India Pale Ale
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Pale ale beer with high hop content to improve its preservation
Key facts
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Alcohol by volume
- 4.5–20%
- Original gravity
- 1.050–1.090
- Final gravity
- 1.000–1.025
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- beer style
- Subclass of
- pale ale
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Image
- Fuller's India pale ale.jpg
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- beer bitterness
- 50
- Commons category
- India Pale Ales
- beer color
- 10
- native label
- India pale ale
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
IPA declined in popularity in the late 19th and mid 20th centuries. Since the 1970s, it has regained significant popularity, being associated with homebrewing and craft beer.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “India Pale Ale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.