Z Street Rollstone Red

(12oz bottle) Pillowy medium beige head with good retention and nice lacing, atop lightly hazed copper body. Aroma is moderately sweet, toffee, nut, caramel, orange/floral, some cherry/bread, chocolate. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit, tea, caramel, some orange. Medium body, light chewiness, acidity. A top-notch amber.

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.

A very nice amber. Reddish with a little white head. Initially creamy yeasty and full bitter finish, with some toasty malt in the background.

Bottle. Poured a rusty shade with quite the big poofy head. Nice aroma of caramel malt wafts thru the barrier. The beer delivers with a nice toasty, sweet maltiness. Just a glimmer of bitter kiss at the end to balance out with the maltiness. I agree with their blurp, this would go well with a burger. (#3149, 10/21/2007)

2004 bottle contract brewed by Concord brewing. Well, not surprisingly, this one was just about as good as the IPA. Whatever they’re doing, they’re doin it right. Wonderful deep cherry red appearane, some light oranges and burgundies. Good light yellow head, mostly clear body. Aroma of ripe red fruits, this thing is exploding with fruity ale yeast. Light hops in the background a mild sweetness. Flavor is almost exactly like the aroma. Incredible fruit esters, creamy mouthfeel, hops not overdone but present. The toastiness is subtle and adds no astringency. This is a spectacular beer.
2005 bottle Initially large off-white head recedes to ring, with some light lacing. Still a brilliant, deep cherry red appearance to the body. Aroma is very hoppy, with a distinct earthy/leafy/nutty bitterness and drying effect. Clean and dry, it finishes without too much malt influence (not enough). Tastes like tea leaves, with lots of toasted malt, some light roast. Very hoppy, though it is a fresh, herbal/spice hoppiness. Ultimately the body proves too light for the amount of hops. Not enough sweet/substantial malt to balance. A bit of crystal malt up front is all that is keeping this from being an IPA. As I finish the glass, I keep thinking, "way too bitter!" Unsure why the great parity between the last batch and this.

bottle, thanks Clark VV. Amber color with a small durable head. Aroma is nutty and mostly malty, no real hop presence. Taste has a nice malt profile with more nuts and toffee and caramel. Solid but not anything above average at best.

A wonderful light ale. Warm buttery aroma, great malt flavor with just enough hops to make it good without offending our European friends. Carmel-like finish.

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!