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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7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Dark brown with a smaller tan head. Nose is more bourbon based than the 12 or 16. Lots of woody barrel type notes. Still, the smokey flavor works well with the bourbon and the malts. More caramel sweetness and toffee notes than before. Takes a runner-up finish to the 16yo.
Tried on 27 Apr 2008 at 20:40

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Dark brown with a smallish tan head. Aroma is deeper in sweetness and fruity notes than that of the 12yo. Still plenty of bourbon barrel. Flavor retains a nice smokey to sweet balance with more raison and toffee. Nice malt balance.
Tried on 27 Apr 2008 at 20:39

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Dark brown with a smaller beige head. Aroma is woody and sweet. Plenty of bourbon notes with a little bit of earthiness. The smoke flavor seems to blend well with the sweetness of the bourbon and maltiness. Nice creamy texture.
Tried on 27 Apr 2008 at 20:38

5.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle: Deep brown with a smaller brown head. Aroma is full or earthiness, peat, smoke, and eggshells. Flavor is a roasty malt and smokey, but becomes musty and earthy. Kind of like it was stored near a compost pile... Not really what I like.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2008 at 20:37

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask gravity at The Ship & Mitre pub beer festival, Liverpool. Old gold colour with disappearing head. Nettle hop aroma, bit of tea. Tea and nettle finish. Not my favourite combo of flavours, but it does pack a punch with the hops on the end.
Tried from Cask on 26 Apr 2008 at 04:25

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bouteille 500ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur dorée et claire. Nez de houblon, floral et légèrement terreux et aux notes citriques (pamplemousse), malté de biscuits au miel, léger de céréales. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-bas et une texture moyennement crémeuse et aux notes aqueuses. Goût de levures fruitées (agrumes surtout citron, notes de pommes, petites traces de pêche) accompagné d’un goût moyennement amer de houblon assez floral (une amertume fraîche présente toute la gorgée) et aux notes citriques (notes de pamplemousse) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de céréales avec un léger goût de biscuits au miel puis en finale l’on assiste à un léger regain d’amertume plus herbeuse et aux notes terreuses ainsi qu’avec des notes d’épices (poivre). Post-goût moyen et un peu sec, moyennement amer de houblon floral, herbeux et aux notes citriques et terreuses avec des notes fruitées (zest de citron, notes de pelures de pommes vertes).
Tried on 25 Apr 2008 at 19:57

8.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
On tap at Capital Ale House - Midlothian on 08/29/2008. Very clear dark brown body with ruby highlights and a small tan head. Smokey, peat and salt aroma with some light caramel. Chocolate and molassas flavor with some scotch kicks and some alcohol shining through. Medium body with moderately low carbonation. 8/4/8/3/15 - 3.8 04/24/2008: On tap at Capital Ale House - Midlothian. Pitch black body with no head. Huge scotch aroma, some rum soaked fruit, caramel, and molassas. Big scotch flavor, some peat, and a lot more fruit. Full body with very low carbonation. This is a lovely beer to sip on over an hour or two. 8/5/9/4/17 - 4.3
Tried from Draft on 24 Apr 2008 at 21:33

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Very dark brown. Roasty and creamy, sweet and fruity. Caramel and coffee with whipped cream and sugar. Fruity chocolate sauce finish with some cocoa bitterness.
Tried from Cask on 22 Apr 2008 at 02:16

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
(Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Dark brown, almost black, colour with frothy pale brown head. Roasted nose with notes of chocolate, dried fruit (prunes, figs) and freshly ground coffee. Roasted, fruity taste with prunes, chocolate, coffee, ashes and decent amounts of dry coffee bitterness in the finish. A bit thinner than the earlier, stronger version of the beer. Still a nice brew.
Tried from Cask on 21 Apr 2008 at 15:51

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bouteille 330ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur noire et opaque. Nez de malt rôti, de chocolat noir, moyennement fruité (prunes, léger de cerises, traces de pommes), léger de caramel, de houblon terreux et avec des notes de café, de noix grillées et de fumée de bois. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture crémeuse et aux notes huileuses. Moyen goût fruité (cerises, prunes, traces de pommes vertes, de figues et de cassis) accompagné d’un léger goût de fumée de bois, de traces de chocolat au lait (petites notes lactiques) et des réglisse noire lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût moyennement amer de malt assez rôti (petites notes brûlées) avec des notes de chocolat noir et des traces de caramel sucré puis en finale vient se rajouter un moyen-léger goût de café ainsi qu’un léger goût de houblon terreux aux notes herbeuses et des traces de noix. Post-goût long-moyen et aux notes sèches, moyennement amer de rôti-brûlé, moyen de houblon terreux, léger de café et de chocolat noir ainsi qu’un léger goût fruité (moût de cerises et pelures de prunes) et des traces de fumée de bois.
Tried on 20 Apr 2008 at 21:01