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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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

12/7/2024. Cask at the 33rd Ealing Beer Festival. Pours clear dark amber brown with a frothy off-white head. Aroma is malty, toffee, fruity, lightly spicy and a bit boozy. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, oily watery, soft carbonation. Nice bitterness to finish. Quite liked this.

Tried from Cask on 13 Jul 2024 at 11:02


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

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol March 2024. Golden in colour, with a slight, white, head. Floral hop aroma, lemon and tangerine fruits, biscuity malts and a moderately dry finish. Good.

Tried from Cask on 10 Jul 2024 at 08:28


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Cask at Royal Oak, Knaphill. Aroma is sharp - the Juniper- with underlying malts. Opaque gold. Frothy foamy white head. Light-medium bodied. Sharp and tangy. Fruity. Soft carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Nice.

Tried from Cask on 04 Jul 2024 at 14:02


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask-conditioned at the Staple Hill Oak (JDW), S Gloucs 15/5/2024. Pale amber in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Biscuity malts, a touch of citrus fruits, marmalade sweetness and a moderately bitter finish. A lot going on for 3/4% ABV and good for it.

Tried from Cask on 16 May 2024 at 05:37


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can @ Crossed Peels, Stirling. Hazy amber-red with a glow and a small head. Hoppy effort but its strength transfers into a full body and its taste is very much red ale style malts - aroma too. There's a hint of chocolate in the brew too!

Tried from Can on 08 May 2024 at 02:36


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Hand-pulled pint at The Mitre Inn, Witheridge Devon on 17th April 2024. Golden amber body, clean and clear, white head. Malty front with a subtle citrus fruitiness within, slightly bittering dry finish.

Tried on 17 Apr 2024 at 18:45


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

1/3 pint, cask at Hamilton Hall. Wetherspoon Beer Festival, March 24. Decent white head, near-clear golden body, clingy lacing. Moderate aromas on the nose, ripe lemon. Moderate taste with ripe lemon, and mid-sweet malts. Malt-fruity tail, mid-sweet. Average, more or less. (London, 16.03.2024).

Tried from Cask on 01 Apr 2024 at 16:28


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Falcon, HWY, 15/03/24. Pale golden yellow topped with a white head. Nose is lemon rind, grass, soft malts, melon. Taste comprises tangerine, light breads, melon, citric tinged straw. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with a light hop spattering. Okay easy drinking and refreshing pale.

Tried from Cask on 29 Mar 2024 at 08:42


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Bird in Hand, Stafford. Pours a dark chestnut with a small off-white head. Sweet malts to the fore in the aroma, alongside hints of fruit and chewy toffee. In the mouth it starts off fruity and slightly sweet with a creamy texture, flavours of raisins, cherries and hints of herbs and citrus. Some traditional hops come through later. Finish is fruity and slightly bitter. This is rather nice – a good old no-nonsense bitter.

Tried from Cask on 20 Mar 2024 at 22:21


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

Cask at the Gordon Highlander. It pours clear very pale yellow - blonde with a thick, fluffy white head. The aroma is quite fresh, green, grassy, floral and sweaty vibes. The taste is firmly dry, crisp, light bitterness, grassy, herbal, quite clean, crackery malt, slightly floral dull twist of citrus, melon and pear with a drying finish. Lighter end of average body and fluffy cask carbonation. Actually not too bad. Drinks well.

Tried from Cask on 16 Mar 2024 at 15:23