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.
Buckeyeboy (18931) reviewed Stone Fruit Sour from Brewery Vivant 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle pours out straw color topped with a fizzy head. Nose is nice stone fruit mix cherry touch and some nice funky tart notes. Taste is more of the nice fruit forward notes peach, cherries, plum and a funky barrel.
stevoj (18528) reviewed Stone Fruit Sour from Brewery Vivant 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at share . Pale golden with light cloudiness , small bubbly head. Aroma is peaches and apricots, fruity, tart. Taste is more of the stone fruit, tart, funky.
deyholla (22839) reviewed Strawberry Rhubarb Sour from Brewery Vivant 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours a clear gold with an orange hue and a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has sour rhubarb with a light sweet raspberry and a touch of oak underlying. Flavor starts with sour rhubarb but has a growing sweet raspberry and a hint of sweet grain and oak backing.
deyholla (22839) reviewed Harvest Raspberry Peach from Brewery Vivant 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Can. Pours a clear amber with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has earthy peach and a hint of tart raspberry with straw backing. Flavor has a combination of slightly tart raspberry with a touch earthy grains backing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Brewery Vivant, pours a hazy dark amber red with a small off-white / beige head. Nose is moderately fruity, with a muted jamminess to it - not detecting any specific fruit types. Flavour is intensely fruity, with lots of elderberry and raspberry upfront. The sweetness is moderate-to-high, with only light tartness. Jammy, juicy palate, but it's a bit rough. Good stuff.
mcberko (47797) reviewed Fiend Folio from Brewery Vivant 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Brewery Vivant, pours black with a small brown head. Aroma is quite fruity, with plenty of dark dried fruits and subdued earthy hops. Flavour is more IPA-like, with plenty of dark dried fruits, earthy hops, and roasted malt. Really nice fruitiness here that makes this more drinkable than usual. Bold yet balanced. Very good.
mcberko (47797) reviewed Port Love from Brewery Vivant 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at Brewery Vivant, pours black with a small brown head. Aroma exudes intense port barrels upfront, with moderate roast and a bit of dark fruits. Flavour is rich and complex, with a wonderful port barrel character upfront—the sweet red wine really comes out. Then the roasted malt shows itself and blends with the vinous character very well. Big but elegant. This is lovely.
mcberko (47797) reviewed Saison Wut from Brewery Vivant 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Brewery Vivant, pours a clear pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma is loaded with spicy rye, a hint of ginger, and rustic saison yeast. Flavour is pretty similar, with rustic saison yeast and spicy rye. Crisp and dry, with just enough estery character. Good stuff.
mcberko (47797) reviewed Farm Hand from Brewery Vivant 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Brewery Vivant, pours a clear pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out farmhouse notes, a bit of rustic saison yeast, and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is dry and rustic, with a nice spicy saison yeast character and crisp biscuity malt to back. Nice use of the saison yeast, with not too many esters. Good stuff.
mcberko (47797) reviewed House Sour from Brewery Vivant 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Brewery Vivant, pours a hazy yellowish blonde with a small white head. Aroma is loaded with lacto upfront, with a bit of pithy fruitiness. Flavour is very yogurty, with a nice lacto character and a bit of jammy fruity. Immensely drinkable - the lacto is expressed very nicely in this one. Very good.