Harviestoun Brewery is a craft brewery based in Alva in Clackmannanshire, Scotland.
History
Harviestoun Brewery was founded in 1983 by Ken Brooker in a 200-year-old stone barn on a farm, near Tillicoultry and Dollar in Clackmannanshire. In 2004 the brewery moved to Alva Industrial Estate in nearby Alva.
Harviestoun was bought by Caledonian Brewery in 2006.[1] Following the takeover of Caledonian by Scottish & Newcastle in 2008, Harviestoun became independent again – it was bought by a group of Caledonian Brewery directors.[2]
Beers
Harviestoun produce a range of cask ales, craft lagers and filtered bottled beers. Harviestoun brew a beer called Ola Dubh (Scottish Gaelic for ‘black oil’) which is brewed in old Highland Park distillery casks and is 8% abv.[3]
Awards
Schiehallion was awarded the World's Best Pilsner in 2008 at the World Beer Awards, and the year previous in 2007, Bitter & Twisted was awarded World's Best Ale.
Bitter & Twisted has won a number of awards in the Champion Beer of Scotland[4] and in 2003 won the Champion Beer of Britain, as presented by the Campaign for Real Ale.[5]
External links
References
- Ian Fraser. Harviestoun is Caledonian's Sunday Herald, 29 January 2006, retrieved 24 October 2012^
- Directors step in to save Harviestoun The Scotsman, 11 April 2008, retrieved 29 December 2021^
- Ola Dubh Harviestoun Brewery, retrieved 2021-11-26