter
Blonde Ale5.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
It's a sip of sunshine, light and refreshing.
Council Broken Wand W/ Boysenberries
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer6.3% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Council Bully Drop IIIPA (Mosaic, Simcoe, & Nelson)
Triple IPA10.3% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Council Bully Pulpit
American IPA7.2% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Intensely hopped with Mosaic and Simcoe creating a very dry and bold hop character with light malt background - huge fresh mango, citrus, resin and pine hoppiness.
Council Béatitude: Prickly Pear Tart Saison
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer4.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Council Chalcedon - Imperial Sour Brown Ale
Imperial Sour Brown Ale10.7% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Council Chizzam! IPA
American IPA6.3% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
A west coast style IPA, exuding berry fruitiness and citrus, balanced bitterness, and incredibly dry and quaffable.
Council Clodhopper
E.S.B5.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Traditional English pale ale with nutty malt aroma; earthy, slightly resiny and floral hop aroma with strong nutty, caramel malt flavor and supporting bitterness and crisp finish.
Council Deadlock Dark Sour With Raspberry
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer6.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
American Dark Sour Ale that will pucker your lips and melt your soul. Deadlock's spring version was aged on raspberries with dark malt flavors that give rich notes of chocolate covered raspberries.
Council Deadlock With Black Currants
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer7.3% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Council Dubbel Conspiracy
Belgian Dubbel7.0% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Copper color with rocky tan head, brewed with caramelized raisins; has complex aroma and flavors of rich malty sweetness, caramel and dark fruits.
Council Fade Into Obscurity
American IPA6.2% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Double Dry-Hopped with Motueka, Amarillo, and Citra, this beer hits you with a burst of juicy pineapple, smooths out with a silky mouth feel
Council Farmer's Gold
Saison5.8% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
This Saison has intense peppery phenols, fruit notes such as citrus and pear, strong spicy Noble hop character, with a supporting grainy Pilsner malt backbone.
Council Farmer's Gold With Brett
Brett Saison5.8% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
House Belgian Saison with Brettanomyces, aged for 4 months.
Council Fun With Mangos
British Golden Ale10.2% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Flavors of candied mangos and tropical fruit, light oak tannin, vanilla, honey, and a hint of bourbon.
Council Gaderian
Old Ale11.4% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Gaderian is an English style Old Ale aged in oak barrels for one year with Brettanomyces. Gaderian is an old English word that means to bring people together embodying the Council Brewing spirit. The result is an incredibly complex, rustic beer with notes of figs, molasses, toasted bread and caramel with the Brettanomyces imparting woodsy and leathery characteristics. The rich silky mouthfeel keeps the flavors lingering on the palate. Pour slowly and enjoy in a wide tulip glass.
Council Gavel Drop IPA
American IPA7.2% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Big Nelson hop aroma in the nose; white wine, earthy, and complex fruit bouquet and flavor with a supporting malt backbone.
Council Haze Faze
American IPA6.2% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
An intentionally hazy, juicy IPA dry hopped with Mosaic, Citra, and Amarillo hops.
Council I'm With Hops
American IPA4.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Easy drinking Session IPA dry-hopped with Mosaic, Centennial, Hallertau Blanc, and Lemon Drop Hops.
Council Les Saisons
Saison6.3% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Dry-Hopped Rustic Saison Aged in French Oak Barrels
Council Make Ipas Clear Again
American IPA7.0% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Dry-hopped with Columbus, Cascade, Centennial, and Mosaic, this beer has a citrus, resin aroma and full hop flavor with medium bitterness.
Council Me Too - Bully Pulpit IPA With Grapefruit
American IPA7.2% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Council Nicene- Barrel Aged Farmhouse Saison
Farmhouse Saison5.8% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
A rustic, bready malt backbone and paired with the tropical fruit forward wine and French oak notes achieved from the white wine barrels aged for 6 months.
Council Not-Your-Normal Pumpkin Beer - Barrel-Aged Pumpkin Sour
Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer6.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Council Peppermint Pirate's Breakfast
Imperial Stout8.4% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Complex flavor profile with roasted malt character, chocolate, coffee, intense dark fruit and molasses. We added fresh peppermint.
Council Pirate's Breakfast
Imperial Oatmeal Stout8.1% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Roasted malt character, chocolate, coffee, intense dark fruit and molasses. A large quantity of oatmeal is used to add smoothness and that delicious oatmeal cookie character.
Council Pirate's Breakfast With Coffee & Vanilla
Imperial Stout8.1% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Pirate's Breakfast Imperial Oatmeal Stout with Mostra Cold Brew Coffee and Vanilla Added.
Council Questionable Advice
American IPA6.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Dry-hopped with Citra and Nelson, this Hazy/Juicy IPA has a citrus pine aroma and flavor, with a slightly bitter and dry finish.
Council Quorum IIPA
Double IPA8.1% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Experimental Batch #7 of our Rotating IPA is Quorum IIPA (Eureka, Cascade, and Hallertau Blac Hops)
Council Quorum IPA With Grapefruit Zest
American IPA7.2% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Light, crisp, and refreshing, with a strong zesty citrus aroma and finish.
Council Rhetoric Weizenbock
Weizenbock8.6% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
This rich, dark amber beer combines the bready wheat characteristics of a weizen and the full bodied dark fruit flavors of a bock.
Council Royal Blood Imperial Red
Imperial Red Ale8.1% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Flavor and aromas of rich toasted malt with hints of caramel, citrus and pine; firm bitterness and dry finish.
Council Something Special
Belgian Specialty Ale (Archived)4.5% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Grisette is an extremely dry beer that has a nice mix of earthy and spicy yeast notes that blend seamlessly with the hop flavor.
Council Sour IPA
American IPA6.3% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
A Sour IPA dry hopped with mosaic and simcoe hops. Refreshingly tart and fruity hop characteristics.
Council St. Nich's Punch
Brett Saison6.2% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Using our Farmer's Gold Belgian Saison as a base for this beer, we slightly modified the grain bill and added Brett and Malbec grapes. It is reminiscent of a rose' wine.
Council Stalemate IIPA
Double IPA8.4% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Brewed with Chinook, Centennial, and Columbus hops, this Double IPA is firmly bitter and dry with intense citrus and pine notes.
Council Sunrise Highway
Wild Specialty Beer6.0% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
A spontaneous fermented ale with a flavor profile that has a nice balance of fruity esters (apple) and light phenolic spicy notes.
Council Veto Power
Belgian Tripel9.2% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Perfect marriage of spice, fruit, and alcohol flavors with a soft malt presence.
Spreckels Hefeweizen
Weissbier5.6% ABV
Council Brewing Co.San Diego, CA
Light, refreshing German beer with distinct banana and clove nuances.