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COUNCILS’ KOLSCH
German Kolsch
4.5% ABV • 12 IBUs
Named after our home community. Crisp, dry, easy drinking, and refreshing. Golden-straw color. Minimal hop flavor and aroma.
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2024 Gold Medal at US Beer Open
2023 Silver Medal at International Beer Awards
2023 Gold Medal and 2022 Bronze Medal at Denver International Beer Competition
Floyd the Barbarian
Session Hazy IPA
5% ABV • 30 IBUs
Inspired by Nirvana + a yeast strain called ‘Barbarian’. An easy drinking, cloudy, hazy, session IPA. 100% Citra hops adds citrus, orange, and grapefruit character
2024 and 2023 Gold Medal at U.S. Open Beer Championship
2023 Bronze Medal and 2022 Silver Medal at Denver International Beer Competition
Hefeweizen
German Hefeweizen
4.5% ABV • 12 IBUs
50% wheat and 50% barley. Low hop flavor and aroma. Unique yeast strain produces clove like spice character, bubble gum, and banana flavors and aromas
2022 Bronze Medal at International Beer Awards
2023 and 2022 Silver Medal at Denver International Beer Competition
Blufftown Brown Ale
American Brown
5.8% ABV • 32 IBUs
This brown ale is malty, chocolaty, and nutty with a healthy amount of Pacific Northwest hops for a very well balanced yet slightly complex American Brown Ale
29/Eighty
American Pale
5.7% ABV • 38 IBUs
Named after our location, where we cross paths at the intersection of I-29 and I-80. This beer is not too hoppy and allows the malt to shine through. Medium body supported by Pacific Northwest hops
sour Situation
Berliner Weisse
4.8% ABV • 5 IBUs
Very refreshing, dry, light body, low alcohol, lightly hopped. Pineapple, pink guava, lime and mango add a balance to the sour characters in this delightful and tropical kettle sour
Hazy GOod IPA
Double IPA
8.5% ABV • 30 IBUs
Straw golden and hazy with a lasting white, fluffy head, and soft body. There is a complex, tropic bomb of an aroma, followed by flavors of passion fruit, guava, and stone fruit, just to name a few. This double dry hopped Double IPA is Crazy Good!!
Stay Oatful, Dream Big
Oatmeal Stout
7.0% ABV • 36 IBUs
An exceptionally smooth oatmeal stout with hints of coffee and chocolate characteristics supported by underlying chocolate finish. Named after Marshall’s big dream and determination to keep on truckin’
2024 Bronze Medal at US Beer Open
2023 Gold Medal at Denver International Beer Competition
Worthy Cause Amber
Amber Ale
5.1% ABV • 18 IBUs
Fermented with Kolsch yeast leaves this beer clean and crisp. Sweet caramel, malty with classis Chinook hops. A portion of taproom proceeds are always donated to a local “worthy cause.” Currently, proceeds are being donated to the Optimist Club of Council Bluffs. The Optimist Club provides hope and positive vision, bringing out the best in youth, our communities and themselves
2023 Bronze and 2022 Gold Medal at Denver International Beer Competition
Don Mega
Barleywine
10.2% ABV • 75 IBUs
Huge beer with tons of body, character, and complexity. A very hoppy yet well balanced, high alcohol belly warmer.
Oktoberfest
Marzen
5.2% ABV • 13 IBUs
Lagered for two months for the perfect timing for a Fall beer. Clean, sweet, bready malt profile. Clear with a light amber color. Low in sweet maltiness with a medium body
2022 Bronze Medal at Denver International Beer Competition
Chili Buzz
Chili Beer
5.2% ABV • 12 IBUs
This beer has a touch of sweetness to counter the perfect amount of heat from the peppers used in this beer. The jalapeno aroma and flavor dominate this beer with fresh pepper character you would expect from a chili beer
2023 Silver Medal at Denver International Beer Competition
Dank Heavens
American IPA
7% ABV • 70 IBUs
Loaded with Columbus and Simcoe hops from start to finish. Takes a step back from all the citrusy, fruity IPAs and delivers a dank IPA with a resinous finish. Thank heavens for this beer!
2023 Silver Medal and 2022 Bronze Medal at Denver International Beer Competition
Rotating Small Batch
Varies
Varies % ABV • Varies IBUs
We are always trying new small batch recipes or recreating small batches we’ve had on tap previously. Typically we will have one or two available in addition to our flagship and seasonal beers
Ape Wit
Belgian Wit
5.2% ABV • 9 IBUs
Belgian style wheat beer layered with spice and citrus. Fresh ground coriander adds a peppery flavor and aroma up front and the finish is soft with a touch of citrus from additions of orange peel.
2024 Bronze Medal at International Beer Awards
2022 Silver Medal at Denver International Beer Competition
Role On Red
American Red
7.8% ABV • 28 IBUs
A big, rich and bold American Red Ale with hints of caramel and toasty malts supported with a generous amount of spicy American hops to round it out into an exceptionally balanced, heavy-duty ale.
Rita Incognita
Fruited Gose
4.5% ABV • 12 IBUs
A crisp Gose fruited with lime and strawberry. The salt from the Gose brings out the aroma of a margarita but don’t let that fool you, it’s a beer incognito! We always use real fruit in our beers!
Common Corn Star
Historical Beer-Kentucky Common
4.8% ABV • 15 IBUs
Kentucky Common is one of just a few American, historic styles of beer that was brewed prior to Prohibition. Typically brewed and in the consumers hand within a week. This beer is brewed with a hefty amount of corn to lighten the body and produce a flavorful, easy drinking beer. Lightly hopped with American Cluster hops, but the corn is the start of the show. It’s not every day that you find yourself in the same room with a true Corn Star.
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Craft Beer & Community
40 ARENA WAY, STE. 2
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA 51501
(712) 201-6520
40 ARENA WAY, STE. 2
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA 51501
(712) 201-6520
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Thursday: 4 - 10pm
Friday: 3-11PM
Saturday: noon-11PM
Sunday: Noon - 8pm