Okells Brewery

Okells
Location	Douglas, Isle of Man
Opened	1850
Owned by	Heron & Brearley

Okells Brewery is a regional brewery founded in 1850 by Dr. William Okell in Douglas, Isle of Man.^[1]

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 (Isle of Man Pure Beer Act), and built The Falcon Steam Brewery just off Broadway in Douglas. This imposing Building still stands today as Sheridan Apartments.

In 1972 Okells was bought by Heron & Brearley, a local drinks company. Then, in 1986, it was merged with Castletown Brewery and H&B was renamed as The Isle of Man Breweries which later reverted to the name Heron and Brearley

In August 1994 Okells moved to a new purpose built brewery built inside the existing Heron & Brearley Warehouse outside Douglas.

Availability

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

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

Plus fifteen pubs in the Market Town Taverns pub chain bought by Heron and Brearley.

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

Beers

The company brews five regular cask ales:

Okells Bitter
Okells Olaf Mild
Dr. Okells IPA
Okells Jiarg
Okells MPA

Four seasonal beers:

Spring Ram
Summer Storm
Autumn Dawn
St. Nick

And nine occasional beers:

Okells Premium Steam
Okells Alt Altbier
Okells Maclir Wheat beer.
Okells Saison
Dr. Okells Elixir
Dr. Okells Eastern Spice
Castletown Bitter
Olde Skipper
Aile - a smoked Porter, voted Europe's best Smoked Beer in the 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 World Beer Awards.

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

References

^ "£4 million redevelopment for former brewery | Easier". www.easier.com. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

External links

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[1] "£4 million redevelopment for former brewery | Easier". www.easier.com. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

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