gunnfryd (21926) reviewed Aile from Okell's 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle as coal fire porter. Dark brown colour with a tan head. Aroma is coffee, roasted, hop. Flavour is roasted, coffee, hop. Coffee in the finish. Easy drinkable beer.
yngwie (24278) reviewed Aile from Okell's 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle, as Coal Fire Porter. A nice-looking beer, clear, dark brown body, and with a lasting, dense tan head. Quite sweetish on the nose, with some burnt malt, coffee and a little chocolate. A bit weak though. The flavor is much the same, but quite dry, yet there’s a sweet touch, and of course the burnt malt, coffee and notes of chocolate. Not much fruityness going on. Some hoppy bitterness though. A good dash of coffee-like bitterness too. Quite thin on the palate, but considering it’s 4.6% ABV, it is expected. As the beer warms up, some licorice occur in both aroma and flavor. Nice. The finish is a bit fruity, quite sweet, and with the same flavors found initially. Sure easy to drink, and quite enjoyable. (080510)
Downender (11275) reviewed Dr Okells Eastern Spice from Okell's 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Crosse Keys (JDW), City of London 3/4/08. Deep, hazy gold with a decent white head. Aroma of ginger with some peppery hops. The flavour began slightly sweet before some big spicing kicked in - the ginger was fine but the chilli was a bit crude, leaving a tingling sensation on the lips. Ok as a novelty.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Dr Okells Eastern Spice from Okell's 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Gold with thin ivory head. Quite an inviting aroma of mixed spice and the base beer is fine, but oh dear, the spice is rather unsubtle and unintegrated. Ginger and chillis really come through. Aroma is rather good. OK golden bitter, bit too much chilli on finish for me, but still, makes a change to standard bitters/golden ales.
shrubber (15804) reviewed Maclir (Bottle) from Okell's 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Apple-berry wheat malt aroma. Golden yellow color with giant white head and mild effervescence. Light honey malt and strong grassy hops finish. Nicely hoppy.
RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Aile from Okell's 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle as Branded Drinks Coal Fire Porter (bb. Oct.08). Dense, brownish head resting on a devil-black body. Pruney fruitiness to the nose with hints of dark malts. Quite multi-flavoured with smoked malts, liquorice, wood and bitter fruity notes towards the end. Approved as a winter warmer on a Friday eve up north (07.03.2008).
Finn (18112) reviewed Mild from Okell's 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5
Cask/gravity at Battersea Beer Festival 6 Feb 08. Dark brown / mahogany colored. A tiny layer-head. Modest aroma with traces of raisins. Watery flavor with an evolving taste of prunes. No bitterness.
Fin (18365) reviewed Aile from Okell's 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
[i] Cask at The National Winter Ales Festival, Manchester 2008, thanks to Mes for this one [/i] Poured dark brown with a nose of smoked malts, there was a smokiness to this but having had more than a couple of the Scherlenka Urbocks this was beaten into submission. This was still a pretty decent beer with coffee in the mouth and some bitter chocolate, these flavours lingered but again I just kept dreamily thinking of Urbock which was another beer that Mes had pointed out to me.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Castletown Ale from Okell's 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at GBBF 2007. A dark golden beer with no head. The aroma is sweet malty with light notes of caramel and hops. The flavor is sweet malty with a slightly bitter finish. Kind of boring.
caesar (10848) reviewed IPA (Bottled) from Okell's 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled. Clear orange color, short head. Aroma of very nice English hop, soft, bit grapefruit. Dry bitter taste, slight sweet only. Nicely balanced english IPA.