Okells Aile

Brewed by Okells
Style: Porter
Douglas, Isle of Man

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

Bottle from Uto. Pours quite viscous, deep mahogany with a thin beige head. Nose is dark chocolate, coffee grounds, ginger, liquorice, orange and sprucey hops...Reminds me of Yeti as I just had one earlier today. No smoke detected as of yet, a bit rubbery if anything. Ok, smoke does come through in the taste right away with roasted malt, coffee and a dry bittersweet chocolate and hop finish. It lingers(smoke), again with a somewhat rubbery note. Interesting brew, almost a hybrid between a porter and a stout, I like it.

(Stockholm Beer festival 2007) Pours black and a brown head. Weak aroma for being a porter. Some coffee and orange in the aroma. Coffee and burnt malt in the flavor. Boring.

Very bdark brown with a medium tan head. Smoked ham and roasted notes. Roasted with malt, smoke and a hint of liqorice. Medium body and a dry finish.

Bottle: PDA Festival: Dark red colour,thin brown head. Aroma was dusty,citric,dark chocolate,and has also a bit of a alcy nose in the end. Flavor washopy mouth feeling with a salt lakris+ dark chocolate and caramel. thin body, but nice and easy to drink. thin to medium finish.

(Stockholm Beer Festival 2007) Bottle. Black color, small brown head. Malty, fruity aroma, some rubber. Smoky, malty flavor, thin and rather boring to be a porter.

500ml Bottle (Uto Beer stall, London) Darkly roasted, but not "smoked" as such. Burnt malt, but not much more than that. Needs some body and some bite to really excel. Pretty tasty though, even though 1-dimensional.

Bottle at Bishops Arms, Järntorget, Göteborg, Sweden. Pours deep black with a small creamy beige foam. Quite one-dimensional roasted aroma, a faint smokey touch, some bitterness and a light acidic touch. Quite boring.

UPDATED: SEP 10, 2008 Bottle (labeled Coal Fire Porter). Plums, coffee, dry cocoa. Some peatiness in the finish, but more dry than sour. A nice one, rather complex, and it is miles above the black stuff being brewed in Dublin!