Point Cascade Pale Ale

Brewed by Stevens Point Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Stevens Point, Wisconsin USA

A good Pale Ale with great taste. Can smell the Cascade Hops as soon as you open the bottle. Not as bitter as some of the most popular Pale Ales, but enough of a kick to let you know it’s a Pale Ale. Favorite out of the Point brews.

Wow! I really liked Point regular, but this stuff is the bomb. The hops aroma is premium stuff. Not Blatz, but pretty damned good. I have to say since trying it a few weeks ago, it has worked itself into my top 5 beers! I wish I was drunk on this stuff right now. Love it!

12 ounce bottle from a friend. Pours a vibrant golden amber color with a medium head. Average head retention and good lacing. Bitter, leafy hops in the aroma with an apricot note. Taste is earthy, leafy with a bit of a citrus note and not much else. Crisp and medium bodied.

Pours orange-amber into the glass, with a decent head that diminishes to a thin ring, leaving "layers" down the glass, where the pull has been. Some earthy hop to the nose, a bit like body odor honestly, but nothing overdone. Some pale malt, dry and not complex on the tongue, but reminiscence of Cascade hops in the effervescence. The finish is a somewhat-decent lingering dry hop (Cascades noted here as well). Mouthfeel has lively carbonation levels and is a bit thin. As an APA, it goes down well enough, but not very complex and inviting.

bottle - Pours clear copper with a thin white head. It has a light aroma of caramel malt and some slightly citrus accented hops. The flavor has some okay hops but it lacks crispness and character and is mild in every way. It is kind of watery too. While easily a better session beer than many macrobrews, it could be so much more.

This beer tastes like the coke machine ran of syrup. You might as well let some yeast each the sweetness out of a sprite can before you pay to drink this. Not one to be proud of.

Objectively speaking: A soft and globally dull pale ale
I like: Cheaply priced at 4$ a pint at Delilah’s. Easy to drink, but perhaps not as fun as some.
I dislike: Does not give me the desire to try the brewery’s other offerings. Maltiness is limited to bland breadiness. Flowery, simplistic hops. Is there really cascade in there? It lacks any sharpness or freshness, no citrus felt. Lacking toasty development. Very light-bodied.

(Bottle) Pours a dark amber color with a soapy looking white head. Decent aroma of hops and sweet malts. Taste is much less malty than the aroma. Bitter hop notes dominate. This is fine and good... but balance is virtually non-existent. Needs better body or more malt to balance that out. Other than that, the palate was a little on the light side. I actually see some potential with this beer, but it is not that great as is.