Z Street Rollstone Red

Brewed by Mercury Brewing and Distribution
Style: Amber Ale
Ipswich, Massachusetts USA

bottle from bmartin08...I was shocked at much I enjoyed this beer, I’m not normally a fan of ambers, but the hops on this one caught me off guard! Very pleasant dry hopped taste/aroma, would definitely buy again if it were available by me

Bottle. Pours a deep red with an off-white head. Scents of faint hops and some malt on the nose. Malt and thick caramel start at the beginning as it bitters into the finish. It smoothed out as it warmed but was a bit ragged in the beginning.

Pours deep amber into a shaker. Conglomerate head gradually recedes with slight lacing. Grapefruit and grass notes. Full mouthfeel, but slightly flat with upfront roasted caramel which turns to a lasting spruce finish which turns back to a (not unpleasant) frat floor malt.

At first glance, the Rollstone Red looks like any other Irish-style red ale, but once the beer is actually in the glass, we saw that that wasn’t quite so. It pours a medium red color with an average, frothy head, off-white in color. So far so good. However, the body takes form and we see something we weren’t expecting. A cloudy haze fills the body, not to a fault, but certainly catching us off-guard. Not much here in the aroma department, we picked up light flower hops and a dusting of alcohol. Uncomplicated aroma. It smells as we expected it to smell. Initial taste is lightly sweet, followed by a blast of bitter. Light and watery on the mouth, somewhat dry, we get lively carbonation.

Bottle: Darker amber, huge rocky off-white head, fairly nice lacing, very strong carbonation.   Pale fruit nose, slight saccarine, a touch musty, maybe even some apple skin.   Spritzy artificial sweetened apple skin sauce on the tongue.   Malts take a backseat, emerge a bit more at the finish, along with a very subtle hop bite.   A bit odd, and unusual for the style.   Needs to be maltier and heftier.   Moderate body, spritzy mouthfeel.   Apple skin lingers.   Weird...   Thanks Clark for the freebie!

Pours deep amber with an enourmous off white head. Aroma is sweet and earthy malts. Taste is fruity, apples? and nice mellow hops. The aftertaste is bitter slightly on the tounge. A good beer all around.

Clear auburn. Gigantic sized head gives difficulty with pouring. Mostly lasting foamy top. Orangey/earthy nose with a balance leaning toward the hops. Bready hints procure an ehphemeral saisfaction. Lasting bite attacks the tongue immediately. Catapulted nut oils/leafy hops finish cuts the toasty malts with a whip of dryness. Light-medium body, fair biting carbonation, trying to be creamy, but feeling too watery to really attain it. Good for an amber ale, if a bit rigid and ungraceful in its movements.

Bottle. Nice reddish amber, perfect head. Bubbly, even after many minutes. Aroma of hops and malt, kind of sweet smelling. Crisp in flavor, maybe fruity, kind of sour aftertaste.