Exmoor Ales

Microbrewery in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Hogs Back Brewery

Established in 1979

Contact
Exmoor Brewery, Ford Road, Wiveliscombe, TA4 2RE, England
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.

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5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
(Thanks, Jeremy! Blackhaddock) Bottle. A- Malty, bready, mild hops. A- Bronze color, clear liquid, off white head. T- Bitter, malty, bread dough, touch of caramel. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, malty finish. O- Not particularly a fan, but it's okay for what it is. Meh.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2022 at 17:04

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can.Clear golden colour with off white head.Aroma of Juniper and other forest berries,mild and soft,witn mild sour finish.
Tried from Can on 02 Mar 2022 at 01:15

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Hogs Back Brewery shop. Aroma had dark fruit and a sour edge plus a slightly off-putting sodden ashtray streak. Darkest brown. Silky. Delicate foamy light beige head. Light-medium bitter. Sorta charcoal. Also sour berries and unassuming molasses and dark fruits. More sweet into the finish. Smoky. Light-medium bodied. Thin creamy mouthfeel. Soft carbonation. Long finish. Seems particularly astringent. It's alright but with this style I'd prefer more dark boozy fruit and less bitterness/astringency.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2022 at 16:52

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4.5
Half-pint, cask, after breakfast at Liberty Bounds (JDW). Filmy layer to a misty golden-brown body, upper part lacing. Slightly spiced fruity aromas. Juniper and ripe fruits to the taste buds, doughy. Short ending of lightly spiced fruits. So and so. (London 22.11.2021).
Tried from Cask on 20 Dec 2021 at 10:02

7.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Half-pint, cask after breakfast at Hope Tap (JDW). Good looking. A stable, patchy, off-white head to a bright copper body, clingy lacing. Inviting aromas of mid-sweet earthy malts and ripe fruits. Well blended taste of caramel, bread, and a biscuit twist. Balanced bittersweet end. A well kept, nice English bitter version. (Reading 19.11.2021).
Tried from Cask on 13 Dec 2021 at 19:55

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bit of a strange one really, pours clear golden with a small frothy white head and light malt on the nose. Light bodied with a fruity/floral taste, some herb character to it, and underlying light biscuit malt
Tried from Cask at Three Fishes on 10 Dec 2021 at 12:50

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Sample at the gate House jdw. Medium creamy off white head. Clear light Amber pour. Light bitterness
Tried from Cask at Gate House (JDW) on 23 Nov 2021 at 18:18

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 5
Gylden. Filmskum. Nesten klar. Lett krydderaroma. Smaken ingefær & tørre bør. Tørr bitter avslutning.
Tried on 22 Nov 2021 at 11:01

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Mørk amber. Klar. Lavt skum med litt farge. Aroma av røde plommer & kjeks. Smaken fiken & tørket frukt. Søtlig tørr fruktig bitter avslutning.
Tried on 19 Nov 2021 at 10:51

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
[Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.] A pale amber pour with a trace of white head; biscuity malt aroma; biscuity taste with some honey and a dry floral bitterness before a woody finish.
Tried from Cask on 03 Nov 2021 at 21:44