Escoffier

Brewery Vivant in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

Collab with: New Belgium Brewing Company
Sour / Wild Beer Special Out of Production

Score

7.05

ABV: 9.3%

IBU: -

Ticks: 14

Escoffier is our much heralded collaboration with New Belgium Brewing in Ft. Collins, CO. Coinciding with their entry into Michigan in August 2012, this project began with a friendly meeting at our pub. After a few beers and some food, the idea to brew a beer together started to take shape. Surprise! Auguste Escoffier is considered the master chef of the 20th century. His ideas and methods left an indellible imprint on the culinary world, and are still in use to this very day. We named our beer ’Escoffier’ to celebrate the relationship between great food and excellent beer, and how they elevate each other when enjoyed together. If you’ve ever visited our pub, this is the cornerstone of what we try to accomplish. Will we make it again? Only the ghost of old Escoffier knows.

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6.9

Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Escoffier from Brewery Vivant 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16oz can pours out a orange topped with a small head. Nose is apples some earthy funk and a little grass. Taste is more of the nice apple forward notes a good sour funk note.

Tried from Can on 12 Sep 2018 at 00:15

6.8

Weihenweizen (7385) reviewed Escoffier from Brewery Vivant 8 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Refrigerated 0.5 L brown bottle poured into a cup. Clear amber with small beige head, medium body, low carbonation, and a little lacing. Taste is caramel and tart fruit.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Nov 2017 at 17:02

7.6

bhensonb (22605) reviewed Escoffier from Brewery Vivant 12 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can shared by Ken at Capitol Beer. Pours amber with little head. Nice sour fruit aroma. Near med body. Flavor is sour, berry, malty. Not extreme, but very tasty. Nice, pleasant, moderately sour finish.

Tried from Can on 01 Apr 2013 at 17:10

7.4

AdamChandler (5745) reviewed Escoffier from Brewery Vivant 13 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Sour beer in a can? WHAT?!?! Buddy in Michigan sent me 3 cans from this brewery. Never heard of them before. Enjoyed at 60F in a wine glass.

A - Very bright amber appearance. Nice 3 finger solid white head.

S - Currants and some ropey notes on the nose. Some lacto funk but it could just be a fruitiness.

T - Really nice tartness in this beer. More currants and cherries with some pineapple and honey / tart finish.

M - Medium body, very nice carbonation

O - Yeah, sour beer from a can at 9.25%..not exactly sure how to deal with this. It’s interesting, not boozy and nice and fruity.

Tried from Can on 08 Feb 2013 at 15:06

6.9

theisti (5540) reviewed Escoffier from Brewery Vivant 13 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

16 oz tallboy can shared by beastiefan2k. The pour is a clear golden amber, with a 1/2 inch light tan head that falls pretty quick. The aroma is some ripe apple skin, some cattiness, and then a general Brett sharpness overriding all of that, particularly pronounced as the beer warms. The taste is grass, straw, light malt sweetness, then bright Brett sharpness, along with the apple skin catty tartness of the nose. Bright active flavors, a touch on the sharp side. The palate is medium to light bodied, soft light carbonation, and a huge aftertaste of the Brett. Bit heavy handed on the Brett for my liking, though very cool to have a Brett beer in a can. Thanks for sharing this one Eugene.

Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2013 at 07:26

7.2

solidfunk (21946) reviewed Escoffier from Brewery Vivant 13 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Good surprise. Golden pour with nice brett presence. Aroma has good floral hops and some mash malt. Leave a bit of sour, a bit of sweet. Medium carbonation. Nice. On tap at Hopcat.

Tried from Draft on 19 Jan 2013 at 19:58

LeninCat (7983) reviewed Escoffier from Brewery Vivant 13 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Can @ home, courtesy of TheAlum. Thanks Adam! Pours a clear burnt orange appearance with a cream colored head. Tangy dark berry, slightly acetic, a bit funky, vinous aroma. Tart, grape drank, vinous, raisin, plum, somewhat funky flavor. Eh, ok, but this isn’t meshing well with my night of drinking old canned beers.

Tried from Can on 14 Jan 2013 at 21:34

6.4

Silphium (4308) reviewed Escoffier from Brewery Vivant 13 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draft at Crunchy’s, East Lansing. Medium to dark, slightly hazy orange body, thin/medium off-white head. Sour nose, wispy and thin with tart fruits and nuts. Thin body with sugars, some tart (but not puckering) indistinct fruits, toast, spice, and warming alcohol in the finish; sharp. Had some champagne/sparkling grape juice qualities, neither very sweet nor very sour. Tastes like a winter beer. Warming.

Tried from Draft on 28 Nov 2012 at 16:54

6.5

deyholla (22727) reviewed Escoffier from Brewery Vivant 13 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

On tap at fountainhead. Pours a clear amber with a tan head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of sour acidic fruit with a bit of underlying funk. Flavor has more of a syrupy sour fruit note with a hint of acid and underlying barnyard notes.

Tried from Draft on 24 Nov 2012 at 15:06

7.3

Travlr (30173) reviewed Escoffier from Brewery Vivant 13 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draft. Clear deep golden color, white edge head. Aroma of lemon peel. Taste is softly sour, sourdough bread and citrus.

Tried from Draft on 09 Nov 2012 at 05:54