Harviestoun

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

Established in 1983

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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.

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

Keg at The Globe, Aberdeen. It pours clear golden with a thick, fluffy white head. The aroma is fresh, fragrant, floral, soapy, waxy cities peel and quite clean actually. The taste is crisp, dry, bitter, clean, snappy, grassy, floral, peppery spice, waxy peel, lemon & grapefruit and airy malt with a drying finish. Medium body and moderate, fluffy, carbonation. Simple, easy going action.

Tried on 02 Aug 2022 at 18:31


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

33cl bottle at Stirling Highland Hotel, Stirling, UK. Pours orange gold, clear, with fine white foam. Limited. Aroma is delicately hoppy and piney. Body and carbonation are average. Taste is medium bitter. Final is average, still partially bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2022 at 19:08


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2022. Cask @ Regal Moon, Rochdale. Lighter clear golden with a small head. It’s a hopped ale, but is fairly malty too with hints of citric influence. Its fruitiness is understated.

Tried from Cask on 05 Jul 2022 at 14:41


6.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can from Beer52. Black with a very light fizz and a decent beige-to-tan head. Cocoa and milk chocolate up front with a moderate roastiness to follow. Quite smooth but maybe a tad thin. Good balance between bitter and sweet. There's just a vague hint of sourness and a waft of raspberries in the finish. Would have liked the raspberries to come through a bit more; as it is it's just an average stout and the raspberries are lost in it.

Tried from Can on 01 Jul 2022 at 21:04


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

Can from Beers of Europe. Pours clear golden with a thick white head. Aromas of orange, lemon and honey. Taste is light soap, grassy bitter, light malt. Bitter finish.

Tried from Can on 27 Jun 2022 at 19:02


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Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2022 at 23:27


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

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of shandy bass and light lemon. Taste is light malt, light lemon. Clean finish.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jun 2022 at 15:49


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Harviestoun Heaven Cent Session IPA 4.6% Light gold with off-white foam and a big fragrant lime citrus hop bouquet. Light bodied and dry with piney bitterness in the finish. Alright, a touch earthy.

Tried on 20 Jun 2022 at 13:02


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

33cl bottle from Boise Co-op. Dark brown opaque pour, thin ring of beige head. Smoky aroma, malty, chocolate, caramel. Taste is sweet, ashy, tobacco. Incredibly smooth, lingering smoke.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jun 2022 at 04:42


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

Vintage Feb. '21. 12 oz. bottle, pours black with a small beige head. Nose brings out an earthy, slightly roasted malt character, with a touch of molasses, and some charcoal. Flavour reveals some gentle whiskey notes upfront, backed by earthy malt, some light oxidation, and a hint of dried fruit. Smooth, subtle, with a nice gentle whiskey presence that punctuates this one. Very good.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2022 at 04:28