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.
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.
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
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on 06 Jun 2015
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Bottle shared, thanks to Olliejobbins. Clear dark golden with small white head. Elder flowers, orange, light caramel, lemon, some curry spices, light herbal finish. Medium sweet with light to medium bitter finish. Medium bodied with slightly low carbonation. Nice refreshing beer.
Cask @ Thomas Rigby’s, Liverpool. Golden-orange with a small head. Has a malty nose with light malts in its taste and a medium bitterness. Gentle enough in its texture.
Cask pint: hand-pulled in The Castle Arms, Castletown Isle of Man on 10th April 2015. Sat in the sun drinking this overlooking the small harbour and quayside: hard not to enjoy a beer when the view is so interesting. Anyway, it came a pale amber/golden colour with a full white crown on top. Mild maltiness in the nose, tempered by a slight citrus whiff. Tasted lightly malted with again a citrus hint within its make-up. Not a huge fan of golden beers with a citrus feel, but this didn’t upset me like some do. Location and occasion helped it’s cause.
9th April 2015: cask, hand-pulled at the Isle of Man CAMRA beer festival. Badged as Okells Steam, no Premium mentioned, but at 5% ABV so assume it’s the same beer. Good old gold colour with a full head crown on top. Light malty backbone on a well hopped, citrusy body and nose. I liked the blend and the 5% ABV it carried: good.
9th April 2015: cask, hand-pulled at the Isle of Man CAMRA beer festival. Pale golden body with a full white topping. Semi-sweet fruity nose with mango’s to the fore, the taste similar. Different and mildly interesting but not really my thing.
8th April 2015: my first beer on the Isle of Man. Hand-pulled pint through a huge swan neck in the excellent Trafalgar in Ramsey. Amber and clear with a good, lasting white crown: it looked good on this and subsequent occasions I drank it around the island. The nose is a pleasant blend of hops and light caramel notes, as is the taste. This is a true session ale and flavoursome for such a brew, coming in at only 3.7% ABV: very drinkable and one of the best in it’s class/style.