Okell's Maclir

Maclir

 

Okell's in Douglas, Isle Of Man, Isle Of Man 🇮🇲

  Wheat Ale Regular
Score
6.05
ABV: 4.4% IBU: - Ticks: 92
Manannan Mac Lir. "Son of the Sea" and the mystic Celtic warrior god after whom the Isle of Man is named. It was only time then, before we at least honoured him with a decent beer. We think he would be proud. MacLir, clouds and clears on pouring much like the legendary cloak of mist, with which Manannan is said to have protected the Island from invasion…and sub-standard beer.

MacLir is a superb Wheat Beer, with resin hops and lemon fruit on the aroma, banana and lemon in the mouth, and a big, bitter finish dominated by the hops, juicy malt and citrus fruit. Unlike lightly hopped Bavarian or Belgian wheat beers, MacLir also comes armed with a veritable oast house full of little green plants.

Ingredients: Pride of Ringwood from New Zealand, Cascade and Cluster from the US, Saaz from the Czech Republic, Styrian Goldings from Slovenia, and First Gold and Goldings from England.
 

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

Old rating from 2013 - 500ml bottle brought back from the Isle of Man by my wife. It pours amber with a small white head. Aromas & tastes of elderflowers, orange, caramel, lemon, honey, hints of spices, herbs & wheat malt. Moderate body. Moderate finish.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Apr 2025 at 09:59


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle 0,5ltr: Golden hazy brew from the Isle of Man with a great citrus taste and tintling on tongue experience. If you don’t no better you think this came from Belgium.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:50


17/01/2003. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, 1 The Square, Temple Quay, BRISTOL, Bristol, England (WETHERSPOONS)

Tried on 11 Jun 2023 at 17:48


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

Lemon, flowers and chalk in the aroma. Lemongrass flavor, well at least a grassy hopcharacter with lemon. Solid hoppy aftertaste. Well made witbier with a distinct character.

Tried on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:07


6

Tried on 18 Oct 2017 at 13:17


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle from B&M, Halifax. Copper-amber with a very thin head. Has a wheat ale style, with a dryish finish, sugary-metallic in its nose, but not a huge amount of flavour.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jan 2016 at 16:07


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

Tasting at my place. Vlierbloesemlimonade in een ouwe schoen. Backlog from 2015/05/26. --- Beer merged from original tick of Maclir on 26 May 2015 at 20:35 - Score: 7. Original review text: Vlierbloesemlimonade in een ouwe schoen

Tried on 14 Dec 2015 at 09:54


7.4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Piwo z niewielka pianka, klarowne i zlociste. Zapach trawiasto zbozowy. W smaku gorycz i chmielnosc spora. gozkie wytrawe, choc w pierwszej chwili na jezyku dosc wyrazna slodowosc, ale po przelknieciu dominuja smaki goryczkowe pochodzenia od roznych gatunkow chmielu. Pszenicznego posmaku nie wiele dalo sie wylowic.

Tried on 07 Jun 2015 at 07:21


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Many thanks for this Bottle to mr Jacek Wigeier (Wine of Dreams - Warsaw) Piwo z niewielka pianka, klarowne i zlociste. Zapach trawiasto zbozowy. W smaku gorycz i chmielnosc spora. gozkie wytrawe, choc w pierwszej chwili na jezyku dosc wyrazna slodowosc, ale po przelknieciu dominuja smaki goryczkowe pochodzenia od roznych gatunkow chmielu. Pszenicznego posmaku nie wiele dalo sie wylowic.

Tried on 07 Jun 2015 at 09:21

Tried from Bottle from Beers Of Europe on 06 Jun 2015 at 22:00


7

Tried on 26 May 2015 at 20:33