Okell's
Commercial Brewery
in Douglas,
Isle Of Man,
Isle Of Man 🇮🇲
Associated with 9 Venues
Established in 1850
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.
ianwelby (4686) reviewed 1907 from Okell's 9 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Slightly hazy golden beer, creamy white head. Bitter, acidic citrus aroma. Given the strength it’s surprisingly mellow. Light and lemony, tangy on the tongue, some bitterness comes through as you get further through it and it ends up being surprisingly sour on the tongue. Would be sessionable were it not for the strength.
ianwelby (4686) reviewed MPA (Manx Pale Ale) from Okell's 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Okells MPA. Hazy yellow. Creamy head and mouthfeel. Zesty aroma, sweet lemon taste. Some bitter hop up front and sour grapefruit to follow. No complaints for 3.7%. Very decent.
ianwelby (4686) reviewed Bitter from Okell's 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Clear amber beer, creamy white head. Light sour fruit aroma. Fruity taste and a touch sour again. Malt and some light bitter hop. A very traditional bitter but perfectly serviceable.
Benzai (24515) reviewed 1907 from Okell's 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sampled @ GBBF Day 2. Clear yellow golden color, small white head. Smell and taste some malts, nicely hoppy, ttropical fruits, fruit hops, peach, pineapple piney bitter even slightly. Decent body and cabronation. Quite nice.
Leighton (34941) reviewed 1907 from Okell's 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at GBBF 3016 - Day 5. Pours clear gold with a fluffy, white head. Nice aroma, citrusy hops, pale bread, tangerine. Light-medium sweet flavour with further tangerine, light rindy bitterness, melon, orange, pale grains. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Finale ha with a dash of piney resin, more juicy citrus. Nice cask IPA.
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Saison from Okell's 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @ GBBF 2015. Pours a slightly hazy golden yellow color with a longlasting white head. Has a fruity malty spicy weak citrus hoppy aroma with weak yeasty hints. Fruity malty citrus hoppy spicy yeasty flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy weak yeasty citrus hoppy finish.
Olut (21769) reviewed Maclir (Bottle) from Okell's 10 years ago
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.
sjogro (11801) reviewed Maclir (Bottle) from Okell's 10 years ago
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
Tinus (5080) reviewed SMPA / Special Manx Pale Ale from Okell's 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Golden colour, white head. Hoppy aroma, straw, malts, light citrus, floral notes. Bitter hoppy flavour, light sweet, malts, biscuit, straw. Bitter finish, straw, floral hops. Nice session beer.
(from draught @ GBBF ’14, London, day 2)
Travlr (30173) reviewed IPA / Dr Okells IPA from Okell's 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Cask at The British in Douglas. Clear yellow color, big fluffy white head. Aroma of subtle white pepper. Taste is peppery straw.