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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7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Half pint cask at Charlies. Pours clear and golden and with little white head. Aroma is slight floral. Flavour is medium sweet to dry. Quite fruity towards floral. Finish holds a fresh bitter and floral note. Nice.
Tried from Cask on 14 Dec 2007 at 16:16

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm
Golden with a small head. Aroma is cookie malt and hops. Long, citric hop bitterness with notes of apricot.
Tried from Cask on 04 Dec 2007 at 13:01

5.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A golden beer with a slight haze under a thin light orange head. The aroma is sweet with notes of dusty hops, and some stearin. The flavor is sweet malty with citrusy hop notes, leading to a dry and rather bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 28 Nov 2007 at 17:13

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This ale pours a light yellow cloudy colour with a rocky white head. To the nose I could smell scents of ripe fruits like pineapple and citrus. Slightly doughy with a small scent of pine. First taste was very citrus like with flavours of pineapple and oranges.The finish is smooth but bitter with ending flavours of smoke and pine. The palate is bitter and very hoppy with the citrus lingering.
Tried on 21 Nov 2007 at 19:21

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Cask at Winstons Edinburgh ... Golden yellow ... musty hop ... bitter bitter bitter , and an unpleasent hoppyness.
Tried from Cask on 20 Nov 2007 at 12:48

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Bottle: Poured a blonde color ale with a small foamy head with limited retention. Aroma of subtle floral malt. Taste is a mix between some floral malt with some sweet notes. Body is average with some average carbonation. I was expecting something more complex or bitter based on the name of beer but I really thought this was bland.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Nov 2007 at 12:21

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Bottled (thanks cgarvieuk). Yellowish golden colour, not much head. Aroma is leather, fruity hoppy and also has some grass and wood in it. Flavour is really fruity with some grassy and flowery hints. Refreshing and fruity.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Nov 2007 at 00:18

6.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled
Golden color, small white head. Fruity (juicy lemon) aroma. Very fruity for British beer, fruity hops and sweetish citrus dominate the flavor. Late bitterness in the aftertaste. Tasty lager, more like an ale!
Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2007 at 17:01

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ Market Porter, Borough. Pours a clear copper color with a small off-white head. Has a malty fruity caramel aroma with some hoppy hints. Slightly roasted malty and fruity caramel aroma with some hoppy hints. Long malty bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 15 Oct 2007 at 08:13

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Clear copper with thick head. Raspberry and hop aroma. Smooth is a little watery in mouth. And served too cold. Then a good aggressive herby hop on the finish. This is how I remember Harviestoun beers being like. Good easy drinking hoppy beers. Particularly the hoppy finish. Just needs a bit more body to be very good. And then I asked for the sparkler to be taken off for the second pint. My god, what a difference. Suddenly more herby hop on aroma. Still a little watery in mouth but the stinging finishing hop is a lot more characterful with better hop flavours and some sweaty sox.
Tried from Cask on 12 Oct 2007 at 03:21