Okells IPA (Bottled)
Bottled. Filtered and force-carbonated.
"Okells IPA is an extremely light coloured beer with a surprising full bodied taste, the sweetness is offset by a very strong hopping rate. That gives the finished beer an over all roundness with very spicy lemony notes and a fine dry finish to counteract the initial sweetness."
originally known as Dr Okells’ IPA
"Okells IPA is an extremely light coloured beer with a surprising full bodied taste, the sweetness is offset by a very strong hopping rate. That gives the finished beer an over all roundness with very spicy lemony notes and a fine dry finish to counteract the initial sweetness."
originally known as Dr Okells’ IPA
3.2
170 reviews
Douglas, Isle of Man
Community reviews
Bottle from B&M Bargains, Halifax. Slightly hazy yellow-golden blonde with a small head. Has a dry-hopped fruity aroma and taste but remains a crisp ale.
A very fine and refreshing piwo with some citrus fruits upfront. Then the hops is coming with good balanced carbo and high drinkability. Very quaffy, very crispy beer which made my evening. Fine one.
Bottle from Ales by Mail. The beer has got a clear amber-brown colour with a very low head and medium body. Aroma of hops and spruce. Taste of hops, barley, grass, citrus fruits, herbs and bread. Bitter-flowery finish. Easy and smooth to drink, enjoyed it.
Pours almost completely clear orange color, topped with a fairly small white head. Initially plesant citrusy aroma which develops into a more caramel-like and biscuity aroma. Taste starts sweet with notes of caramel, followed by a decent hoppy bitterness. Very nice.
500ml bottle. Clear, pale orangey golden colour with small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Fruity hoppy aroma has notes of gooseberry, other berries and stonefruit, a minimally bitter and herbal touch, biscuity malt basis. Taste is minimally sweet biscuit malty, minimally bitter hoppy overtones with a touch of gooseberry, lemon biscuit finish; slightly watery, rather flat carbonation.
Herber, mild hopfiger Antrunk. Eher bitter als hopfig, frisch, leichte Honignoten. Süffig, herb, ok. 10/10/11/9/8/9
Bottle from Ales By Mail [080814]
Golden amber, light haze, frothy white head, some lacing
Aroma of grapefruit, citrus zest, sweet pale malts, decent amount of zest here
Taste as expected from the aroma, plenty of bitter citrus zest, pithy grapefruit, fairly sweet pale malts, lemony zest, malts let the hops thorough, clean fresh flavour
Palate - soft carb, medium body, good bitter sweet balance. Finish as main flavour, bitter zest, clean finish
Overall - Well made beer, clean, quaffable, easy drinking, very fresh
500ml bottle from B&M, Shrewsbury. Wasn’t expecting that aroma.. smells exactly like hop fields! Pours gold with lasting white head. Taste is afternoon brewery aromas, hop fields, lemon, citrus and raw hops. Wasn’t expecting much but this is very pleasant to drink.
Bottles from Rehills, Newcastle and b&m, Team Valley. A golden ale with a malty, grassy, toffee and citrus fruity flavour followed by peppery hops on the bitter-sweet fruity finish.
Lovely hoppy lemon taste, dark cloudy body. Nice dry after taste. Drank poured from a bottle would like to try from a pump.
Bottle 0.5l from alesbymail, enjoyed at home, Helsinki. BBE NOV14. Colour cloudy orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, citrus, some sweetness, caramel, hops and malts.
Bottle from B&M, Lichfield. Golden beer with small head. Aroma of peach sherbet, citrus and a little butter. Taste is mild hop bitterness, citrus, a touch of spice and a little butter. Decent.
Bottle from B&M. Light haze. Golden. Thin, clingy, white head. Sweet malt. Light, grassy hop. A little butteriness. Taste has biscuit sweetness first off, then grassy dry. Palate has a light oiliness. Finish is grassy bitter. Decent enough.
500ml bottle from B&M. Bottled. Hazy light golden beer with a slim white head. The aroma is sweet with spicy hops and malt. The flavor is sweet with crisp malt, and citrus spicy hops. Very drinkable.
Can sample at a tasting at Beer Market Jaffa. Thanks tomer. Clear amber, white film. Grainy aroma with floral undertones and then a little butter. toffee sweetness in the mouth, a little buttery with hints of bitterness. Medium-bodied, smooth finish.
Bottle from B&M. Golden with a frothy white head. This is a fairly run of the mill golden ale rather than a true IPA. Bitter with marmalade, citrus and a little bit of spice.
500ml bottle at home poured cool into a shaker. Hazy gold with a thin white head. Bread and honey aroma. Some peppery lemon and digestive biscuit, but it gets trampled on by unbalanced green hop bitterness. To be fair, this recedes the further you get down the glass, but that’s probably due to taste buds becoming accustomed. In other respects a nice beer but ultimately rendered metallic. Could be the wrong hop, too much hop, or too much of the wrong hop! I don’t know.
Appearance: Clear golden amber with finger thick white head.
Aroma: Malts, floral, subtle lemon and peppery.
Taste: Medium bitterness, low sweetness and sourness.
Palate: Light/medium fairly smooth texture, light body, average carbonation, abrupt lemony, malt finish with a citrus pith.
Comments: Ok and lace.
Bottle sample at a tasting at Beer Market Jaffa. Thanks DSG. Pours yellow witha small head, faint aroma of hops, orange, flavor is bitter with hops, orange, nice, medium bodied.
At a tasting, thanks DSG, almost no head, clear lightish gold colour, light citrusy and tropical fruits aroma with some bready malt, light herbal grapefruit flavour with a malty backbone. Nice and drinkable but not too exciting.
Bottle shared at a tasting at Beer Market Jaffa. Thanks Erzengel for this bottle! Slightly hazy golden. Aroma is a bit skunky and hoppy with a bit of malt and a caramel hint. Flavor has a bit of maltiness, slightly stale, with mild fruitiness and a bitterish hoppy finish. Medium-bodied.
Thanks to erzengel! The beer pours a clear golden color with a small of white head. The noise is perfume, straw, mild caramel, grass. The taste is caramel, fruit, grassy hops ending dry and bitter. Light in body with nice fine carbonation. Nice British style IPA.
The nose is grandma’s soap. The beer starts the same - mothballs with a great floral aroma. The mothballs go to the background, a dry floral and hoppy beer comes through. Hints of malt, very nice hop-profile. The aftertaste is intense floral, hints of sweetness, hints of malt. Very dry and very floral.
A very nice English IPA. 13/12/13/12
500- ml bottle poured a clear golden amber with a lingering ring of ivory foam. Aromas of bread, citrus and light earthiness. Palate was light bodied and smooth. Flavors of bread, earthiness and liught citrus with a smooth finish.
This review is exported from olutopas.info with no comment. Original rating date 12.9.2009
50 cl bottle @ home. Rated on 13.05.2009
Aroma has bready malt, toffee, English hops and hints of hay. Flavour has bready malt, English hops, some fruits and toffee. Also hints of citrus. Decent, not IPA even in British scale.
50 cl bottle.
Originally rated on 20090610.
Pours copper color with a medium head. Aroma of caramel malts and some fruits. Flavor of grassy fruits, malts and caramel. A bit too malty for my taste.
So, an India Pale Ale from The Isle of Man!
Borwn 500ml bottle, best by 28 Nov 09, drank 23 Jul 09. Poured into a vase shaped pint glass, branded as ’Old Speckled Hen’. This glass is rapidly becoming my favourite tasting glass for UK based beers, shows off the colour and head very well each time I use it.
Pale amber/light orange body, good firm white head, looks like a lager/pilsner (almost), but without the brightness, although to be fair it is a dull day today!
As you’d expect from an IPA the aroma was hoppy, but not much else.
Good hop feel to the taste, more hops in the mouth than in the nose. Fairly well balanced, the malted barley evens out the hops nicely although it has a more of a hoppy smack on the palate than of malts. Dry aftertaste, the hops see to that, they also impart a lot of bitterness as the mouth drys after each gulp.
Enjoyed it, a pleasant beer to review, not sure I’d buy a case though, unless they were on special offer.
Moving my old rating from the cask version of this beer, guessing it has been split since after my original rating.
Original rating from: thursday, november 01, 2007
50 cl bottle at Pub Vildanden, Lund
Shady pale golden color, big fluffy white head. Fruity hoppy scent. Herbal and slightly fruity taste. Medium mouthfeel, fruity aftertaste. Low bitterness.
But why call this an IPA?
Low bitterness, low alcohol, low on the hops. Still good though.
4.5%, gold colour with a thin head, sweet hop aroma, sweet bitter hop taste, a nice IPA.