Okell's

Commercial Brewery in Douglas, Isle of Man 🇮🇲
Associated with 10 Venues

Established in 1850

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Old Castletown Road, Kewaigue Hill, Douglas, IM2 1QG, Isle of Man
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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6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Golden ale with a small head. Has a tropical fruit aroma and similar taste but with a small bitterness to it.
Tried on 25 Jan 2013 at 13:18

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Dark copper colour with a thin body and no head. Has a small sweet aroma and a light bitterness.
Tried on 24 Jan 2013 at 16:30

5.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
A think to medium bodied ale, black with no head. Has a pleasant mild texture with a hint of roasted malts.
Tried on 24 Jan 2013 at 16:14

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Cask @ Thomas Rigby’s Liverpool 030113
Light golden, clear, dense white head with some lacing
Aroma - citrus hops, fruity malts, some grapefruit, nice soft pale malts, touch of orange
Taste of citrus hops, soft grapefruit, touch of orange, nice soft citrus, background of fairly sweet light fruity malts
Palate - Light body, little oily. Palate - fairly sweet malts with some fairly bitter dryish hops. Finish a bit dry for a soft sweet grapefruity linger
Overall - Decent beer
Tried from Cask on 06 Jan 2013 at 14:43

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol, November 2012. Golden with a tight white head. Sweetish, apricot and tangerine fruit aroma with a hint of floral hop. Flavour had pleasantly biscuity malts, more fruits and a moderately bitter finish. Drinkable.
Tried from Cask on 05 Jan 2013 at 08:42

5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Fra fat på Beehive, Brixton 4 Nov 12. JDW festivaløl. Mørk gyldenbrun. Lavt skum som fester seg litt til glasset. God aprikosaroma. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken er mørke plommer. Svakt syrlig ettersmak.
Tried on 03 Jan 2013 at 02:25

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask @ Willow Walk, Victoria SW1. Pours a slightly hazy pale amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy aroma. Fruity malty weak hoppy bitter caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty weak hoppy bitter finish.
Tried from Cask on 17 Dec 2012 at 03:05

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pleasant hopped pale nose and plenty of tropical fruits in its flavour too. Thin head on a golden body.
Tried on 12 Dec 2012 at 10:26

5.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Festival ale, half-pint, craft at JDWs Beehive in Brixton. Off-white, bubbly head that laces well. Close to clear, copper coloured body. Herbal hoppy aroma, notes of resin. Blended flavour of grainy malts and dusty hops, lightly spiced. Bittersweet endnotes. Just alright (04.11.2012).
Tried on 01 Dec 2012 at 07:22

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
From cask at AG Bell. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity, herbal and bitter hops. Dry, toastedmaltyand bitter. Dry finish. Easy and straigh tforward.
Tried from Cask on 16 Nov 2012 at 10:08