Brewery Vivant Escoffier

Brewed by Brewery Vivant
Style: Sour Ale/Wild Ale
Grand Rapids, Michigan USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Date: November 30, 2012
Mode: Can
Source: Tasting
Appearance: clear copper, fine beige head
Aroma: funky musty aroma, sweet caramel
Flavor: sweet caramel flavor, lots of wild brett, touch of sourness, light fruityness, light spicy bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

Draft. Clear amber body, small beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, some cherry/sour, funk, light spicy. Taste is moderately sweet, cherry/Brett, some funk, light alcohol warming. Medium-full body, low carbonation.

Can shared by Ken at Capitol Beer. Pours amber with little head. Nice sour fruit aroma. Near med body. Flavor is sour, berry, malty. Not extreme, but very tasty. Nice, pleasant, moderately sour finish.

Draft. Poured a clear copper color with an average frothy off-white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate to heavy sour funk aroma. Medium to full body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Medium to heavy sour & sweet fruit flavor with a medium to heavy sweet & sour finish of moderate to long duration. This is a standout beer.

Draft. Clear deep golden color, white edge head. Aroma of lemon peel. Taste is softly sour, sourdough bread and citrus.

A sour in a can! Golden amber pour with an off white head. Floral, some funkiness, some fruitiness, and citrus. Again, a sour in a can!

Gold pour, white head. Aroma of yeast, light brett funk, lots of fruit. Flavor is sweet, almost a cidery note. Flavor is lightly funky, yeast, fruit, sweet finish. Odd.

Wild mildly sharp aroma, enticing. Orange colour orange taste, a long finish of orange and mildl sour. Good drinkability. Brian’s can, thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the tick, Adam. Orange pour with a white head. Tart fruit and sweet malt on the nose. A bit of peach, toffee, green apple, and perhaps some cherry. A little bit of metal and booze, too. Interesting flavor. Lightly metallic and boozy, some tart fruit, and sweet malt. Notes of green apple, lemon zest, peach, and cherry. Sweet bread and toffee, and a little bit of yeast.

Can @ home, courtesy of TheAlum. Thanks Adam! Pours a clear burnt orange appearance with a cream colored head. Tangy dark berry, slightly acetic, a bit funky, vinous aroma. Tart, grape drank, vinous, raisin, plum, somewhat funky flavor. Eh, ok, but this isn’t meshing well with my night of drinking old canned beers.