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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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Sainsburys. Pours pale gold with a billowing, off-white head. Aroma of straw, dusty malt and some grassy hops. Flavour was bitter with biscuit malt and a decent finish. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2008 at 13:09

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(Bottle on 2008-08-16) Deep dark brown. Quickly disappeared medium-sized tan head. Smoke and roasted malts in nose. Full-bodied palate with medium carbonation. Smoky flavour. Roastedness. Some coffee flavours. Hints of chocolate.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2008 at 10:53

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Okells Aile is almost black beer with thin brown head. Aroma is pleasant and there can find roastines, sourness and coffee. Flavour is quite pleasant and balanced even that roastiness dominates the flavour. Quite easy to drink but nice, anyway, despite of low alcohol procents. Nice porter but there should be something more than dominating roastiness.
Tried from Can on 09 Aug 2008 at 14:41

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Clear golden with tiny white head. Sweet fruity with caramel and floral hops. Mild bitter end.
Tried on 06 Aug 2008 at 17:56

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Misty orange beer with medium white head. Aroma is pleasant: hoppy fruits and some malts and grass. Flavour is strongly bitter but not very pleasant way. Flavour is also musty and clearly worse than aroma. Quite light to drink with lot of carbonation. Disappointment after great appearance and aroma, but musty flavour and soda-like palate doesn’t save this beer.
Tried on 26 Jul 2008 at 04:08

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(Cask at Mines Tavern on 2008-07-04) Amber. Clear. Medium-sized dense white head. Malty and yeasty nose. Medium and dryish palate with little carbonation. Malts, sweetness, yeast, hops and bitterness in taste. Quite ok.
Tried from Cask on 18 Jul 2008 at 01:37

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Slightly cloudy orange beer with medium head. Aroma is slightly complex: fruity hops, light witbier-like spicyness and slightly malty sweetness. Flavour is lager-like but still aromatic and nicely bitter. Quite easy to drink with balanced carbonation. Okells Maclir is refreshing beer with nice bitterness but flavour needs something more to make this more interesting.
Tried on 12 Jul 2008 at 11:55

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500ml Bottle (Õllesummer 2008,Tallinn) - Golden in colour with a white head. Citrus aroma with a hint of peaches in syrup. Hoppy and refreshing taste with a mild but fairly long lasting bitterness featuring grapefruit and a hint of lemon.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jul 2008 at 14:34

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
(Draught in Douglas on 2008-07-05) Amber. Cloudy. White medium-sized dense head. Lightly hops and malts in nose. Full palate with some carbonation. Sweetness, malts, hints of bread and lightly bitterness in taste.
Tried on 09 Jul 2008 at 13:50

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
(Cask at Queens Hotel pub, Douglas, on 2008-07-04) Deep amber. Clear. Medium-sized dense tan head. Medium and slightly sugary palate. Malts, hint of syrup, liquorice and some lightly roasted malts in taste.
Tried from Cask on 09 Jul 2008 at 13:42