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A 1930s label for McEwan's IPA. India pale ale was well known as early as 1815, [24] but gained popularity in the British domestic market sometime before then. [24] [25] 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.
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]
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.
As CNN explains, India pale ales, or IPAs, came about during the 19th century when a brewer named George Hodgson created a beer utilizing lots of hops — which come from the flower of the Humulus ...
European-style beer was introduced in India by the British. By 1716, pale ale and Burton ale were being imported to India from England. [4] To protect the beer from spoiling during the long journey, it had to have high alcohol content and hops were added to it. This led to the invention of India pale ale in about 1787 by Bow Brewery. [13] [14]
From 1840s until the 1960s, Lion remained the number one beer in India for over a century. After this, another Mohan Meakin brand, Golden Eagle, took the number one place until the 1980s, when Kingfisher became number one. [4] Lion was originally an India Pale Ale (IPA) but the beer style was changed in the 1960s to a lager. [4]
It was during this time that McEwan's India Pale Ale, the beer that was the foundation for much of the company's reputation, was first labelled Export. [8] By the 1870s, McEwan's brewery employed 170 men and boys, and its beers were widely available in England. [6] [9] By 1880, the brewery site covered 12 acres. [6]
In the late 1970s, sahti enjoyed a small resurgence in Finland, as homebrewers revisited the centuries-old ale. Sahti is considered one of the most traditional recipes in the Nordic country's history.