Point 2012 Black Ale

Brewed by Stevens Point Brewery
Style: Brown Ale
Stevens Point, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Shaker

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In the bottle from Beertopia. Pours black with a dark beige head consisting of multi-diametered bubbles. Mild roasted aroma. This is surprisingly drinkable. Tastes much closer to a stout than a schwarzbier due to the roastedness and thicker body. Still good though, especially for a Point beer.

Thick and black with a thin dark tan head. Heavy roasted malt and dark coffee aroma. Flavors of espresso, dark chocolate and roasted nutty maltiness. Full bodied and thick mouth feel with a tingly bitterness present throughout right to the long roasted finish. It’s good though it’s heavier than any brown ale I’ve had before. Point has disappointed me with these specialty brews before bu this one scores as one of their best.

12oz bottle. a very dark brown, almost black, under a small, fizzy, tan head. nuts, sweet toffee aroma. the flavor is nutty with toffee as well. palate is light with a good bit of carbonation. a bitter, burnt aftertaste. even though is uses ale yeast, it still reminds me more of a schwarzbier than a brown ale.

Great beer! It had a nice roasted/chocolate/nut flavor married to a light sweet malt flavor. Then it finishes clean and clear...which is great because it makes you keep diving in for another drink!

12 oz bottle from TC Craft. Pour is pretty much black with a decent tan head that quickly fades to not much. Not much in the aroma either, a bit of roasted nuttiness. Flavor is a nutty/chocolate/roasty combo with a bit of a chalky finish. Not bad but not great either.

Bottle. A brown ale? Well, the color was black... Either way, the pour was quite dark, as dark as a stout, and had a slight aroma of chocolate, a little coffee, roast, and some toasted malt. Flavor was a huge disappointment. Imagine a light pale ale, take out the hops, and add just enough black malt to darken the beer but give it relatively no flavor; this was that beer. I don’t care that it wasn’t close to style, it just didn’t taste good in any way.

Bottled. Poured deeper brown with a nice and rich cap of dark tan head.. set up nicely in the glass. The aroma was sweet, sweet, sweet (and lightly roasty) with molasses and honey driving it.. lesser nutty notes and coffee.. fresh overall complexion, but I couldn’t pinpoint any particular hops. The flavor found similar.. sweet, lightly-roasty molasses and tar at the core with coffee and earthy bitterness around.. light smoke and sweet vanilla as well.. finished with toasted molasses, smoky char, and earthy bitterness. Light-medium bodied and sweet on the palate.. the smoke and fresh bitterness worked well here.. tacky at times during the drink. This was interesting, and I’ll drink another.

Pours black, small tan head, some lacing. Smells mildly sweet with brown sugar. clean and crisp, malty with a sweet finish. Nice taste just not very much of it.

Very dark brown with a thin tan disappearing head. Aroma of dark malts, licorice, lightly roasted malts and a hint of coffee. Taste just seems to be all dark malts, no real discerning character separate from the rest of the pack. A mild nuttiness on the finish.

Draft at OF. Opaque brown-black with a steady off-white to beige head. Sweet aroma. Roasty, yet watery and drinkable. A pretty nice Black Ale, above par for Stevens Point. Actually does the style justice. World class, maybe not, but still a fairly respectable offering.