Harviestoun Schiehallion (Bottle)

Brewed by Harviestoun
Style: Premium Lager
Alva, Central, Scotland

...bottle. Nice and clean, but thin and watery. Good for a hot day, but nothing to kick youself in the balls about.

500ml bottle from First Choice liquor stores into a pilsner glass. A clear straw coloured lager with small white head. Aroma of sweet fruity malts. Feels smoother than your average mass produced lager with a tastes of grainy honey malts. The advertised grapefruit taste occurs later with a crisp dry hop bitterness in the finish. Sessionable and refreshing.

Bottle that I’m unsure where it came from but I would imagine a certain Mr Garvieuk would be the most likely person to put this my way in a Cropredy box. Pours hazy golden with a thin white head, nice malty aroma and there is a really nice streaky citrussyness about this predominantly lemon and grapefruit. Well impressed with this it finishes with a really nice lingering bitterness, very decent. A6 A3 F7 P4 OV14 3.5

An unexpected treat from a country where quality lagers are few and far between. The Harviestoun range ranks among the best in Scotland, so I was delighted to find it in Australian bottle shops - and at prices that compare favourably with those in its homeland. This situation is too good to last, so I have loaded up while I can. Schiehallion is a hazy gold with hits of tangerine and a lasting head. There are nice lifted tropical fruit notes in the aroma - lychee, canned peaches, plus fresh hay and uncooked dough. The palate is much softer than commercial lagers, and all the better for it. This is lip-smacking good, zesty and as refreshing as a walk in the Scottish mountains. Decent grapefruit bitterness, lychee again and a satisfying buzz in the finish. Very sessionable. I could drink a lot of this over summer. [500ml bottle from Vintage Cellars, Clovelly. BB July 09 2009]

Bottle 0,5ltr: Scottish lager brewed in the best Czechs way. Golden coloured with a grassy/fruity taste and a well sweet bitter finish.

500 ml bottle. Label says 4.7% abv, possibly watered down for the Norwegian market (or more likely relabelled). Golden colour. Clear. Medium-sized white fluffy head that clings to the glass. Rich malty aroma with lots of earthy and floral hops. Spicy hoppy flavours with a rich maltiness. Oily texture with a sharp cutting hop bitterness. Very refreshing. Reminds me more of an ale than a lager, but thats likely because there is a lot of things happening in the beer, much unlike most other lagers. Crisp hop bitterness in the finish. A really nice flavourful beer. The perfect session beer.

Nice golden colored, small white head, which disappear rapidly. Fresh fruity aroma. Hoppy to start with, light malt , turn sweet in the end, a good lager

Clear golden with tiny white head. Sweet fruity aroma with floral hops. Sweet flavour with floral hops and citric notes.