Okell's

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

Established in 1850

Contact
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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6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask, one-third pint picked up at the Gray Bar, GBBF’11. Bubbly ring at the surface, nice golden-brown body. Malt-fruity aromas. Flavoured with caramel malts, notes of berries and spiced fruits. Fine herbal dry, bitter ending. Pleasant (London, 04.08.2011).
Tried from Cask on 11 Sep 2011 at 01:16

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask, one-third pint at P4 Gray Bar, third day at GBBF’11. Bright surface to a crystal clear, golden coloured body. Fruit bitter nose. Smooth taste profile of citric fruits, including lemon and resin, added by a mild touch of ripe banana. Dry, subdued bitter endnotes. Rather tasty brew (London, 04.08.2011)
Tried from Cask on 11 Sep 2011 at 01:13

6.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Light coloured. Slightly hazy. Aroma is a bit spicy. Texture is thin and has a mild carbonation. First flavour is a mild sweetness. It becomes more citrusy and hoppy in the finish.
Tried on 03 Sep 2011 at 07:21

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. (4,9%) Poursclear yellow with a small off white head. Grain, corn and hay. A bit of vegetables. Medium bodied.
Tried from Cask on 24 Aug 2011 at 04:05

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 7
Gravity at GBBF. Clear copper color, aroma of cinnamon and caramel. Taste has light spice and a smokey edge. Tastier than your average alt.
Tried on 03 Aug 2011 at 03:59

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
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Tried on 02 Aug 2011 at 07:41

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at GBBF 2010. A dark golden beer with a thin yellowish head. The aroma has notes of lemon combined with hints of butter. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel.
Tried from Cask on 16 Jul 2011 at 14:36

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Crosse Keys, JDW. Pours clear yellow with a bubbly, white head. Sugary, crispy malt nose, hay and straw. Fairly sweet flavor, biscuits, wet hay, baked corn, some dry grass and straw. Light in body with fine carbonation. Finish has some white sugar, burnt hay, faint lemon rind. Not bad, pretty drinkable.
Tried from Cask on 10 Jun 2011 at 10:11

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Cask conditioned somwhere in cambridge. Golden color with small white head. Aroma of hops, grass. Taste is pretty the same, with light bitter finish.Not bad.
Tried from Cask on 06 Jun 2011 at 23:08

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Wenig rauchiger Malzantrunk, bedingt röstig, harmonisch. Etwas säuerlich, heber werdend, angenehm ausgeglichen. Später deutlich milder, die Rauchigkeit ist komplett verschwunden. Nett. Danke an den Doppelbock für das Bier. 12/8/9/9/10/9
Tried on 08 May 2011 at 12:28