Brouwerij van Viven began operations in 1999, producing two quintessentially Belgian beers – a blond and a brown ale. The original owner sold the brewery to current owner in 2003.
In 2009, the range was expanded to include more non-traditional Blgian styles, one of which was the American Porter.
The beer is full of roasted malt and light smokiness, mixed with a little chocolate, nuttiness and burned brown sugar. Lying in wait is also a good dose of hop bitterness, with the beer finishing very dry.
We have two different labels on the bottles. The standard label is as per the picture showing ‘Viven Porter’, while the beer is marketed in America as ‘Viven Smoked Porter’.
The Viven beers are produced at de Proefbrouwerij in Lochristi, near Ghent. The ‘Proof Brewery’ is the birthplace of some of our favourite beers from Troubadour, Slaapmutske and even Mikeller.
A smoked robust porter, hopped a little more than normal with a mix of Slovenian and US hops
The traditional style Porter from BBNo - no fancy additions, just a good ol' fashioned English Porter
An American style Porter with all the traditional porter characteristics plus a definite fruit and grassy hop character
A simple, traditional style porter 'made they way porters used to be'
De Molen's Imperial Porter - all the sweetness and complexity of an imperial stout, without the roasted bitterness
by Brouwerij Emelisse/Slot-Oostende
Smooth roasted malt, with hints of chocolate and coffee
An old 19th Century beer style, dragged into the current craft beer world by a creative and talented brewer
A classic English style porter, full of roasted malts and hints of chocolate
An English style porter, with secondary fermentation with the Drie Fonteinen lambic yeast
A traditional style Belgian dubbel from a little brewery in the village of Damme, just outside Bruges
A cross between Flemish brewing tradition, and the big IPA's of the US West Coast
A Belgian style IPA, taking a step back to an older style IPA recipe
