Point Classic Amber | Stevens Point Brewery
Brewed by:
Stevens Point Brewery
Wisconsin, United States
pointbeer.com
Style: American Amber / Red Lager
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 4.90%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
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Added by BeerAdvocate on 05-29-2002
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Ratings: 313 | Reviews: 140
3.16/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pours a clear amber reddish brown with a small tan head that dissipates immediately leaving no lacing. Aroma is faint, almost non existent. Flavor is caramel and lightly roasted malt. Feel is light and crisp. Overall only okay.
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look: 4 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Pours a clear amber reddish brown with a small tan head that dissipates immediately leaving no lacing. Aroma is faint, almost non existent. Flavor is caramel and lightly roasted malt. Feel is light and crisp. Overall only okay.
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3.41/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
A great lunch lager.
I am thrilled to review Classic Amber as my first from Point. (I had Point before, but not since I went to college in Wisconsin and it was just 3.2 ABV.... yes, I'm afraid I'm that old.... as that law for 18 year olds was changed in 1974, after I became 21 anyway.) But Point was a very big deal in the early 1970s, winning big-time accolades from the likes of Mike Royko (nationally syndicated columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times) and, in other ways, becoming a cult beer and, I'd argue, opened a window into the world of flavor that crafters have now made into a wonderland.
Point persists to this day: having gone the cycle of family brewery to being bought in the 1990s by a Chicago venture to going back to Wisconsin-owned in this century and, then, expanding into a national brand. An interesting history that today's crafters should know about before selling.
And I'm glad I picked Amber to drink in this later phase of my career of drinking beer. (I'm approaching 1000 brewers.)
For Amber Looks good (actually like many an O-fest.) But Amber Smells like a Vienna (mostly malt and some herbal/floral hops.) And it Tastes like a Vienna (lacking the bittering hops associated more with American O-fests.) Amber sits in the mouth a bit puny... but then, all I'm doing is washing down a veggie burger for lunch.
And after several hundred words, that is my Point !
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
A great lunch lager.
I am thrilled to review Classic Amber as my first from Point. (I had Point before, but not since I went to college in Wisconsin and it was just 3.2 ABV.... yes, I'm afraid I'm that old.... as that law for 18 year olds was changed in 1974, after I became 21 anyway.) But Point was a very big deal in the early 1970s, winning big-time accolades from the likes of Mike Royko (nationally syndicated columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times) and, in other ways, becoming a cult beer and, I'd argue, opened a window into the world of flavor that crafters have now made into a wonderland.
Point persists to this day: having gone the cycle of family brewery to being bought in the 1990s by a Chicago venture to going back to Wisconsin-owned in this century and, then, expanding into a national brand. An interesting history that today's crafters should know about before selling.
And I'm glad I picked Amber to drink in this later phase of my career of drinking beer. (I'm approaching 1000 brewers.)
For Amber Looks good (actually like many an O-fest.) But Amber Smells like a Vienna (mostly malt and some herbal/floral hops.) And it Tastes like a Vienna (lacking the bittering hops associated more with American O-fests.) Amber sits in the mouth a bit puny... but then, all I'm doing is washing down a veggie burger for lunch.
And after several hundred words, that is my Point !
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3.32/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.3/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
On tap at Woburn Melbourne Florida.
Dark brown body with a weak head. Dark roasted malts and high bitterness for style (but bitterness is still mild). Medium body and carbonation.
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look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
On tap at Woburn Melbourne Florida.
Dark brown body with a weak head. Dark roasted malts and high bitterness for style (but bitterness is still mild). Medium body and carbonation.
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3.29/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
1.9/5 rDev -41.9%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
The flavor and aroma of the beer were ok but they were hard to detect, like when a drink is watered down. Very muted aftertaste. While not as important as the beer itself, I found the design of the label to be similarly lackluster. Overall, it felt like a half-hearted attempt. Less like a beer and more like a beer flavored beverage.
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look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2
The flavor and aroma of the beer were ok but they were hard to detect, like when a drink is watered down. Very muted aftertaste. While not as important as the beer itself, I found the design of the label to be similarly lackluster. Overall, it felt like a half-hearted attempt. Less like a beer and more like a beer flavored beverage.
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2.58/5 rDev -21.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.75/5 rDev +14.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
L: pours brilliant copper amber to light brown under a cream colored to light tan foam collar with moderate retention.
S: light malts, some toast and very faint green apple.
T: Rich malty sweet with light caramel. The malt is medium and the hop bitterness is low. There is some anise and spice from the malt and faint apple.
F: medium to a little above, and the carbonation is medium.
O: altogether too sweet. There is some hop bitterness but no where near enough to balance the malt.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
L: pours brilliant copper amber to light brown under a cream colored to light tan foam collar with moderate retention.
S: light malts, some toast and very faint green apple.
T: Rich malty sweet with light caramel. The malt is medium and the hop bitterness is low. There is some anise and spice from the malt and faint apple.
F: medium to a little above, and the carbonation is medium.
O: altogether too sweet. There is some hop bitterness but no where near enough to balance the malt.
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3.6/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Meh, decent
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Meh, decent
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3.75/5 rDev +14.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Just for old time's sake, I am reviewing this one from memory because I want to get my beer karma up to 300. This was special since it was hard for us to get for distribution and legal age reasons. But this tasted good compared to slamming warm quarts of Blatz in the treehouse.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Just for old time's sake, I am reviewing this one from memory because I want to get my beer karma up to 300. This was special since it was hard for us to get for distribution and legal age reasons. But this tasted good compared to slamming warm quarts of Blatz in the treehouse.
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4.19/5 rDev +28.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.31/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.09/5 rDev -5.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.4/5 rDev +4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Aroma, muted, is a mix of toasted malt, and solvents. Flavor has the toasted malt come out and become the best part of this beer. Body is a little off, bit thin, slightly over carbonated. Still, not a bad brew.
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look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Aroma, muted, is a mix of toasted malt, and solvents. Flavor has the toasted malt come out and become the best part of this beer. Body is a little off, bit thin, slightly over carbonated. Still, not a bad brew.
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3.64/5 rDev +11.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Trying the Amber Lager from a mixed 12. It poured a clear amber with no head and no lace. The scent had hints of malt. The taste was evenly balanced and was easy to drink. The Mouthfeel was lighter in body with poor carbonation. Overall it's a good beer but more carbonation and head would be nice.
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look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Trying the Amber Lager from a mixed 12. It poured a clear amber with no head and no lace. The scent had hints of malt. The taste was evenly balanced and was easy to drink. The Mouthfeel was lighter in body with poor carbonation. Overall it's a good beer but more carbonation and head would be nice.
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3.31/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.59/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Point Classic Amber from Stevens Point Brewery
Beer rating:
3.27 out of
5 with
313 ratings
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