7

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

Bottled. Ambery brown colour with a mediumsized beige head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is roasted, some peaty and mild smoked wooden tones with some alcohol, yeast and mild spiciness. Flavour is chocolaty, some spiciness, mild yeast, some syrupy tones along with a bit toasted tones. Silky smooth, and actually not that bad.

6.5

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

Six Degrees North / De Ranke ATC 1.1 (Islay) Belgian Strong Ale 646412
Lukt: Svak kaffe, krydder, frukter, rosin. Utseende: Rødbrun. Skum/kullsyre: Tynt dekkende skum, heng. Smak: Mild krydder, frukter, svak søtlig avslutning. Hvor: Mini tasting hos Bryne. Medium: Flaske@330ml, ABV@9,2%, Når@15.06.2018.

7

Ciemne owoce, troche suszu, karmel, ciut drewniane, cocacolowe, slodkie, wedzonki praktycznie brak, niewiele ciala. smaczne ale niedosyt3.4

7

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

Bottled 330ml (Etre-Gourmet)
Dark ruby-red colour, steady beige head. Not much Islay in the nose but red berries and whiskey-like alcohol. Medium to full-bodied. Soft palate. Toffee, caramel, low bitterness. Probably barrel ageing has done the smoothness but Islay is not really dominating here. Not typical De Ranke either. Some vanilla but not much of peat or smoke but when it warms up some notes of Islay. Hides alcohol well. Easy sipper.

7.4

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

Collab of Six Degrees North with De Ranke, thanks Stefan for sharing. A quad aged on Islay whisky barrels, with thick and dense, creamy, pale yellowish beige head and very dark but translucent bronze robe with burgundy brown hue. Aroma of chestnuts, stewed pear, cola, vanilla-ish oak, candied fig, some light peat (as in: real moist peat, not so much the iodine), blackberry jam, banana, almond, treacle, toffee, liquorice. Fruity onset but in a ’clean’ and orderly way, some banana, black cherry, fig, sourish elderberry-like accent, candi sugar sweetness but nothing obnoxiously cloying, bit oily mouthfeel, softish carbo. Caramelly malt sweet core, nutty, bit resinous; again the peat aspect remains subtle and limited, though a whisky-ish flavour is noticeable, including an afterglow of warming alcohol; some tea-ish herbal hops provide soft bitterishness but it is the candi sugary sweetness that remains. Bit unusual quadrupel-ish beer, technically well executed, but my expectations were higher considering De Ranke’s contribution and this could have been more ’deeply’ peated for me as well.

6.5

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

Bottle 330ml. [ As Six Degrees North / De Ranke ATC 1.1 (Islay) ].Clear light dark brown colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, roasted, sweet malt, peat, moderate yeasty, belgium yeast. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, belgium yeast, milk chocolate, peat, sugary - sweet yeast. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20161201] 7-3-7-3-12

7

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

Sampled from bottle at THT Februari at "De Zuipschuit". Dark brown with greyish head. Bittersweet barley malts. Ink. Light sweet and moderate bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation. --- Beer merged from original tick of ATC 1.1 - Islay on 09 Jan 2018 at 10:59 - Score: 7

6.8

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

Bottle at February THT. Clear dark reddish brown with small beige head. Apple, light peat, caramel, soft red berries, light toffee, light herbs. Medium sweet and peaty bitter. Medium bodied.

7

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

Bottle shared at THT. Brown with a tan head. Aroma of ink, peat, oak barrel, apple, ripe fruits and malt. Flavour above moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

6.3

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

330 ml. bottle sampled @ Vini Birre Ribelli 2016. Dark brown amber, little head. Nose is varnish plastic, chemical iodine with thinned out milk chocolate malts. Taste is harsh chemical, low booze, plastic, iodine, peat, charred barrel, low roasted, vague chocolate malt, base beer doesn’t appear to be all that interesting, barrel is far too thick for me. Body is iodine, chemical, plastic. I would expect something far better for a beer that has De Ranke attached to it.