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Ninkasi

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France · Est. 1997

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A massive French craft institution operating seamlessly as a hybrid brewery, distillery, and live music venue network.

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Ninkasi IPA

Year-Round

American IPA

ABV6.5%
IBU60

Named for the Sumerian goddess of beer, whose hymn from around 1800 BC doubles as the oldest surviving beer recipe. Lyon's brewery took the oldest name in the trade.

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