Brewery Vivant
Microbrewery
in
Grand Rapids,
Michigan,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Brewery Vivant
Established in 2010
Contact
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Description
Visit the world’s first LEED certified microbrewery housed in a refurbished historic funeral home in the East Hills neighborhood. Live the Bon Vivant with neighbors, brewers, and monks alike enjoying rustic farmhouse inspired beers alongside European inspired cooking from our scratch-kitchen.
We are excited to share our passion for beer, food and sustainability with you. Much of the inspiration behind Vivant comes from the small breweries that dot the countryside in Southern Belgium and Northern France. Often, those breweries are true beer artisans who are also an integral part of their community. They experiment with unique yeasts and local ingredients, always with an artistic eye to their creations. Sourcing ingredients locally makes their beer pair exceptionally well with a meal of locally sourced produce, meats, and cheeses. Brewery Vivant promotes living the good life by brewing farmhouse inspired beer, serving a from-scratch menu, and building a sustainable community one beer at a time.
We are excited to share our passion for beer, food and sustainability with you. Much of the inspiration behind Vivant comes from the small breweries that dot the countryside in Southern Belgium and Northern France. Often, those breweries are true beer artisans who are also an integral part of their community. They experiment with unique yeasts and local ingredients, always with an artistic eye to their creations. Sourcing ingredients locally makes their beer pair exceptionally well with a meal of locally sourced produce, meats, and cheeses. Brewery Vivant promotes living the good life by brewing farmhouse inspired beer, serving a from-scratch menu, and building a sustainable community one beer at a time.
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can thanks to Russell. Pours a cloudy amber with small off white head. The aroma is bready malt, toffee, raisin. Medium mouth with similar flavors to nose, light, ok.
Tried
from Can
on 22 May 2016
at 18:26
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can sampled @ Hopishop #3. Clear golden with no head. Nose is weird, oily metallic dull corn, sugar, white sugar, hay sweet grains. Taste is dull metallic oily corn, touch of butter, white sugar, apple, oily grains. Oily, soft carbonation, touch of butter. Wow this one is weak, almost flirting with pale lager territory notes. Weak man.
Tried
from Can
on 08 May 2016
at 01:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Rich slightly hazy golden and copper coloured body with a nice fast-dying tan head, about 3 centimetres tall. Aroma of belgian yeast, spices, pungent malt, cleanser, pine, resin and a good dose of deep fruit. Meidum-bodied; Strong piney and resinous flavour with a large hop bitterness, some subdued belgian spiciness from the yeast and a good malt flavour that is on the edge of bitter. Aftertaste shows a well-rounded flavour of a lot of hops, some light malt and a good deal of the belgian yeast strain. Overall, a well-balanced beer that hits the right notes, but just not as good as others in this style, especially with the yeast chosen here - the hops are nice here, but simply not as complex as I would have preferred! I sampled this sixteen ounce can purchased from Merchant’s in Dearborn, Michigan on 24-July-2015 for US$2,99 sampled at home in Washington after the Red Wings were eliminated from the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs earlier this weekend on 24-April-2016.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Apr 2016
at 01:02
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. (10-8-15) Brown body with short, off-white head. Aroma of roasted malts, cherry, chocolate, light mustiness, oak. The flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter and lightly acidic. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet, lightly bitter and lightly to moderately acidic. Thin to medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Tart, oakey finish mixed with some earthy funkiness.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Mar 2016
at 15:14
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draft. Deep amber body. Frothy white head. Aroma of citrus, biscuit, orange, vinegar. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Taste of caramel, citrus. Tartness in the finish along with some vinegar and dusty grain notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Feb 2016
at 15:42
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at bottle share clear Amber soapy clinging white lacing big candy caramelly sweetness. Modest Belgian yeast flavors. Smooth and sweet.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Feb 2016
at 20:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Darrell. Quad in a can! Slick and slippery, raisins, caramel, toffee. Sticky, sweet finish.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Feb 2016
at 20:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can, thanks Darrel. Beautiful garnet pour, no head. Nose is sweet... Very sweet. Red licorice. Big time sweet taste, but manageable. Bourbon and vanilla. Faint fruity and yeast.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Feb 2016
at 20:38
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16oz can thanks to darrel. pours out caramel color topped with a small sand head. nose is lots of pit fruit lots of barrel and sweetness. taste is more of the heavy sweetness vanilla roast pit fruit notes and lots of rich malts.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Feb 2016
at 20:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Deep dark brown coloured body with a thin tan head that fades relatively fast. Aroma of bread, yeast, light spices, grain and a lot of caramel - very strong. Medium to Full-bodied; Assertive effervescence; Strong malt flavours with a big yeast and breadie flavour with some sugars and a touch of peat and some dry grass as well. Aftertaste is a touch creamy with some lactose, along with a herbal element, but a lot of roasted malt as well. Overall, a nice dark belgie with some interesting/new world/american characteristics with a solid complexity from yeast. Worth trying if you can find it, but not really worth searching high and low for! I sampled this 50 cL can purchased from Siciliano’s in Grand Rapids, Michigan on 11-September-2015 for US$2,69 sampled at home in Washington on 29-January-2016.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jan 2016
at 00:32