Exmoor Ales
Microbrewery
in
Wiveliscombe,
Somerset,
England 🏴
Owned by
Hogs Back Brewery
Established in 1979
Contact
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.
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.
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
0,5 flaske fra Roadwater Village Shop, delt med Steven på Forche's Garden: klar kobbergylden med utmerket skum helt ned. Deilig maltaroma og -smak med urter, skog og litt krydder. En utmerket klassisk engelsk bitter med utpreget mersmak.
Tried
on 31 Jul 2023
at 21:40
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Fra cask på The Royal Oak i Luxborough, sammen med Steven: klar gylden med ok skum. Citrus, litt tropiske frukter og furunål. Hint av aprikos. Ikke særlig spennende etter to superbe bittere.
Tried
from Cask
on 31 Jul 2023
at 21:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Perfekt tappet fra cask på The Royal Oak i Luxborough, sammen med Steven: klar, mørk kobber med utmerket skum. Milde urter, karamell, citrus og hint av skog. Delikat drikke, et klassisk engelsk understatement.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jul 2023
at 21:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
0,5 flaske delt med Rory: mørk rødbrun med fint skum som varer. Mørke bær, kaffe, streifet av urter. Tørr, passe syrlig og med god ettersmak.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2023
at 21:42
6.5/10
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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
6.1/10
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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
6.8/10
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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
3.8/10
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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
6.4/10
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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
6.2/10
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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