About
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.
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Grill. It pours clear classic golden - blonde with a frothy white cap. The aroma is has a smokiness.... Actually that is some fucker outside the pub....toasty grain, cereal, zingy citrus, lemon - lime, soapy florals and biscuit. The taste is crisp, dry, snappy, firm bitterness, grain is cereal and biscuit, pithy, zesty, waxy citrus peel, floral, spice and dry grass with a drying, kinda grainy finish. Has its moments. Plenty of standard golden ale elements with some zingy citrus. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Aug 2022
at 12:22
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Kvickly Middelfart. Pours Dark Brown with a small White head. Vague roast, oats, campfire, smooth. Vague subdued gentle finish. Cool.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2022
at 19:47
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Aldi Ellon. It pours clear golden - amber with a decent frothy white head. The aroma is sweet biscuity malt, digestives, nutty, dried citrus peel and a touch of stone fruit. The taste is firm and dry, bitter - sweet, biscuit, woody, sappy, pithy citrus, rindy, peppery spice, slightly soapy, earth and tannin with a drying finish. Average carbonation and fine, prickly carbonation. A fairly run of the mill golden ale. Drinks fine though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2022
at 19:04
6/10
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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
6/10
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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
5.4/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
6.6/10
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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
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2022
at 23:27
8.2/10
Lekkere zachte zwarte dropveter. Was altijd van plan om deze te delen maar heb niets anders passends in huis om mn zomerse enthousiasme mee te temperen. The flesh is weak, en deze porter op zich ook, met 8%. Stoffig, droppig, zacht, romig, bourbon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jun 2022
at 23:27