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

Bottle. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is hop, fruit, sweet, malt. Flavour is sweet, hop, fruit. Light bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2006 at 11:55


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

Creamy white excellent mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and very good hoppy aroma. Fantastic flavor, average finish. Nice bitter. Creamy palate. Excellent premium lager.

Tried on 28 Aug 2006 at 14:38


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

(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 4 Aug) Colour is golden yellow, with hints of amber, foamy white head. Nose is fruity with lemon and grapefruit. Hints of smoke? Taste is fruity with pineapple, lemon and a slightly soapy, grassy hop bitterness in the finish. Nice and tasty.

Tried from Cask on 26 Aug 2006 at 15:52


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

(Cask at Market Porter, Borough, London, 31 July) Colour is pale amber with frothy head. Nose is fruity with grapefruit, lemon and a distinct citrussy hop aroma. Taste is fruity with grapefruit and lemon, seriously hoppy with a slightly soapy character. Long, hoppy finish. Rather single-tracked and not really complex, but a hop heads delight. Excellent!

Tried from Cask on 23 Aug 2006 at 17:00


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

(500 ml bottle brought by a friend from London) Clear copper color with a medium size lasting tan head. Fresh hoppy scent, though it smells a bit watery. Malty taste with a little bit bitter twist, bitter after taste. Watery mouth feel.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Aug 2006 at 14:00


8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

(500 ml bottle brought over from England by a friend) Straw golden color, white head. Very hoppy scent, mixed with a bit of acid. Nice hoppy refreshing taste with a bitter after taste- Smooth mouth feel and high bitterness. A beer I can recommend, very nice!

Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2006 at 17:20


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours a black colour with a tan head. Roastd malty aroma with some hints of raisins. Roasted malty flavor with hints of coffee and chocolate. Malty chocolate aftertaste.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2006 at 17:53


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

Cask @ Market Porter, Borough, London. Hazy pale yellow colour with a small white head. Fruity hoppy aroma with some hints of citrus. Fruity flavor with hints of citrus. Has a fruity malty aftertaste.

Tried from Cask on 14 Aug 2006 at 10:04


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Powerfull elegant aroma. Very nice caramellic/coffee flavor. Oily palate. Nice beer.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2006 at 02:10


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours like a quart of motor oil and has a thick, mocha colored head with sticky lacing. Aroma has hints of licorice, raisins, and molasses, very earthy. Flavor has the same qualities with a little bit of chocolate in the back end. Has some smoked, roasty notes in there as well.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2006 at 06:31