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In 2003, Tony Traen, took over Kapel van Viven from Willy De Lobel (the founder of Kapel van Viven) Since then, chapel of Viven has undergone several changes: a brand new look, an improved recipe for the Monastery of Viven and a new name. Chapel and Monastry of Viven were baptized Viven Blond and Viven Brown.
The idea to apply our Flemish brewing art to non-Flemish beers haunted Tony and together with Dirk Naudts (owner of the Proef brewery), he developed the recipes of the promising Viven Ale, Viven Porter, Viven Imperial IPA and Viven Master IPA. These exceptional beers, that would truly tempt any beer connoisseur, have been successfully launched onto the beer market in 2010, making them accessible to a wider audience of beer lovers.
For Tony and Krystle Traen, the driving forces behind the brewery, Viven has been a passion for over twenty years.
Krystle, one of the few female brewers in Belgium, is responsible for the taste of the different beers in the range. She composes the recipes and brews the first test batches in the kettles in Damme. When a new beer is tasted and approved by Krystle, the production moves to the Proefbrouwerij in Lochristi to be able to brew higher volumes. Tony is responsible for the administration, transport and sales. He started the Viven story, more than twenty years ago, in the little town of Vivenkapelle and turned it into an international brand.
The idea to apply our Flemish brewing art to non-Flemish beers haunted Tony and together with Dirk Naudts (owner of the Proef brewery), he developed the recipes of the promising Viven Ale, Viven Porter, Viven Imperial IPA and Viven Master IPA. These exceptional beers, that would truly tempt any beer connoisseur, have been successfully launched onto the beer market in 2010, making them accessible to a wider audience of beer lovers.
For Tony and Krystle Traen, the driving forces behind the brewery, Viven has been a passion for over twenty years.
Krystle, one of the few female brewers in Belgium, is responsible for the taste of the different beers in the range. She composes the recipes and brews the first test batches in the kettles in Damme. When a new beer is tasted and approved by Krystle, the production moves to the Proefbrouwerij in Lochristi to be able to brew higher volumes. Tony is responsible for the administration, transport and sales. He started the Viven story, more than twenty years ago, in the little town of Vivenkapelle and turned it into an international brand.
7/10
Tried
on 22 May 2016
at 18:04
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Farmhouse Tap and Grill.
This ended up being poured into a flared tulip.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a thin white foamy coated head. Dissipated at a nice pace. Filmy milky looking lace glossed the sides of the glass in a level coated fashion.
The smell started off with some sweet to roasty to meaty smooth creaminess up front. Light vanilla enters in as it warms to balance.
The taste was exceptionally smooth and sweet with a stellar amount of a creamy aftertaste and wet finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a creamy to silky smooth feel sliding on my tongue. Nice and sessionable, ABV seems to barely hit.
Overall, smoked porter, definitely and I would love to have again.
This ended up being poured into a flared tulip.
The appearance was a dark brown close to black color with a thin white foamy coated head. Dissipated at a nice pace. Filmy milky looking lace glossed the sides of the glass in a level coated fashion.
The smell started off with some sweet to roasty to meaty smooth creaminess up front. Light vanilla enters in as it warms to balance.
The taste was exceptionally smooth and sweet with a stellar amount of a creamy aftertaste and wet finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a creamy to silky smooth feel sliding on my tongue. Nice and sessionable, ABV seems to barely hit.
Overall, smoked porter, definitely and I would love to have again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2016
at 11:47
6/10
Przeklejka oceny dla piw ocenionych na RB przed zalozeniem konta UT :)
Tried
on 31 Mar 2016
at 12:52
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled 330ml. -courtey of and shared with Domagoj from Pivoteka. Dark golden/amber coloured, medium to big sized off-white head, alcohol and malt in the nose. Sweet malty, light caramel, fruity hoppy, alcohol and touch of spices with rather short sweetish finish. Poor DIPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2016
at 16:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Hazy with some floaters, orange amber colour, white foam head leaving lacing and fruity apricot, woody pine, hop aroma. Taste is malt caramel, grain, sweetish, with citrus, pine, woody, earthy hop bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy bitter finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2016
at 16:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
7th Feb 2016: 33cl bottle in Brugge. Amber pour with a white topping. Where were the hops? Decent enough beer, but this has a malt lead and finish, very little hop action for an IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2016
at 21:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Cambrinus, Brugge, Belgium. A hazy straw coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, malty, tropical fruit aroma. Tastes hoppy, malty, tropical fruit, peach. A nice take on a Belgian style IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Feb 2016
at 13:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
F: big, lasting, pale brownish,. C: reddish to brown, opaque, hazy. A: little cocoa, little coffee, hint of vinous, caramel, dark fruit. T: syrupy sweet, caramel, brown sugar, little cacao, hint of dark cherries, plums, mocha, medium body, a little dry finish, good carbonated, ABV on the bottle 7,5%, good Dubbel anyway, 0,33l bottle from beer festival in February in Brugge.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2016
at 13:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
F: big, frothy, off-white, good retention. C: dark orange to dark amber, hazy, small and bigger particles floating in, opaque. A: nice hops aroma, lemon, grape-fruit, resin, tangerine, pineapple, pine, hint of earthy, caramel, malt, yeast. T: not so offensive hoppy taste, lemon, grape-fruit, pine resinous, pineapple, some toffee, caramel, hint of candy sugar, good sticky bitterness on the palate, full-bodied, good carbonated, very good balanced bitter sweet stuff of this style, has clear Belgium beer features well joined together with IPA style, worth to try, 0,33l bottle from beer festival in February in Brugge
Tried
from Can
on 09 Feb 2016
at 14:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught at BBF. Lacing, medium thick, snow white head, hazy peach blonde robe. Aromatic citrusy hops in the nose with hints of pink grapefruit flesh, tangelo and perhaps a faraway cry of pine needle, white bread, peach. Soft fruity onset, pineapple, apricot, vague sourish hint, medium carbo, smooth and light caramelly malt sweetishness, aromatic C-hops again retronasally, drying a bit but only softly bittering, fruitiness and malt sweetness continuing. A Belgian IPA on the softer, aromatic side rather than deeply bittering, but fragrant, elegant and quenching.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2016
at 13:08