Jam Jar

Name: Jam Jar
Brand: Brewery Vivant
Rating: 3.79 (262 reviews)

Brewery Vivant

Grand Rapids, MI

Tavour Rating

3.79

Style

Fruited Sour

ABV

5.0%

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A Note on This Beer

The crew at Brewery Vivant say they loaded up today’s brew with “an unapologetic amount of blueberries, plums, blackberries, and raspberries.”

As if an apology is actually necessary! If anything, we owe them a giant THANK YOU for crafting a tart and tangy brew that really does taste like something you’d scoop out of a Jam Jar.

To create this reddish-purple beauty, the master brewers at Vivant blended their house oak-aged Sour Ale with a tangy Farmhouse Ale, creating a base beer that inspires just a bit of pucker, with hints of wild funk.

Then, they conditioned the brew on heaps of real, jammy fruit, creating rich layers of sweet berry and stone fruit flavor. It’s so fruity-thick, you might be tempted to spread it on toast!

If you’re generous enough to share this one with friends, the only thing you might have to apologize for is not having enough for everyone.

Thrillist calls Brewery Vivant “one of the best breweries in Michigan, period, the end.”

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Reviews

3.79

262 Ratings

ceili1

4.0

Very fruity, more farmhouse than sour but still amazing.

Jcrowe1995

0.25

Tastes like a fruited coors light. Drain pour

miguel721

3.0

Berry-forward, but not in the best way; sour with not a lot of sweet to balance it out.

Beeraklis

4.0

Sweeter than I would expect from a sour but delicious nonetheless. Easy to drink too.

daniel6072

3.5

A nice fruity beer

GPDove

3.0

A basket full of berries. Nice zing.

AJax

3.0

Heavy berry flavor, which is awesome.. It's a bit sweeter than I would have thought. It is an enjoyable drink. More like a farmhouse ale than a sour though.. Based on flavor alone, 4.5 stars.. Comparing this to their other sours, 2 stars.

grant283

4.25

Clean finish

good.burp

3.75

Fruity, sweet, decent tartness but I wouldn’t have minded if it was a little more sour.

kevin6948

3.0

Not as fruity as you’d expect

ryan3768

3.75

Okay but a bit thin

sean1779

3.0

Decent sour, not super tart. Not alot of bold flavors either

DellCam83

3.5

Good fruit flavor but thinner than I would like

Pscoby

4.0

Totally self described and had a felt candy beer like

STEMBren

4.0

Ordered from Tavour, chilled in the fridge for a couple weeks, poured into a pint glass. Look: brownish pink pour, finger sized pinkish head and very light white lacing that doesn’t hang very long. Smell: sour, funky berry smell. The blackberry, plum, raspberry and blueberry is not well defined because the funk is a little much. Taste: sour and light malt with underlying berry notes that don’t hang in the nose very long. The taste is pretty light and refreshing and not super funky considering the smell is more funky than the taste. The trailing notes are malt/biscuit and light refreshing berry with no hop and no booze. Feel: Light mouthfeel and heavy carbonation tickle that lingers a while. When we got this one we were hoping for fruit (they say unapologetically fruit forward), but this is a sour through and through with malty notes and a little funk in the nose. If you like fruity beers with a little funk in the nose but not on the palate, might be good for you. Cheers everyone!

xiaofei

3.5

Light like a juice

hayes10

5.0

This was really excellent. Distinct and sharp fruit flavors, layer and with a good depth and balance. Really interesting and delicious drink overall

megala38

2.5

Not sour enough. Too much of an ale

sarah2597

4.0

Extremely tart; my best friend LOVED it

nefarm

4.0

Lighter than expected

zachary60

5.0

Tastes exactly like you’d want it to from the label!

david6097

1.0

Not good

javier419

4.0

To be completely honest it’s alright

ronald9

4.0

It was tasty

Razakel

3.75

Real jammy flavor...blueberry and raspberry up front, sweet and lightly tart, great balance of both that doesn't overwhelm.

Rosawardlow

5.0

Taste of real berries. Perfect balance of sweet & tart.

quinn178

5.0

I loved it! Heavy fruit flavor! Shared it with my dad and he agreed it was great beer !

Chugs

3.0

Like candy!

Shmobes

4.0

Very delightful fruit flavor. And not overly sour.

Fallout33

1.0

Watered down compared to the name of the beer

shawn_hunter

3.0

Not a bad flavor. A little on the sweet side. The smell however is of a musty basement.

YakubGreenHeart

4.0

Much lighter than I anticipated but great sweet fruity flavor that wasn't super over powering

brandon5131

4.0

Good.

david210

3.5

Light but fruity. More farmhouse than sour. If you’re expecting heavy fruity flavor then skip this one. If you want a light fruity semi sour farmhouse ale then you would enjoy this beer

michael4

3.75

Tastes more like a farmhouse ale than a sour. Light on the fruit taste. Light color overall.

Acavz24sa

4.0

Not bad

lauren44

4.0

Balanced fruit flavor; the berries go well together. Flavor isn't overpowering. Tart but not lip puckering sour. Would prefer it to a little bit more on the sour side, but it's a good, easy to drink beer.

Samiam2112

4.5

Alright, I love these fruited sour beers. This one was probably my favorite I’ve had so far. Another one I wish I’d bought more of. So good.

c.speciale

4.0

Flavor is nice, refreshing and not overpowering. Easy to drink, not very sour.

Koster

2.0

Eh..

edward14

5.0

Favorite beer out of the whole lot. Tart beverage that was filled to the brim with flavor. Wish I would’ve ordered more. Drank one gave the other to my girlfriends sister, which I regret doing.

madison20

4.0

Couldn’t taste much sourness to it, but overall really joined the light fruitiness of it. The plum flavor was delightful.

lauren1622

4.0

Not very sour and a little too sweet.

zackbrown29

4.0

It was good but a little to tart

bill31

4.25

Near perfect balance - not too sweet - ideal blueberry flavor

Handsofgold

3.5

Good, but not great.

nick.fil.a

4.5

Easy drinking beer that tastes like a ring pop. Shared with a few others and everyone loved it.

james3203

4.0

Not quite as sour as I was expecting but could taste all the fruit notes it was nice a light on the body. Great for a summer’s day

lauren1330

3.5

Like a wine spritzer.

Nglongden

2.75

Just didn't have a lot of flavor for me.