Brewery Vivant
Microbrewery
in
Grand Rapids,
Michigan,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Brewery Vivant
Established in 2010
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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 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Light bourbon, milk caramel malt, and grass aroma. Amber with moderate light tan head and mild effervescence. Sweet raisin, cherry, vanilla caramel, biscuit malt and light alcohol flavor. Very sweet - on the edge of being cloying. Pleasant.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Feb 2015
at 13:54
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Can. Pale golden body with a frothy, white head, diminishing. Aroma of sour kraut, vegetables, toasted grain, raw grain. The flavor is lightly to moderately sweet, lightly bitter and lightly acidic. It finishes lightly sweet, lightly bitter and moderately acidic. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Not a lot of good things I can say about this particular can of beer. Off-flavors, raw, dusty grain, muddled.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Feb 2015
at 11:40
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Can. Deep gold/amber body. Frothy white head, rapidly diminishing. Light aroma of spice and raw grain. Whisper of citrus and straw. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. I finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. Either the Belgian yeast and American hops are clashing or the beer was slightly infected (likely), but there’s a vinegar aftertaste that is off-putting. Other than that, you’ll find clove and a light raw vegetable taste.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Feb 2015
at 11:31
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 1/6/2015. Pours fairly hazy bright golden color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big lemon, pear, apple, orange peel, light banana, cardamom, clove, pepper, wheat, bread, herbal, grass, light bubblegum, and yeast/herbal spice earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/earthy yeast, spices, and bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big lemon, pear, apple, orange peel, light banana, cardamom, clove, pepper, wheat, bread, herbal, grass, light bubblegum, and yeast/herbal spice earthiness. Fair amount of herbal/yeast spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, pear, apple, orange peel, light banana, cardamom, clove, pepper, wheat, bread, light bubblegum, and yeast/herbal spice earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice complexity, balance, and robustness of fruity/earthy yeast, spices, and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/yeast/spice balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, crisp, and lightly sticky/bready mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is an excellent witbier style. All around great robustness, complexity, and balance of fruity/earthy yeast, spices, and bready malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Feb 2015
at 21:25
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
22oz can thanks to Willrunforbeer. Deep brown color with thin lasting head. Aroma is a rye type grain, coffee grounds, rye malt and old rye.
Flavor is about the same as the aroma sadly. Thin watery, mineral note with a off putting sour rye character. The yeast is not enjoyable at all. Just plain sour rye and a odd Belgian spice note. Will not drink this again.
Flavor is about the same as the aroma sadly. Thin watery, mineral note with a off putting sour rye character. The yeast is not enjoyable at all. Just plain sour rye and a odd Belgian spice note. Will not drink this again.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jan 2015
at 23:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Refrigerated16oz. aluminum cans poured into a tulip. Black with medium light brown head. Aroma is dark fruit, medium body, well carbonated, and medium-bubble lacing. Taste is dark malt, roasty, some coffee, a little chocolate, and hints of dark fruit. Quite a bit of stout characteristics in the taste.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2015
at 20:27
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Purchased at Bottles and Cans in Chicago, IL; enjoyed at home towards the end of January. This one looks like cough syrup, but is pretty good. Appearance is a mixture of cola brown and light purple(?) with an off white rim. Aroma of bourbon, sweet candy, caramel, and vanilla. Taste goes down sweet and sugary with bourbon and oak notes, along with vanilla. For the style can’t say this is my favorite, it’s more toward middle ground. I don’t think it was worth the price.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2015
at 17:33
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Can: Black, with a small, creamy, dark tan head. Smoke, chocolate, molasses aroma. Black cherry, chocolate, flavour. Thick, rich, sweet,...very fruity... Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jan 2015
at 19:12
7/10
Good but mello wit
Tried
on 23 Jan 2015
at 15:15
8/10
tastes like a blend. Good though
Tried
on 23 Jan 2015
at 14:58