Six Degrees North (Six°North) Jiang Shi

Jiang Shi

 

Six Degrees North (Six°North) in Laurencekirk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production
Score
6.99
ABV: 8.0% IBU: - Ticks: 23
So I know you're all wondering...Jiang Shi??? Well this translated can only be described as a 'Hopping Zombie'! Not to say that when you have this fine six°north libation you will be transferred into the undead!!...no no perish the thought!! Shi contains the souls of many hop vines, help them escape to a new life!

A rich nose with wheaty, yeasty and hoppy characters mingling with full-on mango and passion fruit. Added to that comes a kick of honeycomb, banana and a touch of sourness. The palate is sweet, very soft and delicate with an apple and tropical fruit 'bite' with a superbly balanced bitterness.

This belter of a Belgian Double IPA simply 'raises' the bar in its style.
 

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6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle 33 cl. Pours an almost clear golden with a lacing, white head. Nose is fruity and yeasty with some alcohol. Rich, full body, carbonation is a bit on the low side, again fruity and yeasty with some phenols coming through as well. Bitter and boozy finish. 16.0217

Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2017 at 06:08


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared with Matty O - sourced from Beer Gonzo. Pours clear gold with a frothy white head. Nose has some yeast, dough, white bread light citrus peel. Medium sweet flavour with notes of alcohol, hay, yeast, wheat, rind. Medium to full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Lightly warming to finish, with a bit of husky bitterness, more citrus peel. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2016 at 14:19


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap at eebria. Hazy orange, little head. Smells of bread and tropical fruit. Flavour is a touch bready, mango, grapefruit, bitter hop and a dry, bitter aftertaste. Altogether too guzzleable for 8%.

Tried from Draft on 29 Oct 2016 at 08:52


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg at the Eebria tap room. Missold as a double ipa. A hazed golden orange coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma is spicy citrus, lemon orange apricot peach, woody fruit. Flavour is composed of semi sweet Base malts, sticky orange citrus, apricot, raw grains. Palate is semi sweet sticky, moderate carbonation, little alcohol bite in the finish. Mellow Belgian character.

Tried from Draft on 29 Oct 2016 at 07:04


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at IMBC 2016; clear amber pour with a dark beige head, aroma has lemon and hints of peach, taste has some sweet biscuity malt action along with hint of pineapple, hints of spice.

Tried on 09 Oct 2016 at 08:03


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Beer Gonzo shop. consumed at home making Spaghetti Carbonara, Thursday 21st July 2016, Pours dark gold/light amber with a clean white head atop. Wonderfully zippy, spicy, nostril tingling aroma, fruity also. Soft in the mouth, thick mouthfeel, warming from the alcohol, spicy but as Loz describes it has a Saison feel about it (a beastly Saison mind!) This is a jolly good beer, thoroughly enjoying this, a nice twist on year standard DIPA. A8 A4 T8 P4 OV16 4.0

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jul 2016 at 15:19


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

330ml bottle from Six Degrees North. A solid, foamy, pearl white head leaving spotty lacing behind. Clear golden body. Spiced fruity smell. Ripe citrus to the taste buds, lightly spiced and with yeasty fruitiness towards the ending. Drying end. Hidden alcohol. Fine bodied. Likable (hotel room, Aberdeen 12.04.2016).

Tried from Bottle on 25 Apr 2016 at 07:43


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Marine Hotel, Stonehaven. Pours hazy dark golden with medium white head. Citrus, peach, fruit, spices, yeasty notes. Bitter finish. Nice combination.

Tried from Draft at Marine Hotel on 03 Feb 2016 at 16:07


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draught Huge off-white head over hazy orange beer. Very spicy/herbal/hoppy nose, flowery, with coriander, thyme, wormwood. Bitterish-spicy, but also oxydated. Raw-bitter, weed-like, again spicy. Light to medium bodied, certain slickness. Not to my taste. Overdosed on... whatever that spicy bitterness is. I’d never guessed ginger, anyway.

Tried on 18 Oct 2015 at 02:55


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Oddbins Beer Shop, Blackheath. Hazy gold pour with a white head. Sherbet lemon and fresh herb aroma. Flavours of wheat, lemon rind, lime and grapefruit. Bitter citrus finish. Crisp and refreshing.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2015 at 16:33