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.
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is toffee malty and light caramelish. Mild bitter, light grassy to herbal. Dry and toasted malty into a bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Aug 2013
at 03:05
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Cask at William Jolle (Wetherspoons), Northwood Hills. A golden coloured pour with a small white head on top. Vague hoppy, malty aroma. Tastes is similar, slightly hoppy, slightly malty, slight sweetness, thin and really not good at all.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Aug 2013
at 11:57
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF. Medium amber color, flat. Grassy, earthy nose, amber malts. thin, grassy hop flavor, earthy. Typical amber ale flavors, a bit think and boring.
Tried
from Cask
on 17 Aug 2013
at 00:28
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki. Colour is clear golden with small white head. Sweetness, honey, grain and malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 May 2013
at 07:55
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask @ HBF’13
Aroma is very light with hay and toffee. Flavour has toffee, nuts, some English hops and hay. Quite strong nutty aromas here. Somewhat leathery palate. Not very ESB.
Aroma is very light with hay and toffee. Flavour has toffee, nuts, some English hops and hay. Quite strong nutty aromas here. Somewhat leathery palate. Not very ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Apr 2013
at 06:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ HBF 2013
Pours dark orange with a bubbly head. Aroma of caramel, toffee and grainy malts. Taste is sweetish malty with hints of caramel and toffee with notes of grain. Finish is malty and caramely. Okay, quite generic ESB.
Pours dark orange with a bubbly head. Aroma of caramel, toffee and grainy malts. Taste is sweetish malty with hints of caramel and toffee with notes of grain. Finish is malty and caramely. Okay, quite generic ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Apr 2013
at 05:59
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at HBF 2013, Helsinki. Colour is clear copper with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, toffee, sweetness and malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Apr 2013
at 05:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at HBF2013) The beer poured brown and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts and molasses. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, molasses, grass, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and bitter. A decent ESB.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Apr 2013
at 05:46
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at moon under water. Dark chestnut brown, beige head that sticks around. Aroma figgy rum touch of oak. Flavour is toffee burnt sugar, touch of solvent. Fuller body and sweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jan 2013
at 12:21
5.1/10
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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
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
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Dec 2012
at 14:50