What beers does Ninkasi make?

Ninkasi makes 3 beers, including Ninkasi Ambrée, Ninkasi Blanche, Ninkasi Pale Ale.

Ninkasi

France · Regional · Known for American Amber Ale · WitbierWebsite

Known for American Amber Ale · Witbier

Founded in 1997 by Christophe Fargier in Lyon's Gerland district after training in American microbreweries in the early 1990s, Ninkasi is named after the Sumerian goddess of beer. France's most iconic craft brewery chain — reviving Lyon's great 19th-century brewing tradition. Now produces from a former dye factory in Tarare using soft water from the Beaujolais hills. Empire of 13 bar-restaurants across eastern France hosting 1,000+ live concerts per year.

3Beers

3Styles

5.3%Avg ABV

1997Founded

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Beers by Ninkasi

3 beers

Ninkasi Ambrée

American Amber Ale · 5.6%

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Ninkasi Blanche

Witbier · 4.6%

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Ninkasi Pale Ale

American Pale Ale · 5.6%

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Ninkasi brew across 3 style families.

Emerging signature · 3 beers

Amber 1Wheat Beer 1Pale Ale 1

Across these 3 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:

malty

2 of 3 beers

fruityevery beer

3 of 3 beers

citrusyevery beer

3 of 3 beers

hoppyevery beer

3 of 3 beers

With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Compared with 248 other breweries brewing American Amber Ale, Witbier and American Pale Ale:

Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

typical for American Amber Ale, Witbier and American Pale AleNinkasi

in no beersin every beer

fruity

in all 3 of their beers · typical American Amber Ale, Witbier and American Pale Ale brewery: 2 in 5

Notably more fruity than typical.

How we measure this

Two thresholds are at work here:

The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.

A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.

Brewery performance

How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.

Top 66%

average beer performance

beers in the Top 100

0 / 3

beers above the median

#4506

best ranked beer
Ninkasi Blanche

Their beers place in the Top 66% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.