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

cask at the HW Beer festival 2024 ...dark brown ..thin tan lacing ..soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ..Light sweet caramel toffee fruit

Tried from Cask on 22 Mar 2024 at 13:15


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Tried on 22 Mar 2024 at 13:12


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the standing order. Pours clear amber, nose is malty toffee, caramel, grass, taste is sweet toffee, hay, floral. 6/6/6/6/6.5

Tried from Cask on 22 Mar 2024 at 13:12


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

Draught @ Brouwerij Lane, Brooklyn (Feb 2024). Inky black with a small foamy tan head, caramel aroma, low carbonation, bitter taste malt taste with molasses, strong rum undertones, thin, smooth body, long bitter finish with alcohol aftertaste. Very potent.

Tried on 18 Mar 2024 at 19:25


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On cask at the Guildford Arms. Appearance - jet black with a thin tan head. Nose - dark chocolate, coffee and liquorice aromas. Leather and new car smell. Taste - more leather, some raisins and molasses. Some boozy whisky and wood. Palate - full bodied, creamy and elegant. Overall - superb.

Tried from Cask on 11 Mar 2024 at 19:54


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Guildford Arms. Pours black, nose is chocolate, vanilla, dark fruits, wood, taste is sweet, chocolate, woody, thin for the abv.

Tried from Cask on 11 Mar 2024 at 15:09


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

Cask at the Guildford Arms. Pours black with a thin tan head. Rich coffee and liquorice aromas, some leather too. Taste brings the whisky and sherry. Dark chocolate and leather linger. Nice.

Tried from Cask on 10 Mar 2024 at 10:12


8.6
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Nahezu schwarze Farbe mit beiger Schaumkrone. Malziger, röstmalziger Geruch mit Whisky. Geschmacklich malzig, röstmalzig mit Karamell, Whisky und Trockenfrüchten. Hohe Süße mit mittlerer Bitterkeit, voller Körper mit sanfter Kohlensäure.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Feb 2024 at 19:05


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle #02660, Oct 2021, drunk 2/22/24. Dark, clear, mahogany tints. Small, light beige head quickly to edge. Really nice peppery whiskey with a bit of peat on the end. Chocolate, light prune and tobacco. I like that it's not a nose full of dark fruit, but actually shows more base malt. Clean. Lovely peated malt from the whiskey with some chocolate, light roast and toast and a bit of malt depth, though not a lot. I don't need these to be rich and thick but they all seem to be just a bit on the thin side, despite the flavors being excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Feb 2024 at 01:20


7.6

World class classic porter with the whiskey twist. Great beer. Dry, crisp, drinkable. Sterk ams

Tried on 22 Feb 2024 at 00:09