Schiehallion
Harviestoun in Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 🏴
Lager - Pilsener Regular|
Score
6.57
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Named after a famous local mountain – Schiehallion (pronounced ‘She-hal-i-on’) presented a huge challenge – creating a Pilsner the Czech would be proud of. Brewed with lager malt and Hersbrücker and Challenger hops. Fermented with a lager yeast.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Pours clear gold with a small white head. Smells very much of herbal hops. The flavor is moderately bitter with herbal hops and grainy biscuity malt. This is aggressively hopped for the style. Works for me. Very nice pils.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Apr 2026
at 05:10
5.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 6
Bottle at Cora Pearl, London. Pours clear gold with a white head. Taste is light malt, grains, floral notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2026
at 11:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Bohemian Pilsener or 'světlý ležák' by Scottish Harviestoun; enjoyed from a bottle at Aberdeen airport as the last Scottish beer of my trip in Scotland (ignoring a Punk IPA by BrewDog). Snow white, bubbly, medium thick, lightly lacing, breaking head over a crystal clear pale 'metallic' brass-golden robe with lively sparkling. Aroma of dried white bread, grass, petrichor, wet cereals, ferrous spring water, dried flowers, green tree leaves in spring. Rounded grainy onset, sweetish with lots of prickly carbonation forming an important minerally undercurrent, running through the whole like a babbling mountain brook. Greenish-cereally malts remain pure till the end, rounded and thereafter bittered by a grassy, even rooty, 'green', very credible, even somewhat 'raw' hoppiness. Quite a solid and pure Pilsener, above average for one not made in its home region, I would say.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2025
at 22:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
tap at GreyFriars pub in St Andrews Scotland. Nice local lager, easy to drink, great post round
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Aug 2025
at 05:51
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2025
at 20:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured light reddish brown, aroma of grass and some mild peat or maybe I’m being swayed. Very good session lager
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from 03-10-15 - 500ml bottle, pours a clear yellow body with a medium white head. Aromas of fruit, grass & hops. Taste is grainy with grapefruit, herbs & hops. Aftertaste is dry, light, and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2025
at 15:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Aroma of malt, grains, grassy notes. Flavour is light sweet with a moderate bitter finish. Okay Lager.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2025
at 13:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from lowcostbeer.com, BBE unknown. Pours a clear gold, small white head, leaves a nice top with lacing. Aroma grain, sweetness, floral and citrus hops. Decent depth for a lager. Taste is biscuit, honey, lime, floral sap, crisp grassy bitter bite. Light to medium bodied, soft carbonation. Excellent craft lager. One of the best lagers I've had.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 0,5ltr: Scottish lager brewed in the best Czechs way. Golden coloured with a grassy/fruity taste and a well sweet bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:46