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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6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

18/7/2024. Cask at the 2024 Chelmsford Summer Beer & Cider Festival. Pours clear golden with a small bubbly/frothy off-white head. Good looking beer. Aroma is malt, caramel, grains, citrus, grass, gooseberry, passion fruit. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness and body. Oily, smooth, soft carbonation. Nice bitterness to finish. Likeable and more enjoyable from cask.

Tried from Cask on 18 Jul 2024 at 09:17


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500ml bottle - Pours a clear golden colour with a small frothy white head. The aroma is malty with floral hop and citrus notes. A moderately sweet taste pale malts, sweet biscuit, lemon and floral hop flavours with a moderate to light bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jul 2024 at 15:11


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

(bottle 0,33l from topvino.cz online shop; batch February 21) Overall: Nice complex aroma. Good. Aroma: Sweet, chocolate, dark malts, dark sugar, wood, light smoked, spicy, vanilla. Appearance: Black color. Quickly done, pale brown head. Taste: Medium sweet, malt, chocolate, peat smoke, wood, vanilla. Palate: Medium body. Roasty-dry finish.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2024 at 19:37


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Back from the dead! Always good to try and retired Harviestoun. Now at 4.1%. it pours clear golden - blonde with a medium, fluffy white head. The aroma is soft, mellow, bitter - sweet, biscuity, brioche, custard creams, touch of lemon curd and some floral accents..The taste is crisp, dry, clean, snappy bitterness, grass, touch green, fresh, fragrant, floral, pithy, lemony and clean malt base with a drying, slightly peppery finale. Light to medium body and soft carbonation. A mellow, but enjoyable crusher. Pleasing level of bitterness.

Tried on 18 Jun 2024 at 11:55


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Kvickly Odder @ Home. Pours black with a creamy brown head, some lacings. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, chocolate, cocoa. Flavor is sweet, light bitter, roast malt, caramel, dark chocolate, cocoa. Medium body, soft to average carbonation, light sweet light bitter finish. 110624

Tried from Can on 11 Jun 2024 at 16:21


8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

2017 bottle. Black with a creamy, beige head. Oak aroma with black currant and dark chocolate. Taste is bitter with a touch of toffee sweetness, an indistinct fruitiness, and plenty of ashes at the finish. Body to the full side of medium, very mild carbonation—not surprising I suppose for a seven year old bottle. Pleasant.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2024 at 16:52


7

Very malty, woody, smoked, hint of peat, surprisingly light, but full body

Tried from Bottle on 06 Apr 2024 at 23:13


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Super bitter body on this old ale. Roast and bitter hops. Old leather. Black pour with good long lasting mocha head. Bitter ass finish. Big body. Nice stuff. Tap at Churchkey.

Tried from Draft on 24 Mar 2024 at 22:19


7.4

Nice dry really classic old stout. Super discord but light enough. Sterk ams

Tried on 23 Mar 2024 at 16:51


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at Heriot watt beer festival. Pours golden amber, nose is citrus, toffee, taste is lemon, floral, musty bitter finish.

Tried on 22 Mar 2024 at 13:48