Ninkasi
Microbrewery
in
Tarare,
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,
France 🇫🇷
Associated with 28 Venues
Established in 1997
Contact
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.
Note: The original Gerland location closed for works until 2027.
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
From tap at brewpub. Pours clear and golden amber to deep orange with a small off-white head. Aroma is raspberry citrusy fruity. Sweet flavoured, light sulphorish and mild citric. Vague smoke accent. Lingering sweet fruity and persisting sulphorish. Strange due to the sulphorish note - although with hints of a good fruit beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Sep 2009
at 19:47
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap at brewpub. Pours cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild wheaty and slight spiced. Dry wheaty, mild orange fruity estery flavoured and solid coriander spiced. Dry spiced and wheaty flavoured finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Sep 2009
at 19:46
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of Ungstrup. Hazy amber golden with an off-white head. Tart, citrusy nose. Medium body, distinctly tart and citrusy. No real IPA bitterness though. 210809
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2009
at 15:36
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle, 6%. Distinct fruit aroma. Quite papery. Cloudy orange colour. The flavour is quite citric. Has some lemon in the aftertaste. Quite a lot, actually.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2009
at 06:00
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Botttle @ Danish Summer Gathering, 2009. Pours muddy golden with a small creamy white head and lacings. Dusty, fruity and hoppy. Tart and dusty. Medium and smooth palate.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2009
at 11:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cloudy orange with a lasting white head. Aroma of citrus and other fruits, with some yeasty notes. Dry and citrus hoppy flavour
Tried
on 24 Aug 2009
at 14:13
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
cloudy orange, smooth white head. nice fruity hoppy aroma. flavor is sourish, citrussy, infected or a real strange interpretation of ipa.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2009
at 09:54
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy amber with a medium white head. Sweet malty aroma with caramel and hoppy notes. Flavour was quite hoppy with malty and caramel notes. Finished bitter.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2009
at 20:43
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is spiced, yeasty and mild herbal. Bitter and citric flavoured with a mild herbal note. Bitter and citric. Bitter and slight citric infection flavoured finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2009
at 18:44
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Draft at the brewpub. A light golden beer with a thin white head. The aroma has notes of straw and fruit. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of fruit - peaches and lemons.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Aug 2009
at 16:24