pale ale
noun
: a usually medium-colored, very dry ale with a strong flavor of hops see also india pale ale
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Pioneered by Chico, Calif.-based Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. in 1980, pale ale was for decades a staple of craft breweries and beer bars. 
Kate Bernot, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2022 Next month 49th State Brewing will release 907 Pale Ale, a crisp and tropical pale ale brewed with Alaskan wheat that will be available year-round. Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2022 One that stuck out to me was a 5.4% pale ale brewed with citra and strawberries. Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2022 Edward is about as perfect as a beer can be: a crisp but smooth American pale ale with just the right amount of hops and citrus. The Editors, Outside Online, 18 June 2020 India pale ale, the bolder, hop-forward ale commonly referred to as IPA, leads the pack as the most in-demand style of craft beer in the country, with no sign of giving up its position. Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 7 Oct. 2020 Tim Alicz moves canisters down a line that will be filled with Gumballhead wheat pale ale at Three Floyds Brewing in Munster, Indiana, on May 19, 2022. Josh Noel, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2022 The double beer release will feature Slightly Askew, an unfiltered modern helles lager, and #shoehaze, a pale ale with El Dorado and Cascade hops, on draft and in four-packs to go. Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2022 His sunny, deflective approach to enforcing a chain of command suggested the influence of his years as an administrator in the California public-school system, and of his half-finished pint of pale ale. Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022 See More
Kate Bernot, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2022 Next month 49th State Brewing will release 907 Pale Ale, a crisp and tropical pale ale brewed with Alaskan wheat that will be available year-round. Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2022 One that stuck out to me was a 5.4% pale ale brewed with citra and strawberries. Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2022 Edward is about as perfect as a beer can be: a crisp but smooth American pale ale with just the right amount of hops and citrus. The Editors, Outside Online, 18 June 2020 India pale ale, the bolder, hop-forward ale commonly referred to as IPA, leads the pack as the most in-demand style of craft beer in the country, with no sign of giving up its position. Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 7 Oct. 2020 Tim Alicz moves canisters down a line that will be filled with Gumballhead wheat pale ale at Three Floyds Brewing in Munster, Indiana, on May 19, 2022. Josh Noel, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2022 The double beer release will feature Slightly Askew, an unfiltered modern helles lager, and #shoehaze, a pale ale with El Dorado and Cascade hops, on draft and in four-packs to go. Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2022 His sunny, deflective approach to enforcing a chain of command suggested the influence of his years as an administrator in the California public-school system, and of his half-finished pint of pale ale. Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1695, in the meaning defined above