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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6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

16 oz can from a trade with BrewJay. The pour is a clear golden with a noisy bubbly four inch slightly off white head. Falls quickly and thinly. The aroma is hay, herbal, sweet grass and warming alcohol. The taste is sharply sweet upfront, clove herbal close behind, medicinal and finishes with a weird mix of the sweet, the grass and booze. The clove of the yeast carries the long finish. The palate is medium to heavy bodied, foamy active carbonation and the yeast booze finish. These amped up Saisons are not really my thing; this beer was no exception. Regardless, thanks for this one Jay!

Tried from Can on 08 Nov 2013 at 11:32


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

16 fl oz can thanks to Ryan (not on ratebeer) who brought it from MI to Sweden. Sampled on October 22, 2013.Didn’t find a BB date on the can.Clear pale golden color, fluffy lasting off-white head. Salty, vinous, acidic, alcohol, spicy taste. Medium mouthfeel, to the full side, medium low bitterness. Spicy, orange, alcohol, sweet aftertaste. Sweet, spicy, alcohol, acidic scent.

Tried from Can on 23 Oct 2013 at 02:30


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Deep caramel and toffee coloured body with a nice two centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of alcohol, yeast, caramel, toffee and a good dose of light and earthy hops. Medium-bodied; Good strong yeast, barnyardie and earthy tastes at first with a dose of PNW hops, caramel and a light dough flavour behind. Aftertaste shows a nice blend of a belgie ale and an IPA with the hops coming out strong as well as a good deal of yeast. Overall, a nice flavour throughout with some good sweetness, a hint of earthiness and a lot of yeast complexity, all with the hops looming. I sampled this 50 cL can purchased from Merchant’s in Dearborn, Michigan on 02-August-2013 for US$4.29 sampled at home in Washington on 20-October-2013.

Tried from Can on 22 Oct 2013 at 13:01


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16 ounce can into tulip glass, no canning date. Pours moderately hazy deep ruby red color with a 2 finger fairly dense light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big cherry, raisin, prune, pear, caramel, candi sugar, pepper, clove, toast, light chocolate, herbal, brown sugar, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast and malt notes; with good strength. Taste of cherry, raisin, prune, pear, caramel, toast, pepper, clove, candi sugar, light chocolate, molasses, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Lingering notes of dark fruits, caramel, toast, clove, pepper, light chocolate, candi sugar, molasses, herbal, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast and dark malt flavors; with a good malt/spiciness balance and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, lightly slick, and slightly syrupy mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice Belgian dark ale! All around good balance, complexity, and robustness of fruity/spicy yeast and malt flavors; and very smooth to drink. A very enjoyable offering.

Tried from Can on 15 Oct 2013 at 20:40


9.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

16oz can recieved in a trade. Poured into a shaker. Pours a clear dark orange, almost amber, with a half finger of thick off-white head. Aroma of citrus hops and belgian yeast with a little toffee. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter. Loads of tropical citrus with belgian yeast and caramelized sugar. Full bodied with a thick texture. Lively carbonation and a super long finish. A bit boozy but the ABV is very well hidden for what it is. Overall, awesome. I could drink this every dary.

Tried from Can on 15 Oct 2013 at 17:00


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

On tap at Ashley’s. Pours a clear gold with a purple hue and a white head that dissipates completely. Aroma has a rich blueberry note with underlying sweet grains and cookies. Flavor is rich with sweet blue berry and sweet grains throughout.

Tried from Draft on 24 Sep 2013 at 18:55


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 10/27/2017. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy nearly opaque dark brown color with a 1-2 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big lighty tart red/black cherry, raspberry, raisin, plum, red/green apple, red grape, pepper, clove, hay, straw, grass, dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, and toasted dark bread; with lighter notes of nuttiness, musty funk, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/spicy/light funky yeast and roast/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big lighty tart red/black cherry, raspberry, raisin, plum, red/green apple, red grape, pepper, clove, hay, straw, grass, dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, and toasted dark bread; with lighter notes of nuttiness, musty funk, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate peppery yeast spiciness, herbal/roast bitterness, and slight tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart red/black cherry, raspberry, raisin, plum, red/green apple, red grape, pepper, clove, hay, straw, grass, dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toasted dark bread, light funk, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy/light funky yeast and roast/bready malt flavors; with a great roasted bitter/sweet and yeast spiciness balance; with zero acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from hop/roast bitterness, yeast spiciness, and tartness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly slick/sticky/chalky/acidic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 9.5%. Overall this is an excellent wild imperial stout. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy/light funky yeast and roast/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on for the big ABV, with the modestly bitter/spicy and lightly tart finish. This feels like a different beer than the one I had in 2013. I remember more lactic/vinegary notes, but this is just straight up Brett with balanced imperial stout flavors. A very enjoyable offering, no complaints.

Tried from Can on 22 Sep 2013 at 20:06


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

16 oz can poured to shaker. Dark, sweet, solid full bodied, dry hoppy finish.

Tried from Can on 13 Sep 2013 at 02:37


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

16oz can. Unfiltered thick red-brown body. Sugary and sweet, sort of an amber-dubbel. Tasty, relatively mild, at least for a beer with such pronounced Belgian yeast notes. Thick malt tones, cherry amber notes. A pretty solid beer, a decent US representation.

Tried from Can on 08 Sep 2013 at 22:08


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

16oz can. Slightly hazy orange-tan body. Big, foamy off-white head. Kind of has a flowery, sort of phenolic thing going on. Not really that impressive, sort of a let down, I expected more. The yeast is too aggressive, and it has herbal, spicy characteristics that seem out of place for the style, maybe right for a spicy US Saison.

Tried from Can on 02 Sep 2013 at 15:12