Exmas
Exmoor Ales in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Winter|
Score
6.49
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Martinsh (3610) reviewed Exmas from Exmoor Ales 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at Moon under Water, Wolverhampton Pours a dark ruby red with a small white head and good lacing. Has a strong nutty aroma with almonds and hazelnuts discernable. In the mouth it is an unusual combination of corncobs, dried fruit and biscuits, all underpinned by roast malts. The maltiness lingers in the finish. Reasonable I suppose, but there are better winter ales than this.
allmyvinyl (21071) reviewed Exmas from Exmoor Ales 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Cask up the White Lady. Pours clear amber with a thick creamy head. Aromas of light toffee and hazelnuts. Taste is light sweet, malty, caramel. Faint balancing hops. Light mineral note on the finish. Solid esb.
Olut (21769) reviewed Exmas from Exmoor Ales 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Cask @ Percy Shaw, Halifax. Copper with a thin bubbly head. Malty in both aroma and taste, but quite sugary at the same time. Fairly smooth in the palate.
Svesse (15730) reviewed Exmas from Exmoor Ales 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
(Cask at Penderel’s Oak JDW, Holborn, London, 26 Nov 2014) Amber colour with brief, beige head. Malty nose with notes of nuts, dried fruit and caramel. Malty taste with caramel, nuts, dried fruit, a touch of chocolate and a fairly sweet finish with a moderate bitterness. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. Possibly a touch too sweet, but quite tasty. Quite nice.
RichTheVillan (12489) reviewed Exmas from Exmoor Ales 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at JDW Bishop Vesey; clear amber pour with a frothy beige head, fruit and spice aroma, taste has digestive biscuit, sweet caramel, christmas spices come through at the end.
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Exmas from Exmoor Ales 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5
Cask at the Kings Head (JDW), Salisbury. It starts off alright; deep golden-amber with a thin white head and a reasonably rich body with a light fizz. Up front there’s straw, syrup, bready malt and a vague hint of spice. But then the straw turns damp, mildewy and earthy, and there’s a rising taste of vomit. There’s little Christmassy about this beer, and by the end little to like either, despite the reasonable start. Shame.
jimgreen (21510) reviewed Exmas from Exmoor Ales 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Assembly Rooms, Solihull. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is sweet creamy malt. The flavour is moderate bitter light sweet witn a big malt, red berry fruit, light hop bitter palate and a short bitter finish. Medium bodied witn soft carbonation. A drinkable session ale.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Exmas from Exmoor Ales 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at the Willow Walk, Victoria, 23/12/13. Clear golden copper with a moderate off white head. Nose is biscuit, toffee, dark fruit, a little spice. Taste comprises bread dough, malty backbone, hay, citric fruit, light spice, caramel. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, dry finish with a little bitterness. So so affair.
Erzengel (18514) reviewed Exmas from Exmoor Ales 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Cask 2011: Malziger Geruch, schöne aletypische Farbe. Der Antrunk ist mild-würzig, leicht nach Weihnachten. Im Hauptteil vollmundig, leicht kräuterhopfig-würzig, interessant mit toller Ale-Note. Langer, vollmundig-würziger Nachgeschmack.
--> Sehr tolles Weihnachtsbier!
--> 14/13/14/14
stravale (3279) reviewed Exmas from Exmoor Ales 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Cask @ JDW Elgin 171212
Copper, clear, dense white head with good lacing
Aroma - some farmyard and soft caramel malts
Taste - Fruity sweet malts, cereals, odd yeasty note, toasted malt, hint of burnt biscuit, odd flavour
Palate - medium body, quite sticky, oily, quite cloying, sweet palate. Finish of lingering sweet malts with weetabix
Overall - Nope, better to look at than to drink it