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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4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Cask at The Royal Blenheim, Oxford 24-08-09 Pours gold in colour but throwing a slight haze, white head. Touch metallicy on the nose, in fact not a great aroma. Tastewise not really my thing, bit tangy and fruity, but I get the slight tinny quality that came through on the nose, not much in way of hops or bitterness, think that I was the only one around the table who was totally underwhelmed by this. A4 A3 F5 P2 Ov9 2.3
Tried from Cask on 24 Aug 2009 at 16:57

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
(bottle) Slightly hazy, golden colour with a big and slowly lacing foamy white head. Fresh lemon-fruity and ginger-spicy hoppy aroma with a mildly sweet pale malty background. Light-bitter flavour, light to medium bodied with a crispy, slightly fizzy carbonation. Pale malt-character with a present fruity hops profile; dry and bitter, also minimal sweet and fruity as well as slightly spicy hoppy finish. Nice session beer lacking some depth (18.VIII.09).
Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2009 at 16:50

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Cask@GBBF 2009. Deep amber color, small beige head. Dry woody hoppy nose. Some nuts and caramel, light dry woody hops in the flavor. Sweetish and not very exciting "red".
Tried from Cask on 16 Aug 2009 at 15:08

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask@GBBF2009. Amber colour, beige head. Aroma is caramel, red fruits, red berries as well as some wooden and mildly nutty notes. Flavour is caramel, fruits, wood, mild notes of raisins as well as some nuttyness. Balanced.
Tried from Cask on 15 Aug 2009 at 02:23

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Appearance: Golden amber. Hazy. Lots of white head. Aroma: Lots of fruit, slightly metallic. Some hops. Taste: Fruity, hops. Summery. Spices. Nice bitter aftertaste. Info: 500ml bottle, 6/8-2009
Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2009 at 15:59

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Golden with a small white head. Exotic fruity aroma. Dry fruity flavour with hot spices
Tried on 30 Jul 2009 at 06:48

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
(Bottle, Bishop’s Arms, Vasagatan, Stockholm) Golden amber colour with a brief, white head. Fruity nose with notes of apricots, citrus, grainy malt and hints of rubber. Fruity taste with apricots, citrus, grainy malt and grassy, citrussy hops in the finish. Fairly light body, dryish finish. Lacking some malt structure to balance the tasty hop profile.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2009 at 15:49

6.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottled. A hazy light golden beer with a huge off-white head. The aroma is sweet with spicy notes of hops as well as some grainy malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of crisp malt, and hops giving it notes of spices and elderflowers, the hops are almost chewy, leading to a quite bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2009 at 15:22

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ The Feathers, Westminster SW1. Pours a clear dark golden color with a small off-white head. Hasa fruity malty caramel aroma with some hoppy hints. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some weak hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty finish with some hints of caramel in the aftertaste.
Tried from Cask on 25 May 2009 at 07:44

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask @ Willow Walk, JDW. Victoria SW1. Pours a pale yellow color with a small white head. Has a fruity citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity citrus hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity citrus hoppy finish with a slightly bitter aftetaste.
Tried from Cask on 25 May 2009 at 07:40