Harviestoun Brewery is a craft brewery based in Alva in

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History

Harviestoun Brewery was founded in 1983 by Ken Brooker in a 200-year-old stone barn on a farm, near

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and

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in Clackmannanshire. In 2004 the brewery moved to Alva Industrial Estate in nearby Alva. Harviestoun was bought by

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in 2006. Following the takeover of Caledonian by

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in 2008, Harviestoun became independent again - it was bought by a group of Caledonian Brewery directors.

Beers

Harviestoun produce a range of cask ales, craft

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s and filtered bottled beers. Harviestoun brew a beer called Ola Dubh (

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for ‘engine oil’) which is brewed in old

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casks and is 8%

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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 and in 2003 won the

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, as presented by the

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References

External links

Harviestoun Brewery websiteHarviestoun Brewery Twitter
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