Harviestoun Brewery – Bitter & Twisted

Supreme Champion Beer of Britain… World’s Best Ale… Firm favourite of beer drinkers around the world… Where to start when talking about this immensely drinkable and enjoyable golden ale?

Bitter & Twisted is a superbly-balanced, refreshingly-lively beer. It has a malty-sweet aroma with a floral, fruity hoppiness and a zingy, zesty flavour. Complex, rounded, sweet and dry; this is the connoisseurs’ session beer par excellence!

It was first brewed in 1997 shortly after which (and unrelated to the new brew) a wee fracas broke out in the brewhouse. Feathers flew. There was some colourful language. One or more wives may have been involved. Nobody can remember exactly who was called “bitter & twisted”, by whom, or even why! But it was one heck of a name-day for this great beer!

HOPS: Hersbruker, Celeia, Perle, Bobek

MALTS: Lager malt, crystal malt, malted wheat & oats