The Brewery and Stockists

The Isle of Man is fairly unusual in that it has (similar to Germany) its own beer purity laws , which -unlike Germany -date back to 1874. The law forbade the use of any supplement to malt, hops, sugar, water and brewers’ yeast. The Manx Government controversially amended the act in 1999 to enable Okells to contract brew a pseudo Canadian lager,allowing them to put inferior additives in the brew, but less harmfully to permit the use of specific additives e.g. fruit .

The brewery moved in 1990 to an out of town location on Mount Murray with “Beerhunter” Michael Jackson (blue suit in the photo) very kindly ageeing to overseeing the official opening. During the expansion, beautiful new equipment was acquired, incorporating a Robert Morton Brew Tower, a bank of stainless, conical fermenting vessels, all individually thermostatically controlled, and a host of built in controls which ensure the consistency of all our brews, whether summer or winter.

Head Brewer, Neil (Curly) Convery is a real ‘hands on’ brewer who is involved at every stage of the process – including the consumption of the finished product! Ably assisted by team mates Adey ( in the fermenter), with Bernie cracking the whip in the office (amazingly tenacious for a Lancastrian Lass!) there is a passion for real ale and other styles of beer, and that passion shines through in the quality of their work. Oh and don’t mention the ciggy in Deb’s hand please!!

Accounts supremo Bernie demonstrating another of her many talents alongside juggling finances and giving the Bank Hell!!

Our award winning ales and beers are available throughout the island in the most discerning establishments, including in complete random order:

The Bay Hotel, Port Erin

The Albert Hotel, Port St Mary

The Rovers Return, Douglas

The Sidings, Castletown

The White House, Peel

The Queens Hotel, Laxey

The Sulby Glen Hotel, Sulby

The Tynwald Café & Deemsters Bar, St Johns

The Ginger Hall Hotel, Sulby

The Creek Inn, Peel

Outside the Creek with Woody and Jane and our much missed friend Ron Kelly (aka Bushy’s Dynamic Sales Dept!)

The Old Market Inn, Douglas

The Trafalgar Hotel, Ramsey

The Falcon’s Nest, Port Erin

The Outback Bar, Douglas

The Shore Hotel, Gansey Port St Mary

The Albert Hotel, Douglas

The Cherry Orchard, Port Erin

The Waterfall Hotel, Glen Maye

The Sailing and Cruising Club, Peel

Isle of Man Yacht Club, Port St Mary

The Railway Hotel, Union Mills

The HQ Bar, Restaurant and Hotel, Douglas

The Manx Legion Club. Douglas

The Mitre Hotel, Ramsey

The Creg Ny Baa, TT Course, Onchan

The Raiway Hotel, Port St Mary

Rowany Golf Club, Port Erin

The Bridge Inn, Laxey

Bar Logo, Ramsey (photo to follow)

The Glen Helen Hotel, Glen Helen

Our Bottled Beer is available island wide in all SHOPRITE and WINERITE stores, both VINEYARD shops ( Douglas and Castletown) and in the following restaurants and hotels:

14 North, Douglas

Coasters Restaurant, Douglas

Harbour Lights, Port St Mary

The Welbeck Hotel, Douglas

The Regency Hotel, Douglas

The Italian Job Pizzeria, Douglas (photo to follow)

If there are any establishments we’ve missed out (maybe you get our beer via wholesalers) please let us know and we’ll include you in the list.

We also supply our Gibraltar themed version of bottled beer (which includes a small amount of Gibraltar grown hops) called BUSHY’S BARBARY BEER which is imported by our friends at LEWIS STAGNETTO LTD and sold throughout the territory in bars, restaurants and other quality shops and outlets, including: