why are india pale ales

[Erik]

not actually pale

 

[Erik]

nor are they indian, in fact scottish

someone is going to pay

 

[lizard]

it must have been the British East India Co. merchandising strategy

 

[Erik]

i blame ZOG

 

[KILL TULLY]

it must have been the British East India Co. merchandising strategy

Basicly, yea.


Gettin booze from Britain to West Indies = needed more Alcohol by volume to be preserved the whole way + more carbination = creation of the IPA.

 

[Erik]

but THEY'RE STILL NOT PALE

 

[Erik]

and why would you transport beer over half the god damn world, beer can be made ANYWHERE!

 

[lizard]

maybe when held in the hand of a dusky punjabi warrior, the ale APPEARED to be pale.

 

[Erik]

maybe when held in the hand of a dusky punjabi warrior, the ale APPEARED to be pale.

explanation accepted

crisis averted

 

[KILL TULLY]

They are pale.

And there was a market for british beer over there because all the brits/soldiers, nukka. So they wanted to get in on that.

 

[lizard]

it's certainly paler than stout.

 

[KILL TULLY]

IPA = just a pale ale wiht more ALCOHOLZZZZZZZ

 

[lizard]

I love the hoppy goodness. stuff makes me belch like a dragon tho

 

[Erik]

not pale:

 

[Krilons Resa]

and ridiculous hop profile nigz.

 

[Krilons Resa]

they are usually a mahogany color.

 

[lizard]

wow does this one feature a MajestikMoose or a MajestikElk

 

[KILL TULLY]

not pale:

haha wtf kind of pale ale is that?

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

IPA is the shit man. And yeah. British soldiers wnated to drink BRITISH beer. So they shipped that shit and needed the higher alcohol content and hoppy shitz to do soem shitz and yeah. IPA.

 

[Erik]

mcewan's

not the best, but it qualifies as an IPA and i demand a sufficient answer to my question!