Unapologetic Fruit: Cherry Apricot

Name: Unapologetic Fruit: Cherry Apricot
Brand: Brewery Vivant
Rating: 3.6 (347 reviews)

Brewery Vivant

Grand Rapids, MI

Tavour Rating

3.6

Style

Sour - Fruited

ABV

5.0%

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A Note on This Beer

Today’s scintillating Barrel-Aged Sour won’t apologize for being fabulous, and it doesn’t need to — each juicy sip struts across the tongue like models down a red carpet!

To craft Unapologetic Fruit: Cherry Apricot, Brewery Vivant blended a Farmhouse Ale with a Barrel-Aged Sour, then allowed it to rest on locally grown apricots and tart Montmorency cherries.

It opens with lavish aromas of apricot and cherry, followed by extravagant flavors of woodsy oak and barnyard funk. Each opulent sip tickles the tongue with bright effervescence, finishing tangy, sweet, and irresistible.

If you’re familiar with these craft connoisseurs, you know their Sours combine the fruit-forward taste that fans love with classic European brewing styles. The result is nuanced and delicious, with sophisticated barrel character.

Normally, you can’t get a hold of Brewery Vivant’s vibrant ales outside of Michigan. But today, we have a few cans for you right here. So, go ahead — crack open the tab on Cherry Apricot, and get ready to feel unapologetically awesome.

Brewery Vivant is the world’s first LEED certified microbrewery and won a Good Food Award for responsible sourcing of beer!

Packaged On June 3rd, 2021

Cellarable

Reviews

3.6

347 Ratings

william4355

4.0

Just little tart, but a good blend of cherry and apricot flavors

savannah266

5.0

amazing

IssacKay

3.75

had very wine-y notes, aromas.

SecondCityKids

4.5

Delicious

Yelim07

2.5

Taste more wine-y then like a sour beer. Not much tartness

Neotogo

3.0

Pretty acidic fruit. Very stone like

HazyHooky

3.0

Not sour or tart at all. More like a cider.

morgan582

4.0

To me, there was more apricot flavoring than cherry flavoring

Cinamaan

5.0

It’s great for a drink. Not bad at all. Tastes more like a mixed drink but it does taste good.

denis.k

4.0

really lovely flavor

Leffebrown

4.0

This beer was very similar in style to a Lindemans Belgian lambic. Not tart in the slightest, remote characteristics to beer in any traditional sense. I hadn’t read the description in detail before trying. I was set to expect a pulpy thawed out Bellini style beverage that I wouldn’t be able to finish. It’s actually filtered so clear, fairly moderately sweet lambic with a bit of carbonation. Could pass as a Lindemans beer or cider

Ilikeitsour

4.0

See my post about this beer on IG! @ilikeitsour

NancyPants

4.5

Very drinkable sour. Not too tart.

Alyson

4.0

Has such a distinct taste that I can’t put my finger on; Tart; Fruity; Crushable

tim11045

4.0

Tastes like an awesome Cherry Pie with a kick!

pete558

3.75

Decent sour.

nick2711

2.0

Not good

Pscoby

4.0

Great flavor for a starburst but not for beer

JLeno

2.75

Wasn’t my favorite

tyler3347

5.0

Fantastic sour! could drink it all day

Dubz

4.0

Easy to drink, crushable hot weather beer, hits more on the apricot for a refreshing taste and ends with very little hop or sour notes

Vnasty

2.75

Pretty sweet, not a lot of tartness, if you like cherry juicy this is for you.

AvOleshchuk

3.0

Very smooth and drinkable. Mouth-feel is very reminiscent of actually eating a fresh juicy peach right out of the market, and some tart notes of cherry temper it on the way down. If I could buy this at the store, it'd be fantastic. As it is, maybe not worth waiting another month and a half to have shipped to my house.

AJax

4.0

The first one I drank out of the can. All I could taste was apricot, then towards the end I came across the cherry. 2nd can (another day) poured into a glass. All I could taste was cherry. Either way, I enjoyed the flavors. Refreshing on a hot day. It felt more like having a glass of Moscato than a beer. I would definitely get it again.

SwarleyWoo

3.0

Can’t differentiate between cherry or apricot though I still very much enjoyed this beer.

chris2172

5.0

I quite enjoyed this as I do most anything with cherry.

Ekmake

5.0

Super fruity

pdev_indy

5.0

Not very sour but you definitely get the cherry on the front end and apricot on the swallow. I really think this a good beer Changing my review after second one. I really enjoyed this beer and would get it again

HoppyGirl

4.0

Smelled a bit like champagne, taste was tart and refreshing.

StormyJo

4.0

Great fruit flavors with the tartness of a good sour.

mbartleson30

4.0

I bought it for my girlfriend. She was very happy with how it tasted. She enjoyed the beers!

broc18

3.0

No major off flavors, but sweet with a syrupy mouthfeel. Cloying for a sour or farmhouse ale. Fruit character comes off stale, could have endured some temperature abuse during shipping though.

Al_D

4.0

Not very tart. Very well balanced fruit.

justin6420

2.75

it was decent to drink, but didn’t get much cherry or apricot - just sour. Also had a bit of debris at the bottom of the can, which I had hope was cherry pulp but instead was just waxy and flavorless.

iann1312

5.0

One of my favorites!!!!! so refreshing and that hum of tart cherries at the end wow!!! A++++

Zxwa

3.25

Felt more like a wine than a beer. Very interesting for sure!

IggyPresley

5.0

Delicious! Great mix of sweet and tart. It’s like drinking a spiked fruit juice from the grocery store.

Aquariusworld

3.0

sour and fruity little waxy at the end of the can

PowerofSour

3.0

Kind of cidery, not too heavy on the fruit

Butterywaff1e

3.0

its tasty just not anything special. pretty mild flavors

mike42

3.75

Not to shabby! it’s a bit tart but not overpowering. More apricot then cherry. Had another variant of this and liked it more but still pretty good, would continue to check out this series from them

brian8787

5.0

Definite make sure to swirl, the pulp adds great texture

luis1536

3.0

Tastes like wine/mead. No real beer flavor.

james8020

4.75

wow! the name says it all - cherry and apricot in every sip. I could drink this all day. def one of the best Tavour beers I’ve had.

lynxbat

4.0

definitely more cider/wine than sour. but the taste was so good I gave it a four.

david1795

4.5

Amazing first sip. Not too sweet or sour.

clayton195

4.0

Well rounded sour!

phillipc250

4.0

solid beer! smooth, easy drinking, a little thicker than an average beer but so good.

anthony5317

4.0

more sour than apricot but very delicious.

john31

4.0

Party in my mouth