Exmoor Ales Dark

Dark

 

Exmoor Ales in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.53
ABV: 4.2% IBU: - Ticks: 16
A lighter, younger brother to our legendary Beast. This powerful yet balanced and very drinkable dark beer. Spicy aroma, malty biscuit flavour and a fruity long dry after taste.

Hops: Bramling Cross, Fuggles, Goldings and WGV
 

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

Deep dark brown, near black, with a ruby tinge, a creamy / frothy tan head and roasted malt and a touch of dark fruit on the nose. Somewhat creamy, roasted malt, dark fruit and coffee bitterness nicely combined, finishes dry and bitter.

Tried from Cask at Montgomery's Tower on 13 Oct 2025 at 16:00


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Paramount, Manchester (but have drunk it previously). Pours very dark reddish-brown with minimal foamy tan head. There’s roasted malts and hints of spice in the aroma. In the mouth it is sweet and creamy but also some underlying bitterness and a rather watery texture. Flavour has roasted malts and coffee plus hints of dark fruits and chocolate. Some bitterness in a fruity finish. Reasonable enough but I wouldn’t call it a bitter. My records say Mild but not’s not quite right either. Maybe an Old Ale ?

Tried from Cask at Paramount on 08 Oct 2025 at 13:45


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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Half pint on cask at the Bankers Draft.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear dark amber pour. Light chocolate

Tried from Cask at Banker’s Draft on 07 Oct 2025 at 15:59


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask up the White Lady. Second of the fest is it? Pours black with a thin beige head. Aromas of light toffee and coffee. Taste is more of the same. Thin finish.

Tried on 04 Oct 2025 at 16:31


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Tried on 29 Nov 2022 at 15:21


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Two cask pints, hand-pulled into brewery badged glass tankards in The Mitre, Witheridge, Devon on 10th Nov 2017. It's dark and it's malty, it's semi-sweet and slightly spicy. It's got some red fruit action going on and I liked it.

Tried from Cask on 13 Nov 2017 at 13:27


5

Tried on 21 Nov 2015 at 13:48


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask during a Wetherspoon Beer Festival in 2010. No notes as pre-Ratebeer for me but rating transferred from the Facebook Beerseek app.

Tried from Cask on 15 Feb 2015 at 12:46


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

From cask at Standing Order. Pours pitch black with a small tan head. Aroma is dark roasted malt. Breadish and slight liqourice. Dark roasted malty and breadish dry malty. Mild acidic. Bitter and roasted.

Tried from Cask on 19 Nov 2010 at 04:11


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

JDW Fest Autumn 2010.
Cask @ Crystal Palace, JDW. Amber colour, beige head. Aroma has hint of roasted malts, fruits. Flavour is slightly roasted malts, spicy, fruity. Fairly bitter, slightly dry finish. Clean, well drinkable.

Tried from Cask on 14 Nov 2010 at 05:32