James Page Burly Brown Ale
Brewed with two-row malted barley, roasted barley and chocolate malt, this classic American brown ale is distinguished by its deep brown color and creamy, smooth taste.
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219 reviews
Stevens Point, United States
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Bottle. Brown ales suck. Clear brown, medium tan head, nice lacing., aroma is brown. Flavor is brown, but actually not too bad. Brown sugar, rice, toffee, coffee. Medium sweet, lacking all bitterness. Medium body, a bit creamy. Ok, this one doesn’t quite suck. So there.
Bottle from the Sampler 12 pack. Chocolatey brown ale with a good roasty punch.
12 oz bottle from the six type sampler case. Just alright, certainly not in the top of its class. You get what you pay for and this case came pretty cheaply.
Bottle. Clear brown color, medium off white head. Aroma of light nutella. Taste is similar.
Dark dark brown. Medium white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel i suppose, brown sugar. Flavor to match. Light to medium body. Quick finish. Not too impactful.
Pours clear brown, white head, has a coffe sweet aroma, taste is excellent for its style, probably one of the best browns ive had in a while
12oz bottle. Clear dark red / brown color. Thin off-white / khaki head. Moderate carbonation. Medium body. Not an incredible texture. Toasted malt, light hop, light chocolate. Flavor is fine, but not really interesting or appealing. Light sweet taste. Really average beer...
Bottle. Pours amber. Roasted malts. Drinkable. Average at best. This is what Budweiser would be putting out as their "Brown Ale".
----Hophaze out
Not bad for everyday consumption. Aroma - there is one, beery, slightly sweet, vanilla.Nice clear reddish-amber. Lightly toasted, sweet, smooth, a little hops in the aftertaste to offset the sweet, but very little. Pallette is thin and a bit watery. Nice lingering flavor on the tongue. Overall - pleasant for everyday, cool weather consumption. (Bottled as Point Burly Brown.)
Sample at Yabo’s Tacos. Pours brown with some amber around the edges and a medium beige head that dissipates quickly. Small patches of lacing on the glass. Aroma of roasted malt and a bit of chocolate. Light body with flavors of sweet malt, roasted nuts and mild hops. The finish is sweet with a short chocolate malt aftertaste. Average overall.
Average brown. Slightly sweet for my tastes. The caramel, toffee, and brown sugar were a bit too much. Medium body with a slightly sticky mouthfeel.
Bottle. This is a really tasty beer. Deep dark brown color. Toasted malt, light chocolate flavor. Toasted oat aroma.
Medium clear brown with a nice size beige head. Nice malty aroma of caramel and nuts. Medium mouthfeel with a an excellent hop balance without over doing it. Just the way I like American Brown Ales. The finish leaves me wanting more.
Up in WI last week to visit family and my brother had a mixed 12 pack from these guys. This was the first of them I’ve tried. 12oz bottle, poured into a tall pilsner glass as that was all that was available at the time. Pours a clear dark brown. Thick 2-finger head atop. Nose was sweet with dark malts, grains, caramel candy. Semisweet toffee, breads, mild finish. Mild bitterness present, as this is sweet as it’s meant to be. This is a good beer and it really hits the spot. This is a simple style that I don’t visit enough. I like it.
This is a pretty thick brown ale with a fairly heavy coffee element to it. Just heavier than it should be or what I wanted anyway.
pours a rich reddish brown with a persistent beige head. Aroma is musty biscuit. Taste is malty with a slightly bitter aftertaste. Not bad at all.
Pours clear mahogany with a big but quickly fading tan head. Aroma is soneroast and caramel. Taste is nuts, caramel, and some hop bitterness. Thin body.
Bottle. Sweet caramel malt and light molasses aroma. Clear chestnut with a small beige head, some spotty lacing. Nutty, roasty caramel malt flavor with a very slight bitterness in the finish. Light, crisp body, tingly carbonation. Everything about this was a little on the light side, but sometimes I prefer a lighter brown ale. Today was a hot day, and this was exactly what I wanted.
12 oz bottle. Way-too large spongy foam atop a clear mahogany body. Earthy-spiced molasses and dry grass in the aroma. Taste is watered down cola, dry grass, and spicy molasses. Near-medium body is smooth with low carbonation (plus) and to the sweet side (minus).
Very dark brown, huge white head. Smells like caramel and brown sugar. , with a touch of cinnamon. Flavor is not as sweet as the aroma would indicate, with more hoppy bitterness. Actually not bad.
nice reddish amber with a off white foam Foam died quickly to a thin film. Aroma is mild cereal with a hint of nut. Flavor is subdued caramel. Bready with medium body and earthy hop finish.
Pours average in all accounts. Almost no smell whatsoever - have to take deep whiffs to detect any sort of aroma, which ultimately is somewhat chocolate and toffee-like. Tastes like Newcastle Brown Ale light, but again, have to search and search and search for flavor! C’mon! May not be skunky, but with this much lack of flavor, I’ll still take Newcastle, not to mention other better brown ales I’ve reviewed. Aftertaste is a little better - some bread - but I shouldn’t have to *search* that *long* for smell or flavor. Not impressed!
Pours, as one would expect, a brown. Aroma is sweet, as is the flavor. Not a whole lot more to it.
Bottle. Not much going on in this one. I did detect a mild note of caramel malt, roast, and nuts, but they were not so easy to detect. Slightly thin. It needs more work.
12 ounce bottle. Pours a cola brown with a decent biege head. Aroma of malt, caramel, and a bit of hops. Taste is sweet malt, caramel, and a hint of chocolate. A bit thin, but drinkable. OK.
Clear brown. Noticable nutty, caramelized taste. Light body. Minimal head. Very drinkable beer, but nothing memorable about it.
Twelve ounce bottle under the "alias" Point Burly Brown, part of a "Point Craft Pack" purchased at The Party Source. Dark ruby/brown hue, strong sweet malty nose, large tan head that slowly receded with good lacing, good sweet malty flavor with some depth but somewhat undercut by some unpleasant elements in the backround--this bottle might have been a tad old. Like Point Horizon Wheat, seems to be better a little colder than one might expect.
Marketed as Point Burly Brown, part of their Craft Beer mix pack. Tasted from bottle into nucleated pint glass. Poured a beautiful, clear, dark reddish brown color with moderate off-white foam. Refined aroma of caramel malt, toffee, slight roasted barley and chocolate, fruity ale yeast esters. Delicious malt sweetness with tangy, fruity American hops (LOTS more in flavor than aroma,) reminiscent of raisins, plums, molasses, nuts, fruit-cake or Boston brown bread. This intriguing grainbill hints at Belgian Special-B malt, which was a complete surprise in an affordable twist-off grocery store offering. Medium body, smooth and creamy mouthfeel, kettle-caramelization reminded me of extract homebrew (in a good way.) Very well-crafted; much hoppier and tastier than I expected. Point really ought to promote this beer on it’s own.
From bottle. Poured a clear brown with almost no head. Sweet smell of hazelnut. Tastes of hazelnut, barley and malts.
I bought a 12pk sampler of Stevens Point Beer for $11.99 from Woodman’s in Janesville, WI in Spring 2011. It was labeled as Point Burly Brown on the package.
Pours a dark brown color with just a slight fluffy, off white head. Picking up scents of hazelnuts, roasted malts, and caramel malts. Taste is rather smooth and sweet. Can really taste the caramel and sugars. After taste is quite robust and flavorful. Rather tasty and flavorful. A decent dark beer.