GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Brewery Vivant will release three sour beers in 500 milliliter bottles next month as the initial offerings in its "Plein de Vie" series that marks the first time wood-aged and wild-fermented beers are available outside of the brewery.

The June 5 launch at the pub, 925 Cherry St. SE, will be followed by bottle and keg distribution across Michigan and the Chicagoland area, brewery leaders said.

The beers are:

• Habanango: a fermented and barrel-aged blended sour ale with habanero peppers and mango

• Harvest Breed: a stainless brettanomyces wild sour ale

• Angelina: a wood barrel-aged sour

Brewer Brian Kuszynski said Vivant carved out a space devoted solely to wild yeast strains and souring bugs. The brewery has been known for small batch wood-aging since its founding in 2010 and this will take the beers to market.

"We're pumped to finally be able to produce these types of beers at a volume that we can share them with people outside our walls," Kuszynski said.

Plans call for distribution of two to four beers per year from the Plein de Vie series, a phrase that translates to "full of life."

Vivant founder Jason Spaulding said the beer is read to drink immediately, but bottling it will allow consumers to hold and age the beer themselves. The glass marks a departure from Vivant's normal pint-sized cans.

"Aluminum cans are really meant as a delivery vessel, not a storing vessel," Spaulding said. "Plein de Vie literally translates to 'full of life' and a glass bottle should hold the integrity of the beer's life. These beers can be cellared and will continue to develop and change over time."

Angelina was the first sour beer offered at the pub and also a guide for the future.

"It produced a distinct and pleasant sour character that we've since inoculated into other wooden barrels," Spaulding said. "That first batch developed a cult-like following and so far, the barrel keeps producing. It's become our 'house sour.'"