Okells Summer Storm

Brewed by Okells
Style: Wheat Ale
Douglas, Isle of Man

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

Cask handpump (no sparkler) at The White Horse, Harborne, Birmingham. Copper with a decent sized foamy head. Oranges and apples in the scent. Slight fizz in the mouth; sweet at first then very bitter with a dry finish. Slightly watery. Very full of hops with a hint of cereal malts. Spoilt by a metallic/chemical aftertaste which became apparent after a few mouthfulls. Good, simple but refreshing.

1. Cask Stillage at the GBBF, Kensington Olympia 02/08/2001 Golden coloured slightly gassy aroma. Full hop finish. 2. Cask Handpump at the Bar Fringe, Manchester 18/07/2005 Golden coloured fruity and hoppy. Crisp slightly dry lasting malt finish.

[Cask at GBBF 2005] An orange beer with a small orange head. The aroma is sweet malty with light caramel notes. The flavor is sweet and with a hoppy dry end - my guess is Goldings hops. The body is thin.

Cask (gravity dispense) at the Olde Dolphin Inn summer beer festival, Derby. OK. Who stole the wheat? Even subtler than other ’wheats’, this pulls off a great balance and a hefy hop touch to the finish.

Grainy malts, lemon-lime citrus hops in the nose. Clear orange-copper coloured body with low white head that diminishes to ring. Grainy malts and citrus hop character with fair finishing bitterness that lasts on the tongue. Light body with fair carbonation. Cask at GBBF 2005.

Beer No 4 on the Wilsons’ Road Trip 2005. Cask at The Old Harkers Arms, Chester. Yellowish blond. Hoppy grapefruit aroma. Good body, excellent hoppy finish. Nice one.

Cask (GBBF): Yellow/gold in colour. Mildly fruity nose. Sweet honey and fruits in flavour. Medium bodied. ok.

Cask@GBBF 05’. Boring golden ale. Grainy texture, sweetish, malty, not much flavour, can’t really say too much about it. Dull.