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A 1930s label for McEwan's IPA. India pale ale was well known as early as 1815, [28] but gained popularity in the British domestic market sometime before then. [28] [29] By World War I, IPA in Britain had diverged into two styles, the premium bottled IPAs of around 1.065 specific gravity and cask-conditioned draught IPAs which were among the weakest beers on the bar.
The XXX Ale, their flagship product, which is top fermented. A light lager; A dark lager; An India Pale Ale, which was an intensely bitter and aromatic brew that was aged for a year in wood prior to bottling. A Brown Stout, also aged for a year in wood prior to bottling. A Porter, with the XXX designation. A Bock beer
Demand for the export style of pale ale, which had become known as "India pale ale" (IPA), developed in England around 1840. IPA became a popular product in England. [18] Some brewers dropped the term "India" in the late 19th century, but records indicated that these "pale ales" retained the features of earlier IPA. [19]
IPA descends from the earliest pale ales of the 17th century, when the term "pale ale" probably simply distinguished ales which were light in color compared with brown ales of that day. By the mid-18th century, pale ale was mostly manufactured with coke-fired malt, which produced less smoking and roasting of barley in the malting process, and ...
India pale ale, commonly shortened to IPA, is a hoppy pale ale which was originally shipped to colonial India. Its high hop content prevented spoilage during the long sea course from England to India. IPA is full bodied and hoppy, it is amber coloured and usually somewhat opaque. The ABV of IPA can fall within the range of 4.5–20%. [27]
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
The term "bitter" has been used in England to describe pale ale since the early 19th century. Although brewers used the term "pale ale", before the introduction of pump clips, customers in pubs would ask for "bitter" to differentiate it from mild ale; by the end of the 19th century, brewers had begun to use the term as well.
Worthington's White Shield (5.6% ABV) was an India pale ale (IPA) available principally in bottle conditioned form. [2] [3] [4] [5]White Shield was first brewed by the Worthington Brewery in Burton upon Trent in 1829, primarily for export to the British Empire.