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.
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Clear golden with tiny white head. Sweet fruity with floral hops, caramel and a bitter end.
Tried
on 22 May 2008
at 05:05
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle 0,5l. Gift from Rune. Thanks! Light golden colored - almost yellow. A fluffy white head that lasted for a few minutes. Aroma is hoppy and full of citrus. Fruity bitter flavor with grapefruit dominating. Sourish bitter aftertaste. Refreshing. KI=8
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2008
at 15:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Gravity at Reading Beer Festival 2 May 08. Golden colored. Almost no head. Aroma of citrus. Well integrated flavor of grapefruit and other fruits. A fruity bitterness kicking in.
Tried
on 18 May 2008
at 10:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Århus2008 50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a lacing white head. Light hops fruity aroma. Flavour holds a nice citrusy fruity hops note. Light bitter yet with a persisting fruity finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2008
at 01:56
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Rating is the average of all tastes.
. [16/5/2008 - bottle from Waitrose, Marlow] As the name suggests this has strong lemon citrus flavours with some grassy hops, followed by a deep but pleasant bitterness. An unusual yet very refreshing and satisfying beer. Nice work Harviestoun! 7/3/8/4/14.
[23/11/2013 - bottle that Dad shared with me - cheers!] Thin and wishy washy with a sour lemon taste. Wouldn’t have known this was the same beer as I’d had before - is there something wrong with this bottle, or have my tastes changed completely? 6/3/5/2/10.
. [16/5/2008 - bottle from Waitrose, Marlow] As the name suggests this has strong lemon citrus flavours with some grassy hops, followed by a deep but pleasant bitterness. An unusual yet very refreshing and satisfying beer. Nice work Harviestoun! 7/3/8/4/14.
[23/11/2013 - bottle that Dad shared with me - cheers!] Thin and wishy washy with a sour lemon taste. Wouldn’t have known this was the same beer as I’d had before - is there something wrong with this bottle, or have my tastes changed completely? 6/3/5/2/10.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2008
at 16:34
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Gravity dispense. Russet body colour, slightly hazy. Fragile layer on the surface. Nice fruity aroma. Hoppy flavour displaying grapefruit, peaches and a touch of malt. Dry bitter endnotes (sampled with Finn at The Reading Beer Festival 02.05.2008)
Tried
on 14 May 2008
at 06:39
3.2/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
[500ml bottle from Sainsbury’s, Reading, Robert Burns Night 2008]. I suspect that this is one of the most popular bottled beers tonight! Being a seasonal special, I didn’t expect too much of it, as it was clearly being marketed on the name and amusing label picture rather than the quality of the beer. A very orange beer, putting me in mind of "Scotland’s Other National Drink", Irn-Bru. In flavour it is diametrically opposite to Irn-Bru though, for there is no hint of sweetness here. I got a hint of floral flavour before huge bitterness kicked in, setting up camp at the back of my tongue & not letting any other flavours through (the bottle claimed biscuit, citrus & fruit were in there somewhere, but I didn’t get any of those). Not a really unpleasant bitterness, just overwhelming. The bottle claimed that it was the ideal beer to go with haggis. I personally can think of many beers that would have better complemented my delicious minced-sheep-lung-and-stomach. However, maybe it’s better to look at it the other way around - haggis is one of the best foods to go with this beer, as few other meals would have an intense enough flavour and enough fat to be tasted above this bitterness! Certainly not a beer I’ll try again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2008
at 18:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at Punavuoren Ahven on 2008-04-19) Almost clear and golden. Hops in nose. Very small white head. Light palate. Hop bitterness and some malts in taste. Lightly sweet. Dry bitter aftertaste. Clear bite of hops.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 May 2008
at 12:17
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours deep black into a snifter. Offwhite head recedes to hug rim leaving no lacing. Sweet smoke and dark caramel aromas. Slick engine oil upfront with a lasting peaty espresso finish.
Tried
on 09 May 2008
at 20:10
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Very dark brown and oily-looking. Gentle whiskeyish nose with lovely chocolate character. Big whiskey taste, some peat and iodine. Rich deep chocolate malts with accents of nuts, wood and alcohol. Sublime balance. Gorgeous stuff.
Tried
on 09 May 2008
at 07:31