Exeter Brewery Ferryman

Ferryman

 

Exeter Brewery in Exeter, Devon, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  Bitter - Ordinary / Best Bitter Regular
Score
6.08
ABV: 4.2% IBU: - Ticks: 28
Our well known Classic; this was the first ale produced by the Brewery, back in 2003, when we were called Topsham & Exminster Brewery. We may have changed our name and refined the recipe a tad, but Ferryman remains a firm favourite with many and remains one of our best-sellers.

A copper coloured Premium ale. Beautifully well balanced flavour enhanced with generous handfuls of English Goldings hops. All our ales are cask conditioned and made using only the finest local sourced ingredients, including traditionally floor-dried, locally produced malts.
 

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

Creamy off white head on a copper coloured body.
Sweet malt & berry aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth & creamy with a cloying back.
Sweet berry, malt, toffee & caramel tastes with a tangy bitter finish.
Excellent Cask.

Tried from Cask on 03 Jun 2025 at 14:02


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

Old rating from 2014 - 500ml bottle from the brewery. It pours amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, fruits, biscuits, toffee & burnt malt. Moderate body. Mild bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 19 Apr 2025 at 10:15


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(Cask at Lyric, Soho, London, 20 Nov 2023) Reddish amber colour with frothy, tan head. Malty nose with notes of caramel, dark fruit and toast. Malty taste with caramel, apricot marmalade, red fruit and a mild earthy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. Well balanced bitter. Quite nice.

Tried from Cask on 06 Apr 2024 at 20:37


20/09/2014. GREAT WESTERN HOTEL, St. Davids Station Approach, EXETER, Devon, England

Tried on 29 Nov 2022 at 15:00


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

On cask at the George and Dragon, Dartmouth. Appearance - deep amber to red. Thin white head. Nose - red fruit, caramel and bready. Taste - redcurrant, bread and caramel. Palate - medium bodied, creamy middle and lightly roasty finish. Overall - I really like this. And it has elements of red or amber ale style too.

Tried from Cask on 09 Aug 2022 at 11:47


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.

Tried on 22 Jul 2022 at 06:50


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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Blue Anchor, Teignmouth. Poured a clear copper colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is biscuit malt, woody hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, grainy, biscuit dough, light floral, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask at The Blue Anchor on 31 May 2022 at 18:31


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5


Cask (handpump) @ The Prospect Inn, The Quay, Exeter EX2 4AN, Devon, England.

[ As Exeter Ferryman ].
ABV: 4.2%. Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet malt, fruity malt. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, sweet malt, caramel, fruity malt, burnt bitter - caramel, bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20190724]
6-3-6-3-11

Tried from Cask on 24 Jul 2019 at 15:40


4.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Cask at pub in london.Clear dark orange smooth offwhite head. Very mild slightly spicy aroma flavor is caramelly toffee a bit bland. I prefer my bitter a bit more crisp.

Tried from Cask on 05 Apr 2019 at 19:53


5.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

From sparklerless cask at The Iron Bridge Inn, Exeter, Devon, on tour to 22 southern counties 04.01.19. Clear copper. Dense and persistent head and lacing. Aroma and taste of biscuits, pale malt and marmalade.

Tried from Cask on 04 Jan 2019 at 22:44