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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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle from Beers of Europe. This doesn’t look like a porter, it’s an ordinary English strong ale. Aroma is sour fruits, toasted malts, chocolate. Flavour is toasted malts, fruits, bit of glue. Slightly sour finish. Not too well.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Aug 2010 at 06:40

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
(Cask at Kitty’s, Helsinki) Poured golden and clead. Head was medium sized, white and long lasting. Aroma contained malts, toffee and yeast. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, home brew, citricness and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and bitter.
Tried from Cask on 01 Jul 2010 at 10:17

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask@GBBF09. Deep reddish amber colour with small, but longlasting off-white head. Aroma is roasted malts, some caramel, ashes and mild raisins. Flavour is sweet malts, some roasted malts, ashes, some dark fruits and mild nutty notes. Pleasant.
Tried from Cask on 25 Jun 2010 at 03:10

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Bottle 500ml. @ Fastelavnssmagning, Ulfborg.Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, toffee, light to moderate hoppy, citrus - orange. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20100220]
Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2010 at 14:40

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle @ Fastelavnssmagning, Ulfborg. Pours slight unclear golden with a small bubbly white head. Clean, bitter, floral and fruity flavor. Some bready notes. Medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2010 at 13:19

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Clear golden with a tiny white head. Sweet fruity aroma with malty and mild hoppy notes. Flavour was dry with hoppy and malty notes. Finished bitter.
Tried on 20 Feb 2010 at 15:41

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Bottled. A hazy golden beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma has straw, malt, and citrus. The flavor is sweet malt and straw, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2010 at 12:54

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Bottle, 5%. Mild grainy aroma. Almost clear golden colour. Very small white head. The flavour is a little grainy, but not sour. Quite bland English ale. Not bad, but nothing special either.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2010 at 12:46

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Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours golden with a slight haze and a white head. Fruity nose. Medium body, sweet fruit and a dry finish. No biggie put pleasant alright. 200210
Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2010 at 12:44

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask. A nut-brown beer with a thin tan head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel as well as light notes of nuts, leading to a dry nutty finish.
Tried from Cask on 28 Dec 2009 at 10:20