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.
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can thanks to Jeremy! Pours opaque black, small tan head, creamy with good lacing. Aroma is roasty, ashtray, faint rubber, molasses. Flavor is very light tart; tangy, roasty, rich, cherries, a bit of herbal. Medium plus body, creamy mouthfeel.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Nov 2015
at 18:23
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Can. Pours a clear hazy gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of sweet grains with a bit of light fruits and a bit of flora. Flavor has a good amount of sweet grains and flora with a bit of light fruits.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Oct 2015
at 22:38
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 6
Can: Nearly clear, golden-yellow with a thin white head. Sweet orange, sticky fruit scent. Taste is sweet. orange malt, mildly peppered...just a touch of alcohol presence....not very funky, but still, pretty tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Oct 2015
at 09:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can thanks to my mom! Pours a clear red with a slight amber hue and a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of grain and bread supported pine and some bitter citrus. Flavor has sweet grains, light pine and citrus up front but finish has a nice sweet tropical fruit note.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Oct 2015
at 19:02
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Farmhouse, Chicago tap: pours orange with a white head. Aroma is winey with some smells resembling a sour ale and the residue is funk. Taste is a little sweet. Nice and tangy in its own right. A bit on the sweet side for sure. Lingering aftertaste.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Sep 2015
at 21:34
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can shared at a tasting. Clear red, large foamy white head, decent retention. Aroma of citrus, tropical fruit, caramel. The taste is tropical fruits, citrus, caramel, mild earth. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Sep 2015
at 21:51
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. Lactic lemon, peppercorn, and bready malt aroma. Medium yellow with small head. Sweet milky lemon, black pepper, and bready malt flavor. Light bitter herbal orange peel finish. Pleasant - strong pepper presence.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Sep 2015
at 17:37
6.5/10
Funky saison spiciness with the juices
Tried
on 11 Sep 2015
at 17:21
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Purchased at Bottles and Cans in Chicago, IL; enjoyed at home to kick off Labor Day weekend. Appearance is a murky dark brown with a thin brown head. Aroma of cherry and chocolate malt, not hoppy, dominated by malt. Taste is just OK, tastes kind of flat, cherry notes and chocolate. Nothing too crazy about this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2015
at 18:09
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
16 oz. can thanks to willrunforbeer, I guess I should hank him?? Color is a mostly clear yellow, bubbly head. Aroma starts very sugary with notes of artificial pineapple syrup. They us real fruit or extract???
Ok, I m not going to be negative with this rate but overall the fruit flavor seem artificial. Peach, mango and a syrupy sweet pineapple that makes me think extract. Cloying sweetness is borderline sicking. No sorry, could drink more then 1 oz. Not my type of brew at all.
Ok, I m not going to be negative with this rate but overall the fruit flavor seem artificial. Peach, mango and a syrupy sweet pineapple that makes me think extract. Cloying sweetness is borderline sicking. No sorry, could drink more then 1 oz. Not my type of brew at all.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Aug 2015
at 22:41