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
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

0,5 flaske delt med Steven ved ankomst Forches: klar lys gylden med kort bruseskum. Mild duft og leskende smak av epler, epleskall og hint av bakte epleskiver. Riktig forfriskende etter kjøreturen fra Heathrow.

Tried on 29 Jul 2023 at 12:52


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 1 June 2023. Dark copper in colour with a slight, off-white, head. Caramel, some brown sugar, chewy malts and a moderately bitter finish. Fine.

Tried from Cask on 07 Jun 2023 at 09:03


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Old Road Tavern, Chippenham, during their annual dose of lunacy that is the stick and bucket dance. Excellent turnout this year, must have been 150-200 people. The beer's deep gold with a white head. Excellent condition, as one would expect in this pub. Caramel up front gives way to grapefruit. A moderate, but long-lasting crisp bitterness finishes it off. Decent stuff, the best I've had from this brewer.

Tried from Cask on 28 May 2023 at 22:45


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

Gravity cask at Maltingsfest 2023, held in Newton Abbot. Pours clear chestnut brown with a beige cap. Malty, brown bread, treacle hints, dried fruits, with brown sugar, nuts. Light to medium sweet & medium+ bitter. Dry taste, earthy. Medium body with soft carbonation.

Tried from Cask on 23 Apr 2023 at 20:38


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

500ml bottle from Lifton Farm Shop, Devon. Golden colour, white foam head that dissipates away and aroma of apple, fruity, juicy. Taste is sweetish apple, fruity, some skin, with acidity and tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium dry finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Apr 2023 at 20:23


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading.] A chestnut coloured pour with a ring of beige head; aroma of Demerara sugar; quite dry in the mouth with a bitter, burnt treacle taste; and a rather thin malty finish.

Tried from Cask on 11 Apr 2023 at 14:34


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

Cask at JDW The Holland Tringham, Streatham (26/03/2023) - JDW Spring Fest 2023 - sweet and toasted malty with notes of fudge and caramel, light brown sugar, medium body and soft cask carb, light hoppy and sweet malty finish. Ok brown .

Tried from Cask on 10 Apr 2023 at 09:56


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

Beer 6,800. Cask at the Duke William, Stourbridge. Pours dark brown with a small head. Aroma is nutty coffee. Taste has dusty cocoa, slightly nutty in parts.

Tried from Cask on 09 Apr 2023 at 18:40


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

Cask-conditioned, on gravity, at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol March 2023. Deep brown in colour with a slight, off-white, head. A malty brown ale, with brown sugar, and some traces of dried fruit and toastiness before a gentle finish. Good.

Tried from Cask on 02 Apr 2023 at 08:44


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Hope Tap, Reading. Reddish-brown with yellowy beige head. Brazil nuts, black coffee granules and a hint of vom on the nose. Tasting introduces coffee syrup, hazelnut and some creosoted fence panels. Decent condition, but mouthfeel is a little watery and yet a little oily. Overall... yeah, I quite enjoyed it apart from that initial hint of vom. Although as this was in a Spoons, maybe that came from the old guy slumped at the next table.

Tried from Cask on 31 Mar 2023 at 08:32