Noire
Ninkasi in Tarare, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 🇫🇷
Porter Regular|
Score
6.65
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Sweet and smooth porter from Lyon. Ninkasi Noire is a sweet , smooth beer, with aromas of caramel and chocolate. This beer is inspired by an old brown beer, brewed in the 19th century Lyon and known throughout France. At the time, the town had numerous breweries, but they gradually disappeared with the arrival of the industrial era. The use of coffee and caramel malts give it its unique aroma. Assuredly a typical Lyonnais beer.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Old rating - A 330ml bottle from Dunell's in Jersey. ABV is 5.1. Pours a very dark burgundy with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of chocolate, coffee, dark fruits, brown sugar, yeast, raisins, caramel, liquorice, nutty, slightly sour with sweet malt. Medium body. Slightly bitter finish. Highly enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2025
at 10:02
01/07/2005. NINKASI ALE HOUSE, 267 Rue Marcel Merieux, LYON, Rhône-Alpes, France
Tried
on 30 Mar 2023
at 09:41
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 7
18/12/2020. Bottle from Beer52, 5.1% abv, as Ninkasi Noire. Pours dark brown with a small frothy off-white to beige head. Aroma of milk chocolate, dark fruit, berries, cocoa, damson, blackberry and plum jam. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Moderate body, texture a bit watery, and quite fizzy. Body and fizz makes it a little less appealing but enjoyable otherwise.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2020
at 11:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from a French supermarket - many thanks, Anke! Pours hazy black with a big, tan head (gusher). Aroma of dried fig, prune, liquorice, chocolate powder, toffee, liqueur. Taste has sweet fig, prune, vague red apple, chocolatey malty body with herbal & spicy liquorice underneath, low toasty bitterness. Earthy-peppery hoppy finish, more toast & dried fruit. Medium body, creamy texture, average carbonation. Not spot-on but enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2020
at 13:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33cl bottle (6%) from Beerwulf webshop. F: huge, tanned, long lasting. C: black, opaque. A: sweet dark malts, bit chocolate, mellow dark fruits, dark bread, dried fruits. T: medium malty base, roasted tones, fresh dark bread crust, bit cocoa, dark fruity, dry on the palate, too much bready roasted tones for me yet not bad, enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2020
at 18:19
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[33cl bottle from Beer52 at 5.1% ABV.] An opaque, dark brown pour with a thin beige head; earthy aroma; very sweet taste with roasted barley and red berry fruit; then a drier finish with a touch of bitterness and some warmth. A pleasant dark beer - not sure if it's a stout or a black IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2020
at 18:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
33cl bottle; BB Apr 2021. Poured into a thistle shaped glass at home on 19th Feb 2020. Fast fading head to nothing, the body deep mahogany colour. Dark fruits and red wine in the nose, dark fruits and chocolate in the taste. Really enjoyed the aroma and flavours, pity about the no show of a head.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2020
at 20:55
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Fles 33cl thuis gedeeld. 6%. Zurig, pruim, rozijn, bes, fruitig, wat koffietonen, chocolade, licht roasted malts, bittertje na. Apart. (7-2-2020).
Tried
on 07 Feb 2020
at 17:11
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Creamy tan head stayed on dark mahogany coloured still body. Malt aroma. Medium to full bodied, creamy on the palate with a lighter clean back. Chocolate, berries, lactose, nutty & sweet fruit with tangy citrus finish.
Earlier Rating: 1/22/2020 Total Score: 3.6
Creamy tan head stayed on dark mahogany coloured still body. Malt aroma. Medium to full bodied, creamy on the palate with lighter clean back. Chocolate, berries, lactose, nutty & sweet fruit with tangy citrus finish. Nice - Easy going.
Earlier Rating: 1/22/2020 Total Score: 3.6
Creamy tan head stayed on dark mahogany coloured still body. Malt aroma. Medium to full bodied, creamy on the palate with lighter clean back. Chocolate, berries, lactose, nutty & sweet fruit with tangy citrus finish. Nice - Easy going.
Tried
on 03 Feb 2020
at 22:00
7/10
Bottle from Beer52. Cola colour with a deep coloured head. Aroma molasses and burnt muscavado sugar. Taste slight citrus fruity sweet to bittersweet. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2020
at 19:50