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

Can from Aldi Inverurie. It pours clear golden - amber with a foamy white cap. The aroma is quite light, tangy citrus, along the lines of lemon-lime, biscuit, touch of grass and light toffee. The taste is dry, light bitterness, pithy, waxy citrus peel, soda water, grassy, peppery spice and not much else. Finish is slightly soapy. Light body and average carbonation. A bit thin and insipid to be honest. There are much better low.no alcohol beers out there.

Tried from Can on 27 Mar 2020 at 15:48


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

The second one for our 7th wedding anniversary. Bottle 0.33l. Clear, dark red to black colored. AROMA- chocolate, roasted malts, cocoa powder, touch of whiskey. FLAVOR- neutral, lightly bitter, the same as aroma. Fuller bodied. No carbonation, flat. Probably in bad condition.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2020 at 20:45


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle thanks to my bro. It pours deep brown with a small bubbly tan head. The aroma is earthy, toasty, coffee, nuts, molasses, plum and dark fruits. The dry, quite bitter, burnt toast, light ash, woody, liquorice, coffee grounds, malted biscuit and tannin with a dry, burnt toast finish. Light body and soft carbonation. Ok for what it is. A bit burnt feeling though.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Feb 2020 at 17:43


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

330ml bottle @ DryJan tasting, Chez Sophie, Jan '20. Pours dark amber, beige head. Thin malty character, dry roast with a burnt bitter finish. Some coffee hints. Fine.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2020 at 00:05


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

27th Jan 2020. Shrewsbury Beer Exchange in Chez Sophie, our first ever 'no alcohol' tasting. 39 different beers, we managed 26 before we bloated ourselves out, this was beer number 26, our last beer of the session (thank God). Bottle, 330ml; BB 28th Mar 2020. Amber and malty with some coffee and chocolate undertones in both the aroma and taste.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2020 at 15:02


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle 14348, picked up years ago via Braufactum, galeria kaufhof I think. Jet black with a minimal head. Aroma of whisky malt. Flavour is warm fruit booze, dark fruit, whisky, warm malt fruit finish.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jan 2020 at 02:17


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Hand-pulled pint in my local Wetherspoon's on 24th Jan 2020 (Burns Night tomorrow). Amber body with a creamy head in colour and texture, some good heavy lacing too. Strange taste, no real aroma; rough, earthy maltiness with a dry bitter feel along with a metallic twang.

Tried on 24 Jan 2020 at 21:47


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home. Pours deep amber, nose is roasted, coffee, meaty, taste is similar, dry, bitter, pretty good.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2020 at 17:12


9.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Fles 33cl thuis. Chocolade, bitters, roasted malts, houttonen, as, molasse, donker fruittonen, oily, koffie, droog, heel licht boozy. Goede balans. (3-1-2020). (2900ste).

Tried on 03 Jan 2020 at 16:04


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

Blik 33cl in Putten. Licht citrus, grassig, wat hoptonen, licht maltig, licht fizzy, bloemig, bitters in nadronk. (31-12-2019).

Tried on 31 Dec 2019 at 15:33