Indian Pale Ale

India pale ale

India pale ale (IPA) is a hoppy beer style within the broader category of pale ale. It originated in the United Kingdom, to be exported to India, which was under the control of the British East India Company until 1858. The higher hop content acted as a natural preservative, preventing the beer from spoiling during the long shipping voyage.

Pale ale

Pale ale is a golden to amber coloured beer style brewed with pale malt. The term first appeared in England around 1703 for beers made from malts dried with high-carbon coke, which resulted in a lighter colour than other beers popular at that time. Different brewing practices and hop quantities have resulted in a range of tastes and strengths within the pale ale family. Pale ale is a kind of ale.

Ale

Ale is a style of beer, brewed using a warm fermentation method. In medieval England, the term referred to a drink brewed without hops.

Colorfulness

Colorfulness, chroma and saturation are attributes of perceived color relating to chromatic intensity. As defined formally by the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) they respectively describe three different aspects of chromatic intensity, but the terms are often used loosely and interchangeably in contexts where these aspects are not clearly distinguished. The precise meanings of the terms vary by what other functions they are dependent on.

indian

Noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Indian (“indigene”).

Adjective

1. Alternative letter-case form of Indian (“indigenous”).

pale

Adjective

1. Light in color.
2. Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).

Verb

1. To turn pale; to lose colour.
2. To become insignificant.

ale

Symbol

1. ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Aleut.

Noun

1. A beer or beerlike drink produced by so-called warm fermentation and unpressurized.
2. A beer or beerlike drink made without hops.