Okells Brewery

Okells
Location	Douglas, Isle of Man
Owner(s)	Heron & Brearley
Year opened	1850

Okells Brewery is a regional brewery founded in 1850 by Dr. William Okell in Douglas, Isle of Man.

History

Dr. William Okell, a Cheshire surgeon, started Okell's Brewery in Castle Hill, Douglas in 1850. By 1874 Dr. Okell owned many of the pubs on the island, had convinced Tynwald, the island'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.

In 1972 Okells was bought by Heron & Brearley, a local drinks company. Then, in 1986, it was merged with Castletown Brewery and renamed The Isle of Man Breweries.

In August 1994 the company moved to a new purpose built brewery outside Douglas and reverted back to the name Heron & Brearley.

Availability

Beers are available on the Isle of Man and in the UK. Okells have four UK pubs:

• Thomas Rigby's, Liverpool
• The Fly In The Loaf, Liverpool
• Bear and Billet, Chester
• The Academy, Aberystwyth, Wales

The beer is also available through Major UK beer distributors. Bottled beer is also available on the Isle of Man, Sweden and Finland.

Beers

The company brews five regular cask ales:

• Okells Bitter.
• Okells mild.
• Dr. Okells IPA.
• Okells Maclir Wheat beer.
• Okells Red
• Okells Alt Altbier

Four seasonal beers:

• Spring Ram
• Summer Storm
• Autumn Dawn
• St. Nick

And six occasional beers:

• Okells Saison
• Dr. Okells Elixir
• Dr. Okells Eastern Spice
• Castletown Bitter
• Olde Skipper
• Aile - a smoked Porter, voted Europe's best flavoured Porter in the 2010 World Beer Awards

Also available are Dr. Okells IPA, Okells Maclir, 1907 and Okells Aile, sold in bottles.

External links

• Brewery website
• Brewery Blog