Exmoor Ales
Microbrewery
in Wiveliscombe,
Somerset,
England 🏴
Owned by
Hogs Back Brewery
Established in 1979
Contact
Description
Exmoor Ales – brewing quality cask and bottled ales from the edge of Exmoor National Park since 1979
Brewery suffered financial problems and in April 2025 were bought by Hogs Back. Brewing moved to Hogs Back until a move to the former Cotleigh Brewery site in September 2025.
Brewery suffered financial problems and in April 2025 were bought by Hogs Back. Brewing moved to Hogs Back until a move to the former Cotleigh Brewery site in September 2025.
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Crossways Inn at West Huntspill in Somerset. Pours clear amber with a beige cap. Spicy rye, caramel, grapefruit. Light sweet with light hop bitterness. Medium body with soft carbonation. Not too bad.
Tried
from Cask
at
Crossways Inn
on 01 Aug 2022
at 02:14
3.4/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 3
Overall 14
Cask at Crossways Inn at West Huntspill in Somerset. Pours hazed yellow golden with a white cap. Citrus, grapefruit, pineapple notes. Light to medium sweet with some hop bitterness on the finish. Soft mouthfeel. Medium body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jul 2022
at 14:31
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Cask at Crossways Inn at West Huntspill, Somerset. Pours clear dark-ish gold with a white to beige cap. Aroma: light pale malts, bread. Taste: light sweet & bitter, pale malts, brown bread, dried fruits hints. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Dull.
Tried
from Cask
at
Crossways Inn
on 31 Jul 2022
at 12:48
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Percy Shaw, Halifax. Golden with a creamy head. Its gin notes are evident in its aroma but has a more mildly sweet hoppy taste with a mild spiced kick.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jun 2022
at 14:17
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Moon Under Water, Wolverhampton – though have drunk it many times before. Pours a deep ruby with a medium sized off-white head. There’s a pleasant fruity, malty aroma here. In the mouth there are autumn rfuits, malts and caramel, with a hint of toffee. Later on some grains can be detected. Finish is malty. This is OK, without being anything out of the ordinary. Have had better Exmoor beers.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 May 2022
at 22:54
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 19 May 2022
at 16:58
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Thin white head left a cover 9n a slowly carbonated golden coloured body. Straw, floral & fruity aroma. Medium bodied, soft on the tongue with a cloying back. Sweet, berries, cardboard, grain & lightly hopped tastes. Standard stuff.
Tried
on 14 May 2022
at 18:10
Tried
on 15 Apr 2022
at 11:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask: Poured a golden with creamy white head. Aroma is malty, grain. Taste is bitter forward, great mix of malts and grain.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Mar 2022
at 19:19
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Coal Orchard (JDW), Taunton. Pours pale golden with a white cap. Citrus aroma.Taste: light sweet & bitter, grains, citrus. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Nowt to it
Tried
from Cask
at
Coal Orchard (JDW)
on 14 Mar 2022
at 22:07