Okell's

Commercial Brewery in Douglas, Isle of Man 🇮🇲
Associated with 12 Venues

Established in 1850

Contact
Old Castletown Road, Kewaigue Hill, Douglas, IM2 1QG, Isle of Man
+44 1624 699400
info@okells.co.uk
Description
Beer for purists. Pure & Simple. Here, amidst the pure shores and rolling glens of the Isle of Man, Okell's has been defined by our beautiful Island for over 170 years and guided, in all that we brew, by its unique Brewing Purity Law.

Dr. William Okell, a Cheshire surgeon, started Okell's Brewery in Castle Hill, Douglas, Isle of Man in 1850. He was a man of singular drive and ambition - by 1874 Dr. Okell owned many of the pubs on the island, had convinced Tynwald (the Isle of Man's parliament), to create an act ensuring the purity of beer brewed on the Isle of Man, and built The Falcon Steam Brewery just outside Douglas.

It's A Continuing Tradition...
We care about the beers we make, and for our Head Brewer Kevin Holmes, it's a never ending passion to create the perfect pint of Okell's. Making the perfect pint from only 4 ingredients is a special skill handed down by generations of Master Brewers.

Continuing our tradition of innovation, Okell's has the only wide gap plate and frame heat exchanger for heating the wort in the Copper in the British Isles.
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SVD
SVD (7430) reviewed
1907 from Okell's
5 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle at home, darker golden beer, small head. Aroma is citrus, malt, hops.Taste is the same, bitter, fruity, hops. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Nov 2020 at 18:39
SVD
SVD (7430) reviewed
IPA (Bottled) from Okell's
5 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at home, goleen beer, small head. Aroma is citrus, hops, malt. Taste is the same, bitter, hops, mineral water, light metal, bitter aftertaste. Not bad
Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2020 at 17:46
SVD
SVD (7430) reviewed
MPA (Manx Pale Ale) from Okell's
5 years ago
5.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 7
Past best before, golden beer, small head, aroma is fruit, citrus, malt. Taste is horrible, metal, mineral, oxidated, malt. Long metal aftertaste… ugh
Tried on 07 Nov 2020 at 22:15
Martinsh
Martinsh (3816) reviewed
Bitter from Okell's
6 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask at Bear and Billet, Chester Pours the classic “bitter brown” colour with a small white head and good lacing. Nose features malts and biscuits. Taste is reminiscent of ovaltine with a good helping of malts and also a slight hint of peppers . Finish is slightly bitter. As Fat Phil says, this is a Proper Pint !
Tried from Cask on 03 Feb 2020 at 23:17
explosivedog
explosivedog (14048) reviewed
Bitter from Okell's
6 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
On handpull at Thomas Rigby's. Pours orange brown. Biscuit, pepper, plum, pear, estery finish. Good soft body. Decent.
Tried on 04 Jan 2020 at 14:11
Bierkoning
Bierkoning (17696) reviewed
Aile from Okell's
6 years ago
6.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Almost black and opague. Salt and licorice in the aroma. Malty sweetish flavor with hints of peat, oat, licorice and salt. Roastbitter, salty finish.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 16:24
Bierkoning
Bierkoning (17696) reviewed
Mild from Okell's
6 years ago
5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Cask, GBBF. Dark brown color, hardly any head. Slight caramel aroma. Caramel, coffee and just a hint of slat in the flavor. Sweetish and thin. Nasty fishy aftertaste.
Tried from Cask on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:08
Bierkoning
Bierkoning (17696) reviewed
Maclir (Bottle) from Okell's
6 years ago
7/10 — 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
Bierkoning
Bierkoning (17696) reviewed
IPA (Bottled) from Okell's
6 years ago
7.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. pale blonde. Grapefruit and hops in the aroma. Grapefruity and flowery hopbitter flavor. Earthy hopbitter aftertaste with a hint of vanila. A bit sharp but well balanced ale.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:07
jjsint
jjsint (8884) reviewed
IPA / Dr Okells IPA from Okell's
7 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Handpull cask at Thomas Rigby's, Liverpool. As Okell IPA. Brownish gold, clead with a decent white head. Hay, angel food cake and a good dollop of sulphur in the aroma. Bitteraweet taste with some tannic hop and a medicinal astringent twinge in the finish. Astringent bitterness lingers in the aftertaste. A basic, clean and enjoyable bitter.
Tried from Cask on 15 May 2019 at 21:34