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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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled. Dark amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is malts, hops, some caramel and raisins. Flavour is malts, plum, raisins and some caramel. Very acidic and sour.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2007 at 12:56

6.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Red-brown with a creamy off-white lasting head. Malt and toffee in the aroma. Malt dominated flavour with some bacteria tartness. Supposedly not meant to be that way, but I liked it a lot :)
Tried on 21 Aug 2007 at 10:28

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle (Alc. 5.1%) @ Chris_o shindig 2007. Unclear medium amber color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate yeasty, brown sugar, sour. Flavor is moderate sweet and light sour, with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2007 at 08:04

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle @ Chris_o shindig 2007. Clear medium amber brown color with a small, fizzy / creamy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, beige head. Aroma is vinegar / balsamico, sugar, dark malts. Flavor is moderate sweet and sour with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watey, carbonation is soft.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2007 at 04:41

4.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Bottle at Chris_o Shindig. Amber, cloudy, beige head. Slight sourness, boring malts. Dull.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2007 at 10:52

2/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 1 Flavor 1 Texture 4 Overall 2
Bottle at Chris_o Shindig. Some dark/reddish malts. It’s not Scottish. Red flemish sour. Vinegary. Pretty yuckish. God that’s terrible, with terrible candy sugar too. I think it was infected.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Aug 2007 at 10:39

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at London Gathering Nov 05. I must have quite liked this because I remember topping the tasting glass up from the bottle after I had finished it. Cloudy pale gold colour with very thin white head. NIce fragrant hop/citrus/yeast aromas. Bit oakey? Soft in mouth with good blanche lemon flavour and touch of woody yeast n the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2005 at 08:23

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Draught at the brewery
Black color. The aroma has very little of a beer, it’s pure Espresso coffee. Quite dry; strong coffee, burnt malt, caramel flavor with a touch of liquorice and light sourness, but too watery at the end. Extreme.
Tried on 11 Nov 2004 at 02:58

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Draught at the brewery
Red color. Quite nice fruity aroma (strawberry candies); but the body (fruity as well) is too thin and dry.
Tried from Can on 11 Nov 2004 at 02:56

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draught at the brewery
Dark amber color; nice head. An excellent brew, well malty (with caramel, strong bitterness, nuts..), good body structure, velvety; quite close to an Abbey Dubbel or English Strong Ale.
Tried on 11 Nov 2004 at 02:54