Brewery Vivant
Microbrewery
in Grand Rapids,
Michigan,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Brewery Vivant
Established in 2010
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.
Travlr (30174) reviewed Pepper In the Rye from Brewery Vivant 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft. Bright clear deep golden color, white large bubble head. Aroma of intense black pepper. Taste is peppery hay.
Travlr (30174) reviewed Escoffier from Brewery Vivant 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft. Clear deep golden color, white edge head. Aroma of lemon peel. Taste is softly sour, sourdough bread and citrus.
Travlr (30174) reviewed Farm Hand from Brewery Vivant 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft. Hazy pale yellow color, thick white head, solid lacing. Aroma of funky and peppery grapefruit. Taste is dusty straw and barnyard. A proper saison.
superspak (10160) reviewed Escoffier from Brewery Vivant 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
500 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 8/2017. Pours fairly hazy deep orange/amber/light copper color with a 1 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tart lemon, lime, apricot, cherry, orange, grapefruit, pineapple, berry, green apple, white wine, mango, melon, papaya, fruit skin, citrus peel, hay, straw, grass, pepper, honey, and lightly toasted bread; with lighter notes of banana, clove, leathery/musty funk, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/funky/spicy yeast and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tart lemon, lime, apricot, cherry, orange, grapefruit, pineapple, berry, green apple, white wine, mango, melon, fruit skin, citrus peel, hay, straw, grass, pepper, honey, and lightly toasted bread; with lighter notes of banana, clove, leathery/musty funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate peppery yeast spiciness and Brett tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart lemon, lime, apricot, cherry, orange, grapefruit, pineapple, berry, green apple, white wine, mango, melon, fruit skin, citrus peel, hay, straw, grass, pepper, honey, lightly toasted bread, leathery/musty funk, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/spicy yeast and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/tart/spiciness balance; and zero puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from tart/spiciness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a smooth and moderately creamy/slick/acidic/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Mildly increasing warmth of 10% after the finish. Overall this is an excellent imperial wild ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/funky/spicy yeast and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on with the modestly tart/spicy/drying finish. Great well rounded fruity/funky Brett complexity with balanced malts. Never overly sweet/heavy feeling for the ABV. A very enjoyable offering.
Bytemesis (16323) reviewed Contemplation from Brewery Vivant 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Can. Pours clear orange with a medium fizzy white head that dissipates with some lacing. Aroma is grain, honey, hay. Flavor is about the same, prominent honey taste but only medium sweetness. Light spicyiness and yeast notes present, perhaps a bit of clove. Light grassy bitter finish. Clean finish, medium body, silky mouthfeel. Not bad.
Drake (22940) reviewed Zaison from Brewery Vivant 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16 ounce can courtesy of northernbrews. Thanks! Pours a hazy orange-yellow color with a large frothy white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of bready malts and big spice notes, including pepper and the citrus peel, as well as big citrus and stone fruit notes. The taste is bready malts, stone fruits, citrus, lemongrass and faint pepper. Medium-full bodied, slight heat. Nice beer. EDIT:: I’m glad I got this rating in before Sandy knocks out my power! Phew!
ericsc (2955) ticked Organic Brown Ale from Brewery Vivant 13 years ago
Weak on malt notes. Possibly contaminated tongue
ericsc (2955) ticked Rye Porter from Brewery Vivant 13 years ago
Nice chocolatey notes with the Belgian yeast
blackflag321 (2901) reviewed Big Red Coq from Brewery Vivant 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can pour to pint glass. Copper-amber color. Smooth, nicely balanced meld of the belgian and IPA.