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Full Fledged Brewing Company

40 Arena Way
Suite 2
Council Bluffs IA 51501
Telephone: +1 712-201-6520
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 4:00pm-10:00pm, Friday 3:00pm-11:00pm, Saturday noon-11:00pm, Sunday noon-8:00pm.
Brewer: Marshall Redmond
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Notes

Visited: February 29, 2024

Opened: 2019

Annual Production: 1,800 bbl

Contributor: brian collins

Food trucks and pizza delivery.

Updated: March 11, 2024

News

2022-02-07: Full Fledged Brewing Company in Council Bluffs offers wide variety of beers (Des Moines Register)
2018-08-15: Brewery coming to Mid-America Center area (Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil)

Beer List

Blufftown Brown

American-Style Brown Ale

5.80% abv.
- Date: February 29, 2024 (#11617)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 14 points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Brilliant brown-red. Creamy head.
  
  Aroma (2½)
  Very mild toast crust.
  
  Mouthfeel (7)
  Light-medium body, smooth. Toasty, mildly grainy malt. Bread crust. Low-medium floral-grassy hop flavor, low bitterness. More hop flavor in the finish.
  
  Overall Impression (1½)
  Not bad, not American Brown assertive.

Common Corn Star Kentucky Common

Historical Beer

4.80% abv.

Date: February 29, 2024 (#11623)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant amber. Creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Mild caramel-toasty malt.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth and kinda creamy. Mild corn note. Sweet malty finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Not bad, could be drier.

Council's Kolsch

German-Style Kölsch/Köln-Style Kölsch

4.80% abv.

Date: February 29, 2024 (#11616)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant golden. Low creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Grainy, floral, maybe a little earthy.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light body, fairly fizzy. Sweet malt all the way through. Mild floral-fruity hop flavor, low bitterness.

Overall Impression (2)
Good clean beer.

Dank Heavens

American-Style India Pale Ale

7.00% abv.

Date: February 29, 2024 (#11618)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant golden-amber. Thick dense head.

Aroma (3)
A little citrus and a lot of perfume.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth. (Nitro?) Biscuits malt behind a lot of floral, perfumey, piney hops. Not all that bitter, but nicely balanced.

Overall Impression (2)
Maybe a bit sweet for my taste, but not bad.

Date: February 29, 2024 (#11624)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17½ points

Appearance (3)
Brilliant beautiful red. Moderate head.

Aroma (3½)
Plums. Caramel malt. Mild fruity hops.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big, smooth. Fiercely malty. Fruity esters and fruity hops. Medium bitterness. Really malty, caramel, all the way through. Some wood in the finish, with a grassy note.

Overall Impression (2)
Real good beer. Not enough breweries are making barleywines anymore.

Date: February 29, 2024 (#11621)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Golden-amber. Creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Candy orange slices. Earthy.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium-big body, smooth. Grainy, biscuity malt. Fruity hops, really citrusy and fairly bitter. Fruity hops dominate the finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Good beer, kinda sweet.

Date: December 25, 2021 (#10808)

Place: Wine, Beer, and Spirits Grand Island, Grand Island NE

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Golden, opaque. Huge creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Bready wheat malt, grassy.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light body, creamy. Big wheat flavor, just sweet enough. Mild banana. Hint of grassy hop flavor, very low bitterness.

Overall Impression (3)
Real good clean beer.

Date: February 29, 2024 (#11622)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Appearance (3)
Golden, hazy. Creamy head.

Aroma (3)
Mildly nutty. Mildly grassy.

Mouthfeel (8)
Medium body, smooth. Nutty, a little grassy. Low bitterness. Clean nutty finish.

Overall Impression (2)
Good beer, but kinda bland.

Date: February 29, 2024 (#11620)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Black-brown. Low creamy head.

Aroma (4)
Chocolate. Roast malt. Mildly grainy.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium creamy smooth body. Chocolate, roast, malt. Grassy hops mostly in the background, with just the right amount of bitterness. Creamy malty chocolate and roast finish.

Overall Impression (3)
Real good beer.

Date: February 29, 2024 (#11619)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Appearance (2½)
Brilliant copper color. Low head.

Aroma (3)
Toasty. Grainy. Biscuity.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light-medium body, moderate carbonation. Sweetish, grainy, caramel malt all the way through. Mild grassy-floral hop flavor, low bitterness.

Overall Impression (2)
Good beer, a bit sweet.