Brewery Vivant
Microbrewery
in
Grand Rapids,
Michigan,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Brewery Vivant
Established in 2010
Contact
Subsidiaries
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.
7/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Crunchy’s, East Lansing. Hazy medium orange-brown body, medium clumping cream head with nice lacing. Spicy hops nose of pine needles and bitter spicy candies. Body with sharp tannic, buttery white oak backed by softened bitter hops and toast; little sweetness. Finishes like a fresh white oak core smells. Dry but doesn’t bring a lot of alcohol heat. Pretty good.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Dec 2011
at 18:14
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at HopCat, Grand Rapids. Deep murky orange-brown body, thin cream ring of carbonation. Sour, tart nose with berries. Tannic, spicy body with prominent white oak backed by brown sugar and tart grapes and berries. Dry and forward.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Dec 2011
at 13:12
7.1/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Pours a clear orange with a slight earthy amber hue and a tan head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of sweet citrus with a hint of grassy hops and just a bit of sweet grains. Flavor begins with sweet citrus and is backed by a lot of sweet grains with a bit of belgian yeast as well as grass.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Dec 2011
at 19:07
6.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Tap @ Brewery Vivant. Dark brown appearance with a tan head. Toasty, nutty, caramel malty, sweet aroma. Quite sweet, nutty, toffee, caramel malty flavor.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Nov 2011
at 16:30
6.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5
Tap @ Brewery Vivant. Reddish brown appearance with a tan head. Oaky, vanilla, caramel, toffee malty aroma. Somewhat citrusy, toffee, vanilla, woody, caramel malty flavor.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Nov 2011
at 16:26
6.1/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Tap @ Brewery Vivant. Caramel brown appearance with a tan head. Burnt caramel, toffee, belgian yeasty aroma. Roasted, burnt, toffee, caramel malty flavor. Bleh.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Nov 2011
at 16:21
6.1/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Tap @ Brewery Vivant. Slightly hazy, orange appearance with an off white head. Moderately earthy, citrusy, slightly piney hoppy, dull malty aroma. Floral, somewhat citrusy, herbal hoppy, belgian yeasty flavor.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Nov 2011
at 16:15
5.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
Tap @ Brewery Vivant. Clear, red orange appearance with a cream colored head. Bland, floral, light citrusy hoppy aroma. Floral, slightly soapy, light citrusy hoppy flavor. Bleh bleh blah.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Nov 2011
at 16:10
6.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Tap @ Brewery Vivant. Slightly hazy, orange appearance with an off white head. Moderately earthy, citrusy, slightly piney hoppy, dull malty, oaky aroma. Floral, somewhat citrusy, herbal hoppy, belgian yeasty, woody, vanilla flavor.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Nov 2011
at 16:06
6.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Tap @ Brewery Vivant. Clear, golden orange appearance with an off white head. Mild honey, slightly spicy belgian yeasty, pale malty aroma. Honey, dull belgian golden ale flavor. Bleh bleh bleh.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Nov 2011
at 15:53