Okells Aile

Brewed by Okells
Style: Porter
Douglas, Isle of Man

Botella. Country rating # 111. Pours black with a red-brown edge. Medium light brown head. Lovely dark chocolate and well roasted malt with some smoke in the aroma. Bit thin mouthfeel. The flavour is really nice with soft well roasted malt, chocolate, some smoke and bitter hops. Great brew!

Bottle. [thank you, faroeviking]
Pours deep, almost black, with slight red edges. A big, frothy, light-beige head - fine creaminess. Settles as a few millimeters. Super aroma with good, balanced smoke, dark chocolate and softly roasted. Low carbonation, fine mouthfeel. Wonderfully balanced smoky flavour, dry cocoa and a long, lingering aftertaste with mild bitterness. Great!

Okells Aile is almost black beer with thin brown head. Aroma is pleasant and there can find roastines, sourness and coffee. Flavour is quite pleasant and balanced even that roastiness dominates the flavour. Quite easy to drink but nice, anyway, despite of low alcohol procents. Nice porter but there should be something more than dominating roastiness.

Bottle at The Rake, 17th May 2008. Very dark brown with a tan head, this has a very distinctive smoky aroma. Lots of spices and dark malt flavours but the palate is a bit light. An interesting smoky porter, but not one of my faves.

Deep black with a small beige head. very bitter, smooth, long aftertaste. smoke. roasted malts. lots of bitter hops.

Roasty, burnt and coffeish aroma. Flavor is very roasty, burnt, coffeish, earthy and smoky. Relatively thin mouthfeel.

Bottled at Ølfestival, Århus, 2008. A pitch black beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of roasted malt as well as light notes of soy sauce. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of wood as weill as light notes of oxidation, leading to a bitter finish. The body is thin.

Bottle as coal fire porter. Dark brown colour with a tan head. Aroma is coffee, roasted, hop. Flavour is roasted, coffee, hop. Coffee in the finish. Easy drinkable beer.