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Brasserie Ninkasi - Bière de Noël

Bière Scottish Ale|Sparkling wine

3.5/5 (20 customers)

With an alcohol content of 7% and a distinctively malty character, the Christmas Beer offers aromas of baked bread, fruit (prunes), and licorice on the nose, enhanced on the palate by a sweet flavor. Its bitterness is moderate, and its hop aromas are subtle.

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Estate

Brasserie Ninkasi

Vintage

Noël

Designation

Bière Scottish Ale

Region

France

Grape varieties

Malts : Pilsen, Cara, Munich, Malt Café et Black Malt Houblons : Galena (USA) et Tradition (DE)

Winemaking

Top-fermented, with no added artificial colors or flavors. Unpasteurized beer

Alcohol content

Eye

brown

Nose

aromas of freshly baked bread, prunes, and licorice

Palate

sweet flavor, moderate bitterness, light hop notes

Serve

at 4-8°C

Drink from

2017

Drink before

2018

Food and wine pairings

It pairs well with turkey with chestnuts, foie gras, game in sauce, and tarte tatin

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Guide Hachette des Bières

Rated brewery (2018 guide) Award-winning beers (This brewery’s beers are regularly recognized by the guide)

About the estate:

Christophe Fargier trained in the United States in the early 1990s and opened Ninkasi in Lyon’s Gerland neighborhood in 1997. His concept was unique in France: combining a brewery with a bar-restaurant that also hosted concerts. As the brewery became too small, everyone moved to Tarare, settling in a former dye works with an Eiffel-style steel frame. In 2016, Lyon had seven Ninkasi bar-restaurants, which carry on the city’s rich brewing tradition. All beers are top-fermented, contain no artificial colors or flavors, and are unpasteurized.

Customer rating

3.5/5

based on 20 reviews