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Point Classic Amber
Stevens Point Brewery
- From:
- Stevens Point Brewery
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- American Amber / Red Lager
Ranked #72 - ABV:
- 4.9%
- Score:
- 75
Ranked #27,463 - Avg:
- 3.27 | pDev: 15.6%
- Reviews:
- 146
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 28, 2024
- Added:
- May 29, 2002
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 40
Point Classic Amber is a multi-award winning amber-style lager. It boasts a recipe of the highest quality natural ingredients. Roasted caramel malts gives the beer its subtle caramel character and reddish-amber hue. American Tettnanger hops provide a soft sweetness and gentle hop aroma. The result is a distinctive flavorful beer that is remarkably smooth and clean.
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Reviewed by branko7 from Illinois
4/5 rDev +22.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +22.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A pleasant dark brown. The head dissipated rapidly. Smells a bit of bubble gum. Balanced, refreshing taste, a bit sweet, then a bit sour in the aftertaste. Well carbonated (I prefer flatter).
Feb 28, 2024Rated by LukeGude from Iowa
3.43/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.43/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Goosetown. Didn’t realize it was an amber. Decent head, decent flavor, but typically I’d prefer golden for this strength.
Mar 06, 2022Reviewed by TheOccasionalBeer from Wisconsin
2.79/5 rDev -14.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.79/5 rDev -14.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Deep honey-colored, translucent, and very effervescent, the lager in the glass produced a modest head that dissipated before I could even describe it. A certain hopped honey-ness was detected on popping the top (which I see was actually a twist-off... oh, well). Not a lot going on for flavor... a little metal (when drinking directly from the bottle) but otherwise sort of a watered-down almost bitter cider note. Not offensive, but not all that attractive either. It'll do with my pizza, but overall kind of meh.
Dec 11, 2021Rated by jerdim from Illinois
3.92/5 rDev +19.9%
look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
3.92/5 rDev +19.9%
look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Very smooth, wonderful color, much better head retention than many competitors in this class.
Oct 03, 2021Reviewed by MikeWard from Pennsylvania
3.67/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
12oz can into a pint glass. Appears to have been canned in May of this year.
Looks good in the glass. Mostly clear reddish body. Small white head shrinks to a partial ring and faint covering. No lacing.
Malty aroma.
On tasting, it's light, clean, easy drinking. Quite smooth, a little sweet, no aftertaste.
Mouth above medium. Finish slightly off, but not unpleasant.
Overall, simple clean red lager. There are both better and worse options out there here for the style.
Sep 11, 2021Looks good in the glass. Mostly clear reddish body. Small white head shrinks to a partial ring and faint covering. No lacing.
Malty aroma.
On tasting, it's light, clean, easy drinking. Quite smooth, a little sweet, no aftertaste.
Mouth above medium. Finish slightly off, but not unpleasant.
Overall, simple clean red lager. There are both better and worse options out there here for the style.
Reviewed by OK_Denise from Oklahoma
2.98/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.98/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Nothing special about this Lager. The taste is just kinda flat....I don't mean the beer has gone bad but there is just nothing distinctive about it. The look is nice, but the mouth feel is just meh, IMO. It tastes okay, I would not reject one at a party but I would not make a special trip to buy it.
Nov 14, 2020Rated by Philip3shady from Minnesota
3.68/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.68/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Average amber lager, very little scent
Apr 20, 2019Reviewed by German-Helles from Wisconsin
3.7/5 rDev +13.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.7/5 rDev +13.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
pours an amber brownish with white foam that completely disappeared within seconds. Plenty of carbonation, no lacing
The smell is nice, caramel and the malt
Tastes fine, caramel sweetness, a little malty, semi dry, not overly bitter
I can feel the carbonation but it has a light creamy feel
This is a good beer, very drinkable, I like it.
Feb 16, 2019The smell is nice, caramel and the malt
Tastes fine, caramel sweetness, a little malty, semi dry, not overly bitter
I can feel the carbonation but it has a light creamy feel
This is a good beer, very drinkable, I like it.
Reviewed by AdmiralOzone from Minnesota
3.16/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
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.
Jan 01, 2019Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.41/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
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 !
Dec 28, 2018I 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 !
Point Classic Amber from Stevens Point Brewery
Beer rating:
75 out of
100 with
330 ratings
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