Ninkasi

Microbrewery in Tarare, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France 🇫🇷
Associated with 28 Venues

Established in 1997

Contact
7 rue Paris, Tarare, 69170, France
Description
Initiated by 3 young graduates, the Ninkasi was born from a simple idea: to implant the concept of American micro-breweries in France. This project was completed in 1997 and takes place in Lyon, on the Gerland site. In 2012, the factory moved 50km from Lyon, to Tarare more precisely (1 avenue Edouard Herriot). The new playground for our brewers has a capacity of 5,000 liters per brew (i.e. 23,000 HL / year). In 2023, Ninkasi moved to its new brewery, still in Tarare.

Note: The original Gerland location closed for works until 2027.

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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
At brewpub: pours pale yellow with a white head. Aroma is fruity and even a bit funky. Taste is a bit sweet. Nice and spicy. Probably the best one i had there.
Tried on 21 Mar 2015 at 09:44

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
At one of the pubs: pours orange with a white head. Aroma is bubblegum and a bit of spice. Taste is sweet and full of the gum. Not bad, but not particularly interessant.
Tried on 21 Mar 2015 at 09:22

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Brewpub: pours copper to amber with a white head. Aroma is caramel and light fruit. Taste is slightly bitter. Not very sweet. Pretty well balanced. Not bad.
Tried on 21 Mar 2015 at 08:47

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Bottle from Terre de Boissons Calais and drunk at home. Black beer with thick tan head. Some dark syrup flavour. Some molasses, bit oily, some dryness on the finish. Lots of dark syrup flavour. Oddish but ok.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Dec 2014 at 13:50

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Light bronze, med head, big old school grapefruit and pine nose. Similar palate, nice, basic IPA.
Tried on 15 Sep 2014 at 10:44

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle @ Ungstrup. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy caramel aroma. Sweetish malty spicy caramel flavor with weak hints of dark fruit. Has a sweetish malty spicy caramel finish.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2014 at 13:04

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
75 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden amber with a small off white head. Aroma is fruityand toasted malty. Mild citric and light fruity. Lingering fruity, smooth and cirisp fruity. Mellow. Mild citricand fruity finish.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Feb 2014 at 09:16

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
cloudy brown ,small white head. aroma is malty ,slightly spicy, wood, faint fruity note. pretty tight, quite nice. flavor is fruity, citrussy, not verybarly wine like, perhaps the fruityness is from wood?.
Tried on 08 Feb 2014 at 10:12

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottled. A hazy red beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of caramel, straw, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of alcohol, caramel, malt, and over ripe fruits, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Feb 2014 at 09:33

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Draft. A deepmred beer with a thin tan head. The aroma has strong spicy notes of cinnamon and cloves, as well as medium notes of chestnuts and bread. The flavor is very sweet with notes of cloves, cinnamon, and chestnuts, leading to a spicy finish.
Tried from Draft on 12 Dec 2013 at 13:24