Pale Ale?

[Curly79]

Gidday everyone been sampling a lot of different craft beers lately, Pale Ale's mainly. Just wondering why a lot of them are very dark. Most are darker than most other beers yet still called Pale Ale? What exactly is a Pale ale ?

 

[CrookedFingers]

Not a dark ale......



Sorry.
Sounds sarcastic but I actually think it's true.



CF

 

[Tahoose]

Well there are many different types of pale ale.

English, Belgian, American, Australian

Plenty of different colours there. Not to mention different balances of malt, hops, bitterness.

Try and see what styles you are drinking and make a note.

Have a read through this for some info

http://www.worldbeercup.org/how-to-participate/beer-styles

 

[Black n Tan]

Gidday everyone been sampling a lot of different craft beers lately, Pale Ale's mainly. Just wondering why a lot of them are very dark. Most are darker than most other beers yet still called Pale Ale? What exactly is a Pale ale ?

A Pale Ale was so named because at the time in history it was paler than the contemporaries such as porters. Advancements in malt kilning techniques has resulted in paler malts and therefore paler beers eg. pilsners. So a Pale Ale is not necessarily pale by todays comparisons.

 

[CrookedFingers]

A Pale Ale was so named because at the time in history it was paler than the contemporaries such as porters. Advancements in malt kilning techniques has resulted in paler malts and therefore paler beers eg. pilsners. So a Pale Ale is not necessarily pale by todays comparisons.

This is kinda what I meant, just didnt have any of specific info thats all.
Thanks B+T