Arts & Life

Cheers! A visit to Grand Rapids' Brewery Vivant

Michigan Public | By Lester Graham

Published August 4, 2017 at 5:12 PM EDT

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Some of the offerings at Brewery Vivant in Grand Rapids.

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Brewery Vivant is housed in a former funeral home chapel.

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Brewery Vivant is influenced by southern Belgium and norther France beers and ales, but it dabbles with the concept a bit.

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Checking on the brewing process.

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Kate Avery talks with Tammy Coxen about the philosophy behind the brewery.

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Kate Avery is Brewery Vivant's Abess of Beer.

For more than a year-and-a-half, Tammy Coxen with Tammy's Tastings and Lester Graham have been bringing you the Cheers! segment on Stateside.

Every other week Cheers! tells you about a craft cocktail or about Michigan-made spirits and products. Sometimes we visit a craft cocktail bar or a distillery. The team was recently in Grand Rapids, also known as "Beer City."

And so of course Cheers! had to visit the series’ first brewery for a report. Take a listen!