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.
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask pint @ The Three Fishes, Shrewsbury. Pours clear amber, small white head. Aroma is caramelised malts. Taste is very light and thin, a touch watery with faint sweet malts. A conversation oiler, but that’s about it.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Dec 2015
at 08:50
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask st the William Shenstone, Halesowen. Pours gold with a small head. Aroma is eggy straw. Taste has sweet lemon and straw.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Dec 2015
at 06:19
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask, shared with Finn at Falcon, Battersea.Clingy lacing from a low white head. Amber coloured body, close to clear. Smell of brown malts and leafy hops. Malt-fruity taste with caramel and leafy hops towards a bittersweet finish. Fair Brit bitter (London 29.11.2015).
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Dec 2015
at 08:50
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Fra cask på Falcon Clapham Junction 29 Nov 15. Delt med Rune. Lett mørk gyldenbrun. Lavt tett skum. Teppelacing. Beskjeden fruktaroma. Smaken tynn. Mandeldråper & bær. Lett tørr avslutning.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Dec 2015
at 08:12
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask, on gravity at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol October 2015. Golden in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Sweet, cereal malts, a touch of fruit, caramel and a moderately bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Nov 2015
at 14:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the standing order. Pours clear golden, nose is sweet toffee, cereal, floral, taste is similar. --- Beer merged from original tick of Gold Export Strength on 29 Oct 2015 at 09:08 - Score: 6. Original review text: Cask at the standing order. Pours clear golden, nose is sweet toffee, cereal, floral, taste is similar.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Oct 2015
at 18:00
4/10
Tried
on 26 Oct 2015
at 17:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at Hamilton Hall, JDW - Londkn. Pours clear yellow with a slight, creamy white head. The nose has sugary white bread, light caramel, ripe lemon. Medium sweet flavor with more simple pale malts, white bred, almost no bitterness, meringue. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sugary finish with more ripe lemon, hay, dough, a little sweat, faint butter, doughy white bread. Interesting stuff. A little punchy but still drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Oct 2015
at 12:20
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Square Peg JDW; clear golden amber pour with a tiny white head, aroma has sweet marmalade, taste has sweet jam action, plus some sweet malts, basic.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Oct 2015
at 03:33