Exmoor Ales

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

Established in 1979

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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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5.8
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
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


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

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


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

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


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

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
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


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Lord Arthur Lee, JDW, Fareham. Pours a golden color with a small off-white head. Has a malty caramel aroma with some fruity hints and some hints of hops. Has a fruity malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.

Tried from Cask on 30 Nov 2009 at 06:41


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear dark amber color with a average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, roasted, caramel, dried fruit, fruity, raisin, prune. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20090804]

Tried from Cask on 28 Nov 2009 at 03:56


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Copper coloured with a dense white head; nutty malty aroma; sweet malt flavour, but rather thin; dry and nutty finish. An unexceptional bitter.

Tried from Cask on 20 Nov 2009 at 04:30


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask conditioned handpull at Postal Order, JDW, Worcester. Chestnut colour lasting beige head. It’s alright, bit of biscuit on a normal bitter. Bit of yeast character on aroma. Not much hop on finish. Some toffee, some biscuit.

Tried from Cask on 16 Nov 2009 at 12:01