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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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
(Cask at Skylark JDW, Croydon, 25 Nov) Golden amber colour with frothy white head. Fruity nose with orange, mandarin and fresh floral hops. Fruity taste with mandarin, orange, apricot and nice, balanced citrussy hops in the finish. Very drinkable.
Tried from Cask on 02 Dec 2006 at 10:18

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle, Co-op, Axminster, Devon, 11-11-06 (different label to that shown) Poured very dark brown, instantly came across as a good strong beer, nice aroma of roasted malts and with some bitter chocolate. taste strong, but suprisingly smooth, roasted notes, even liqourice tasted in this good bottled beer.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Nov 2006 at 14:07

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (handpump) at The Cottage Inn, Cannington TA5. Brown beer with bubbly head. Particularly malty beer with strong contrasting flavours, there is a rich nuttiness overlaid with a light barley flavour. Good standard hoppy finish, a very decent beer.
Tried from Cask on 02 Aug 2006 at 01:47

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Cask (handpump) at Malt Shovel Inn, Cannington TA5. Bronze colour, good head and low level of fine natural condition. Initialy nutty aromas become malty with hints of toffee then finaly some sweatiness. Low but balanced flavours of caramel and hops, with a hop bitterness developing into the finish
Tried from Cask on 02 Aug 2006 at 01:44

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cask handpull at Market Porter. Amber with thin off white head. ESB bitter with some fruit, some yest, some hop. Very acceptable ESB, but nothing special and I was a bit pissed by this stage.
Tried from Cask on 08 Jun 2006 at 18:07

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
(Cask at Market Porter, Borough, London 22 Apr 2006) Colour is mid brown to dark copper. Malty nose with hints of brown sugar and toffee. Taste is malty, nutty (hazel nuts) with a mild bitterness in the finish. Not really complex, buat a nice session bitter.
Tried from Cask on 25 Apr 2006 at 15:56

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at Cockney Pub easterfestival. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate hoppy aroma. Acetic average finish. OK palate.
Tried from Cask on 09 Apr 2006 at 06:09

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask gravity at Battersea Beer Festival 2006. Last beer of the festival for me, so thanks Chris for getting it before I went. Chestnut colour with bubbly beige head. Eggy yeasty aroma with good deep malts in the mouth. Some choc, nice finish: Very malty beer:
Tried from Cask on 14 Feb 2006 at 08:22

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask handpull at Westgate, JDW, Canterbury. Chestnut colour with bubbly beige head. Slightly yeasty, bit thin in mouth, but good red berry malts, bit sweet. OK bitter
Tried from Cask on 06 Nov 2005 at 03:58

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Cask at County Hotel JDW Ashford. Golden beer with a slightly creamy aroma, good creamy head and both malt and hops. Excellent balance. Did not get all the flavours that Silk did, but a better pint than the one chris_o had. Bit better than the normal golden ales
Tried from Cask on 24 Jul 2005 at 10:01