French IPA
Ninkasi in Tarare, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 🇫🇷
IPA Regular|
Score
6.33
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Makeover for our India Pale Ale, which changes its name… and hops. Mistral and Aramis hops from Alsace are added to Cara, Munich and Pilsen malts from France to create a coppery beer with a malty body, with a fruity attack on the palate (aromas of citrus and white fruits) and spicy notes and herbaceous,
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6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
750ml bottle. Opalescent, dark amber colour with average to huge, frothy, slowly diminishing, moderately lacing, white head. Earthy, herbal-leafy hoppy aroma, caramel malty background, a touch of mint and woodruff, tobacco. Taste is slightly bitter, earthy, herbal-leafy hoppy, caramel malty basis with low residual sweetness, hints of mint, woodruff, a touch of tobacco.
Oily texture, smooth and soft, minimally greasy, simultaneously slightly dry palate, medium to fine, dense, foamy, mildly prickly carbonation.
Quite earthy, quite oily - OK.
Oily texture, smooth and soft, minimally greasy, simultaneously slightly dry palate, medium to fine, dense, foamy, mildly prickly carbonation.
Quite earthy, quite oily - OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2026
at 19:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks Fred for this bottle coming from go go drink, Lancy. On my personal view, this ipa on the American way that it is not a French creation of the heart of the wine country was good, rather dry, watery with decent notes of hops, dry malt, 10.05.21, rating it at home, Epalinges.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2025
at 10:09
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Color: Hazy amber, off-white head. Aroma: Hop pallets. Taste: Harsh hop pallets, some citrus fruit and stone fruit. Moderate sweet, harsh medium bitterness. Medium body, just below average carbonation. Mwah. A bit like eating hop pellets.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2025
at 14:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating - A 330ml bottle from Dunnell's in Jersey. It pours a dark amber with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, citrus, grass, spices & malt. Medium bitter finish. Reasonable IPA
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2025
at 19:28
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 5
Overall 4
440ml can. Misty gold pour, white head. Aroma of a prickly hop bitternerss. Largely bitter hops is the order of the day, without much character to them, certainly no fruitiness. Not great.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Apr 2025
at 09:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso viene attratto dal luppolo. La finezza olfattiva è elevata e il modo in cui permane è sufficiente. Il manto birroso superiore resiste abbastanza. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. Il liquido è di apparenza velata. Il colore è ambrato. Il corpo è pieno. L'amaro è deciso. La forza gustativa è elevata e la persistenza è buona. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano luppolate. Il finale è amarognolo. Il retrogusto è intenso. L'aroma in bocca porta i segni di caramello, miele, frutta secca, luppolo, resina, agrumi e spezie.
Tried
on 17 Feb 2025
at 11:39
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottled 330ml. -from Geant Albertville. Unclear golden coloured, medium sized off-white head, light oxidation in the nose. Caramel, oxidation, light fruity and weak oranges with dusty finish. BBE 11/2025.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2025
at 01:21
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at the Ben Burrows memorial virtual bottle share. Cheers Grumbo. Aroma of caramel, malt, biscuit, grassy and floral. Malt caramel biscuit finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2025
at 11:08
6.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2024
at 21:17
6/10
Tried
on 03 Apr 2023
at 20:11