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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7.8
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.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2020 at 20:01


7.4
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.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2020 at 23:59


7.5
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.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2020 at 20:26


6.1
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.

Tried from Can on 21 Mar 2020 at 01:36


6.5
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.

Tried from Draft on 06 Mar 2020 at 22:10


7.4
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.

Tried from Draft on 06 Mar 2020 at 22:09


8.1
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.

Tried from Draft on 06 Mar 2020 at 22:04


6.8
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.

Tried from Draft on 06 Mar 2020 at 22:03


6.8
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.

Tried from Draft on 06 Mar 2020 at 22:00


7.4
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.

Tried from Draft on 06 Mar 2020 at 22:00