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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.
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.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
1-21-23 CBC
Tried
on 22 Jan 2023
at 03:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Deep brown colour, mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is raspberries, some roasted, chocolaty and mild toffeeish tones. Flavour is raspberries, roasted tones with some chocolate and sweet malty tones to it. A bit thin in the finish, otherwise quite nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2023
at 19:51
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Deep amber colour with a mediumsized white foamy head, which leaves some slight lace. Aroma is sweet malts, caramel, floral, fruity and wooden tones with a wee bit of spiciness too. Flavour is sweet malts, mild bitter floral and fruity tones with wooden and toast. Warming up it gets a wee bit messier than when close to fridge cold. (score given as to when close to fridge cold).
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2023
at 17:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught. Pitch black colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is toasted, some smoked wooden, mild meaty and some slight alcohol and mild caramel tones to it. Flavour is roasted malts, some toffee, mild syrupy tones with a wee bit of alcohol sweetness. Kind of easy going, but yet enjoyable. Chili? not so much actually.
Tried
on 10 Jan 2023
at 15:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled (from Alko). Copper colour with a mediumsized off-white head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is toffee, some nuts, mild floral and wooden tones. Flavour is toffee, some floral and wooden bitterness along with mild herbs and fruits too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2023
at 10:59
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled (from K Citymarket Kivihaka). Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is floral, some fruity and mild bready notes. Flavour is floral, herbal, some grassy and mild earthy tones. Strange bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2023
at 10:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Pitch black colour with minor head. Aroma is vanilla, roasted malts, some toffee and a mild vanillaish and wihiskyish edge to it. Flvour is sweet alcohol, roast, vanilla, mild leathery tones, tobacco, some whisky as well as mild toffee to it. Smooth and complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2023
at 10:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask. Amber colour with a mediumsized foamy creamy head. Aroma is grass, some floral notes, mild herbs as well as some toffee. Flavour is grassy, floral, fruity and some mild nutty tones. Good bitter, which actually is a border case to an IPA due to the hoppiness.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Jan 2023
at 10:56
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled (From Systembolaget Umeå). Pitch black colour with a creamy mediumsized brown head, which leaves good lace. Aroma is roasted and toasted malts with some chocolate, mild lacose as well as some toffee tones. Flavour is toasted fudge, some chocolate, roasted malts, lactose and some sweet sugary tones. Like a dessert version of the normal one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2023
at 10:55
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Golden colour, small white creamy head. Aroma is fruity, malty, hoppy and some slight floral and grassy notes. Flavour is sweet malts, some grass, hay, mildsalty and some bitter floral notes as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2023
at 10:54