Stevens Point Brewery

I, my boyfriend, my mom and my grandpa come here, first time here to the tour and for my birthday. Great place and try a beer or soda or cinder. They have tshirt that are great too. The staff are friendly. I recommend this place.

My husband and I have always enjoyed their beer. Recently we decided to do a brewery tour of Wisconsin and one of the breweries we visited was Stevens Point. The tour was very inexpensive, informative, and we had amazing beer at the end. The gift shp was really cool and had a great selection. I plan to visit the brewery again! Their pop is just as good as their beer!

I first discovered this brewery when I tried one of their seasonal brews. I decided while in Madison it was worth the trip to go check it out! I was not disappointed, their seasonal and regular rotating brews are all great!

Good tour, very good beer, great value.
Pretty interesting for being one of the oldest breweries in America, but you wouldn’t know it if they didn’t tell you, unfortunately. The tour was only half an hour, but that’s okay because tasting all the beers was the best part. They have great variety, with many national award winners among them. After tasting the blonde stout, root beer, and others, I was surprised that my favorite was the Point Special — which is the original, stalwart of the brand. It was probably the best «regular» beer that I’ve had.
A brewery tour is rare in my area, so maybe I don’t have the same standards of Wisconsinites, but I say this was awesome — therefore 5 stars!

This wasn’t my first brewery tour, but it was my first brewery tour where my bf and I were the only people on it. No, it’s not that it’s unpopular. It was a Monday. Who takes brewery tours on a Monday afternoon? We do, apparently.
We had spent the weekend in northern Wisconsin and were driving back. It’s always our mission to hit a brewery no matter where we go and this trip was no exception. On the way up we went to Great Dane, in Minocqua we went to Minocqua Brewing, and on our way back we made a point to go to Steven’s Point. Luckily, they give tours on Mondays at 1p.m. so we made a reservation (not that we really needed one) and hauled ass to get there. We stopped for breakfast beforehand and knew we were going to be about 5 minutes late, so we called and told them. They said no problem, we’ll wait for you. Ahh, the luxury of being the only people on a tour.
Upon arrival, we were greeted by a giant pointy head, aka their mascot. The story behind it? I don’t remember exactly, but I think it was along the lines of «some dude liked beer, and to emphasize the point in Steven’s Point (the town), we gave him a conehead.» Umm, sweet?
We checked in, paid our fee and were taken into the brewing area. By this point, having been on as many tours as I’ve been on, I can tell you how to make beer in my sleep. However, it’s always neat hearing about the history of each brewery, which is why going on tours is always worth it to me. This one was cool because since it was a weekday, we actually got to see things in production. People were running around, doing their thing, and when we got to the canning and bottling part, they were actually doing it and we saw it all going down the line and getting packaged! We also learned that Steven’s Point brews beer from other breweries to help them out since SP has more space than smaller places. Who would have thunk it?
Our tour guide was cool. She listened to us complain about Chicago beer distribution rules and did her best to answer my bf’s complicated questions about the beer making process.
After we saw how everything was made, we were taken into a garage like area where they do the tasting. You get three tickets I believe, and you get a beer of your choosing from the tap. The beers were pretty good. Some were a little overzealous on the hops and teetering on being bitter, but overall, I’m a fan. We just chilled and talked to our tour guide about random things and then we were on our way. I don’t always see Steven’s Point beer in the Chicago area but now I know that they have legit stuff, even though they’re a pretty big distributor. Way to go, coneheads!

Was fun to finally take a tour of my hometown brewery the day after Thanksgiving. Had some samples of their beers and ciders and the tour guide was entertaining.

Free beer, a jaunt through the brewery, and a lot to do in the area! I only wish I had coordinated my trio here better to have gone down to Plover to hit up oso

We had made it a «point» to visit Steven’s Point on this trip because of Steven’s Point Brewery. We are familiar with their beers, we can buy them in St Louis and have also seen them in Iowa. I did not do my homework, this is a large brewery and they have grown past the stage where they have a bar where you can have a beer. Good for them, but not what we wanted to find. I was at least expecting something like the Schlafly Tap Room in St Louis. It turns out that they have a gift shop and the only way to sample beers is to take the tour, which we missed. I really don’t really need a gift shop and I can buy the beer without going there. There is no reason to visit Point Brewery unless you want a brewery tour.
So that you understand, my rating is for the place, not their beers.

We took the Friday tour. Make reservations. This brewery is 150 years old. It was awesome. They still had working parts from the its very beginning. You could tell the tour guides had a little routine. They talked fast and wanted to move along. We went up some pretty rickety steps, all the way up three levels. Loved it. Especially the beer tasting at the end. The mainstay beer is Point Special made with corn. It is delicious. Right now, they have a few others on draft. Their soda is not to be passed up either. Root beer, orange cream. black cherry. You gotta get some.
I am looking forward to some Point Special and popcorn. Cheers.

Super fun brewery tour, great tasting room, and we just so happened to schedule it same day as the rock the bock 8k. Good party afterward!

GREAT guided tour. Reservations recommended. (No Sundays)
Great «homey» /​«small» feel throughout.
Ample, fun gift shop.
LOVE the «tasting room!»

best thing to do in this small city, good activity to do w/​visitors… preferably on a not too hot or too cold day! great seasonal selections when available ie white biehr w/​corriander
recommend ****

Point beer is my number one favorite micro brew and it is somewhat difficult to find in Chicago. When I do find it in Chicago it is insane, y priced for the most part. Distribution here in Chicago is getting better all of the time but it is still not where I would like to see it. All last week I was making my phone calls to friends who know of Wisconsin’s best kept secret and I ended up coming back with 16 cases of bottles. The trick here is to go get it directly from the brewery. They have a little store where they sell the beer that that a label missing or a torn or wrinkled label and they sell it for a ridiculously low price. The beer is brewery fresh and cheap but it just has cosmetic label damage so they can’t sell them in stores or distribute them in bars. The brewery also sponsors an Oktober fest every year and has all kinds of cool Point Beer stuff (I finally broke down and bought my neon sign)