Harviestoun

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

Established in 1983

Contact
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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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

A nice light brown coloured brew, with a hoppy nose and a balanced fruity hoppyness.

Tried on 07 Mar 2007 at 03:41


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Ligth golden colour with a hoppy nose, quite bitter with serious hints of grapefruit.

Tried on 07 Mar 2007 at 03:39


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Ligth golden colour with a hoppy nose, quite bitter with serious hints of grapefruit.

Tried on 07 Mar 2007 at 03:39


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

golden coloure ale, with lots of grapefruit citrus hop and a nice balanced bitter linger

Tried on 07 Mar 2007 at 03:37


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

pitch black with off white creamy head. Aroma is roasted malts, caramel & coffe + chcolate. Silky smooth mouthfeel. Light smoke. Filling body. Moderate bitter finish. Pleasant & enjoyable!

Tried on 25 Feb 2007 at 06:31


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A deep red beer with a thin light orange head. The aroma is sweet and dominated by berries, while the flavor is lovely sweet with notes of straw and berries as well as light notes of metal on a malty back ground, leading to a dry bitter end. The body is a bit thin, no wonder though at 3.8% ABV.

Tried from Cask on 22 Feb 2007 at 18:39


7.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

500ml bottle from Sainsbury’s, Holborn. Shared with my friends at a hotel room in Kings Cross. Clear golden in body colour under a creamy, white head retention. Aromatic floral hops. Fruit cocktail flavour with notes of lemon, grapefruit, orange and melon. Nice bitter ending. Zesty and refreshing drinkability. Very moreish (01.02.2007).

Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2007 at 07:05


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Sainsbury, Kidlington. Had this cold as it recomended but I found that this dulled the taste experience somewhat. Poured a pale blond colour, with busy white head that qucikly faded away. Some malt and citrus aroma’s, taste was less intense than expected but there was a definate citrus flavour to this beer though the bitterenss seemed blunter than I’d hoped and remembered last time I’d had this.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Feb 2007 at 01:54


8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 10

The bitter hoppy aroma hits as soon as the bottle is openned; pours a pale blonde colour with a white head;good balance of honey sweetness and bitterness at first and than a zing a lemon. Very, very good.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2007 at 11:49


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask gravity at Halfway House, Brenchley. Copper colour, disappearing head. Just a bit dull on the aroma. Biscuity malt, some toffee, some sharp hop that is a bit sherberty. Not as intense as I would expect a Harviestoun beer to be. Reasonable fullness in mouth, some nuttiness. Dryish finish.

Tried from Cask on 17 Jan 2007 at 11:19