Exmoor Ales

Microbrewery in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Owned by Hogs Back Brewery

Established in 1979

Contact
Exmoor Brewery, Ford Road, Wiveliscombe, TA4 2RE, England
Description
Exmoor Ales โ€“ 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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5.6/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask @ Beckettโ€™s Bank, Leeds. Golden-blonde with a creamy head. Has a light maltiness in both aroma and taste.
Tried from Cask on 06 Apr 2017 at 15:37

6.2/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Cask at the ledger building Jdw. A mid amber coloured pour with a small off white head. Aroma is earthy malts, toasted brown bread, autumn leaves. Flavour is composed of earthy twiggy malts, little dried apple. Palate is semi sweet decent cask condition. Dry woody finish.
Tried from Cask on 03 Apr 2017 at 12:04

6.1/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the picture house. Pours clear golden, nose is floral, toffee, taste is sweet, floral, grassy, little sourness.
Tried from Cask on 31 Mar 2017 at 12:36

6/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask handpull at Hamilton Hall JDW London. Clear deep amber copper brown colour lasting beige head. Malty bitter with some decent sharp fruit. A bit like the Hogs Back beer malty with a sharpish almost sour fruit finish. Some apple acidity. Some dusty hop. Malts arent great. Ok .
Tried from Cask on 28 Mar 2017 at 10:13

6.4/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the picture house. Pours clear amber, nose is floral, toffee, blackcurrant, taste is sweet, biscuity toffee. --- Beer merged from original tick of Exile Urban Fox (Cask Version) on 02 Apr 2017 at 09:44 - Score: 6. Original review text: Cask at the picture house. Pours clear amber, nose is floral, toffee, blackcurrant, taste is sweet, biscuity toffee.
Tried from Cask on 27 Mar 2017 at 11:30

6.8/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask at the picture house... Copper.. Thin tan lacing... Soft sweet toffee fruit nose.. Soft sweet toffee fruit.. Light caramel malts
Tried from Cask on 27 Mar 2017 at 11:29

5/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Cask at the Caley Picture House. Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aromas of toffee, metal, faint citrus. Taste is very metallic. Not enjoying this. Glad itโ€™s only a third. Like licking a battery.
Tried from Cask on 27 Mar 2017 at 06:02

7.1/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle from a now unrecalled source. Pours mid brown with an average sized off-white head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, molasses and nut. Moderate sweetness and medium plus bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, average to soft carbonation. Packs quite a punch.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Mar 2017 at 14:13

6.5/10 โ€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at the White Swan, Solihull. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a thin white head and some clingy lace. The aroma is malt, light hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a grainy malt, woody hop bitter, light fruit palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 22 Mar 2017 at 09:30

7.5/10 โ€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
500 ml bottle: BBD 13th Aug 2017. Poured into a UK pint sleeve at home on 17th Feb 2017. Deep, dark mahogany body, foaming lightly tanned head. Roasted, toasted malts lead the nose and taste with both chocolate and toffee flavours to the fore, some dark fruit notes too (raisins, plums, dates, dried figs). Liked it.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Feb 2017 at 18:42