The Indian Pale Ale, as a sister to the Pale Ale style of beer, was first introduced in England in the 19th century. On their voyage to India, British sailors feared their beer going stale, so they had a heap of hops to help preserve it thus dubbing it the Indian Pale Ale.
According to Pete Brown, author of "Hops & Glory: One Man's Search for the Beer That Built the British Empire," the first known use of the expression "Indian pale ale" was used in an advertisement in the Liverpool Mercury newspaper published January 30, 1835. Before this, the beer was simply referred to as "pale as as prepared for India," "India Ale," "pale India ale," or "pale export India ale"
The large amount of hops used is what gives the Indian Pale Ale its notoriously bitter flavor.
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