Harviestoun

Commercial Brewery in Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Established in 1983

Contact
Hillfoots Business Village, Alva Industrial Estate, Alva, FK12 5DQ, Scotland
Description
When we started making brilliant, innovative beer back in 1983, the craft beer thing was just a glint in Harvie’s eye. Now, more than 35 years later, we are proud to be the forefathers of this movement to better beer. Harviestoun is a proud, family-run business, our Chairmen Sandy Orr and Donald MacDonald champion a dedication to the craft that produces award-winning, natural brews made using the finest ingredients and purest Scottish water.

Founded in 1983 by Ken Brooker, the Scottish brewery has grown steadily to become renowned for their award winning beers. Head brewer, Stuart Cail, joined Harviestoun in 1995. Over the years the brewery has found new and innovative ways to create truly unique beers from their whisky cask aged Old Engine Oil to Bitter and Twisted, aged in Gin and Pinot Noir barrels.

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Wetherspoons London Victoria Station

Tried from Cask at JD Wetherspoons (Various locations) on 19 Mar 2026 at 00:00


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Mahogany-brown with a thin beige head. Toffee, brazil nuts and chocolate with a woody note. Raisins and blackberries come through. Sweetish but with a drying finish. Decent stuff, I enjoyed this.

Tried from Cask at Hope Tap on 18 Mar 2026 at 11:45

gave a cheers!

6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sample at the red lion jdw.
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light nutty bitterness

Tried from Cask at Red Lion (JDW) on 16 Mar 2026 at 18:00

gave a cheers!

6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Dark brown with a tinge of red, a frothy / creamy light tan head and a soft nutty brown sugar aroma. Light bodied, sweet toffee malt, dark fruits, floral hops offer some moderate bitterness, finishes very dry with a hint of nuttiness and a touch bitter.

Tried from Cask at Shrewsbury Hotel on 13 Mar 2026 at 16:45


6.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2026, Beer#25.  Clear amber coloured brew, hoppy with lots of bitterness and a malty finish.

Tried from Draft at The London & North Western on 12 Mar 2026 at 20:45

gave a cheers!

7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

[Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.] A mahogany coloured pour with a cream coloured rim; toasted malt aroma; silky in the mouth with a rich toasted malt taste, but rather thin; then a dry earthy finish with a nutty aftertaste.

Tried from Cask at Old Manor on 12 Mar 2026 at 11:33


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A clear cola brown amber coloured pour with a lasting loose magnolia head. Aroma is semi sweet, dried fruits, prune, raisin, chocolate powder, layered malts. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, layered malts, brown bread, dried fruits, apple, light cinnamon spice. Palate Is semi sweet and rounded, decent cask condition. Well balanced.

Tried on 08 Mar 2026 at 17:56


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Third of a pint in my local Spoons on 7th March 2026. Red hue to the brown body, half chestnut/mahogany maybe, off white crust, it's dark in here. Malty and nutty with an earthy biscuit like taste, decent Brown Ale all round.

Tried from Cask at William Withering on 07 Mar 2026 at 17:10


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at Moon Under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours a dark reddish-brown with a medium sized frothy off-white head and excellent lacing. The aroma has roasted malts, treacle and biscuits. In the mouth it is slightly bitter from the start, but becomes increasingly more so. Flavours are roasted malts, toffee and parkin, with hints of chocolate and dark fruits coming later. Finish is quitev dry and fruity. This is decent.

Tried from Cask at Moon Under Water (JDW) on 06 Mar 2026 at 14:00


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask at Archibald Simpsons. It pours clear chestnut brown with a thick, fluffy pale tan head. The aroma is bitter - sweet , caramel, cola, toasty brown sugars, toasted fruit loaf, chocolate and coffee. The taste is dry, nice punchy bitterness, earthy, wood, leather, light tannic, roasty coffee, toasted nut and lightly charred notes. Light to average body and moderate, fluffy mouth feel. Enjoyable and delivers plenty of flavour for the abv.

Tried from Cask at Archibald Simpson on 05 Mar 2026 at 16:25