The True/er/est/ish History of the Indian PAle Ale

[TheSumOfAllBeers]

I do however, completely and utterly agree, without exception, that Greene King is a piss poor effort... [emoji16]

~15 years ago it placed highly in the great British beer festival. But it's been a victim of letting the accountants at the recipe - you don't have to cut deep to kill a low gravity beer.

Even in good condition it's a pass, but the bad condition it is normally served in usually saves us from any hard decisions

 

[nosco]

Its covered pretty extensively in this book

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...d=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=qO6S7xABWQFyAM:

 

[Vlad the Pale Aler]

So can somebody educate me on the origins of Belgian, American, black, brown, white, red, and rye IPA ?

Jeez I turn my back for a couple of years and look what happens.

 

[good4whatAlesU]

Ah yes, the Imperial Indian Black Pale Ale.
Classic.