Brewery Vivant

Microbrewery in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Brewery Vivant

Established in 2010

Contact
925 Cherry St SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49506, United States
Subsidiaries
Brewery Vivant owns 1 brewery:
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.

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7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft at the brewpub. Murky opaque deep brown-black body, thin beige head. Meaty, roasty, smoky nose. Lots of chocolate and smoked malt in the body; dense, sweet, and smoky. Vinous with prickly, sharp carbonation. Chewy and tasty. The pepper lends a subtle heat. Quite good.
Tried from Draft on 26 Dec 2013 at 13:33

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draft at the brewpub. Hazy straw body, thin clumping off-white head. Very light peachy nose with herbal hops notes opening up with warmth. Bitter, soapy, rindy body, peppery and floral/spicy. Decent but too bitter for a session beer.
Tried from Draft on 26 Dec 2013 at 12:56

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can sample courtesy of JPDurden24. It pours with a nice and dark body that supports a tan head of foam. The aroma offers up dark roasted malts, earthy malts, Belgian candi sugar, chocolate and then some date smelling dark fruity esters. The taste delivers Belgian candi sugar sweetness, chocolate, malt sweetened dark roasted malts, a mild level of Belgian yeasty spiciness and then some brown sugar rounding the experience out. Solid tasting Impy where the chocolate and Belgo notes are going very well together.
Tried from Can on 21 Dec 2013 at 17:51

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Can @ yespr. Pours a slightly hazy orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter grapefruit finish.
Tried from Can on 13 Dec 2013 at 13:10

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass; no canning date, but was released recently. Pours dense pitch black color with a 1 finger fairly dense dark brown head with decent retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of dark chocolate, cocoa, roasted malt, toast, toffee, molasses, raisin, clove, pepper, light coffee, light banana, light char, and roasted/yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good complexity and balance of roasted malt and yeast ester notes; with good strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, roasted malt, toast, molasses, toffee, dark bread, clove, raisin, pear, light banana, light char, light pepper, and roasted/yeast earthiness. Lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, roasted malt, toast, molasses, toffee, dark bread, clove, raisin, light char, and roasted/yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of roasted malt and yeast ester flavors; with zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a very creamy, slick, and lightly chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a light warming present after the finish. Overall this is an excellent Belgian imperial stout. All around great complexity, balance, and robustness of roasted malt and moderate yeast ester flavors; and very smooth to sip on for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried from Can on 10 Dec 2013 at 19:53

4.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
A 9% saison?!?!?! dark cloudy orange. Smells like BBQ potato chips. Salty, spicy with a bit of citric acid and potatoes. Taste is loaded with flavor, lots of adjuncts and a minor booziness. The peppercorn overwhelms everything else sadly. Falls short at the finish. couldn’t get through the can sadly.
Tried from Can on 06 Dec 2013 at 15:13

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Pale yellow 1 finger creamy head. Nose is loaded with Saaz hops, a touch of pine needle and spicy french saison yeast. Hmmmm. Quite watery, a lot more spicy than I’d prefer a saison to be and slightly astringent at the finish. Falls short..maybe it’s to style but it would go well with a burger or a camping trip but I wouldn’t buy again. sorry guys.
Tried on 06 Dec 2013 at 15:10

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
16 oz. can from Binny’s, Lincoln Park, Chicago. Hazy amber color showing zero head retenetion after the pour. Nose and taste is much like a Belgian pale. Nose is a solid amount of dried fruits and pale malt sweetness. Also lots of orange zest. Orange peel/ zest is upfront in the flavor with dried fruit and sweet grain in the center of the beer. Fruit reenters with palate with light mild pepper in the finish. Medium body leaning on yeasty thickness. The only thing that distract me from this beer is a light lingering sourness that makes me question the freshness of the beer. And of course yet again, no bottle on or born on date, so no way to really know with doing a ton of brewery research. Anyhow… over all good, not great. This is a much better example than this brewery’s Farm Hands Saison I had directly in front of this.
Tried from Can on 05 Dec 2013 at 17:48

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
16 oz. can from Binny’s, Lincoln Park. Seriously cloudy gold color with thin head in the snifter. Nose is lots of grassy hops and wheat. Flavor is mild with some yeast, mild spice and tart lemons. The body is light and flimsy. Texture is dry with a grassy finish. Not much Belgian character. This is a grocery store beer, drinkable but don’t buy a whole 4 pack of it.
Tried from Can on 05 Dec 2013 at 17:46

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can. AN amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of citrusy hops, maæt, and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw, malt, caramel, and alcohol, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried from Can on 03 Dec 2013 at 12:02