Travlr (30173) reviewed Bitter from Okell's 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 4
Cask at The Bridge. Clear deep golden color, thick cream colored head with good retention. Aroma of light black pepper, but the young lady sitting next to me was wearing a lot of perfume, so who knows? Taste is light straw and white pepper. Watery body.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Aile from Okell's 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bootle from Iceland, hotel tasting. Deep brown color, small beige head. Aroma of fruity coffee. Taste is roasty coffee. OK.
Travlr (30173) reviewed IPA (Bottled) from Okell's 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle from Iceland, hotel tasting. Clear golden color, small white head. Peppery, herbal aroma. Taste is peppery straw. Plain.
Travlr (30173) reviewed 1907 from Okell's 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
Bottle, hotel tasting. Clear bright golden color. Grassy aroma. Taste is peppery straw. I’m glad IPAs have evolved!
Travlr (30173) reviewed MPA (Manx Pale Ale) from Okell's 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Cask at Queens Hotel, Douglas. Clear golden color, bright thick white head with nice retention. Aroma of herbal lemon. Taste is fruity, herbal and light. Easy drinking.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Gorley Doo from Okell's 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Terminus in Douglas. Clear deep ruby maroon color, thick tan head with good retention and curtains of lace. Aroma of milk chocolate and coffee grounds. Taste is fruity coffee and cocoa powder. Nice.
fonefan (84534) reviewed SMPA / Special Manx Pale Ale from Okell's 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2014, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Okells SMPA / Special Manx Pale Ale ].Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, cookie - biscuit malt, moderate hoppy, citrus, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, bread - biscuit, fruity - citrus. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140813]
yespr (55501) reviewed Saison from Okell's 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and toasted malt. Bitter, toasted and light caramelish. Dey and slight herbal. Bitter finish.
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Saison from Okell's 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Apparently the British Isles, or at least one of them in this case, are beginning to connect with the saison hype nowadays. This one has a very thick and creamy, frothy, snow white head and lightly hazy orange golden colour. Aroma of white bread, baked banana, apple peel, dried berries, biscuit, a touch of coriander but unfortunately some H2S (sewer water) as well. Subdued fruity taste, too subdued for a Belgian style ale actually, smooth, light mouthfeel, a bit caramelly with mild peppery and earthy hop bitterness in the end as well as some lingering coriander bittersweetness, but luckily subtle enough. More a hybrid between saison and English bitter than a true saison.
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Saison from Okell's 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask. Clean, biscuity malt, citrus, maybe a bit of spice? Deep gold. Citrus and grass, crackery malt. Does not seem a saison at all, but good.