Originally a bitter beer brewed in Britain by Bass and exported to soldiers in India.

A fruity, super-premium style ale that has a strong flavour of hops. Good with red meats.

Also known as IPA, a highly hopped beer developed by the Brits for shipment to India. This highly hopped brew would survive transport and keep well for their troops.

An ale brewed in England for British troops stationed in India in the 18th century. It was brewed very strong to survive a voyage that could take as long as six months. Highly hopped.

a beer style with strong hop aroma and higher alcohol content. Originally a ship's beer. Dry-hopped.

Fruity, hoppy, super-premium Pale Ale. serve at 55F; 13C. Good with red meat, Cheddar cheese.

India Pale Ale (IPA, a variation of which is known as Imperial Pale Ale), is a distinct style of beer and is characterized as a sparkling pale ale with a high level of alcohol (modern day versions are usually 5.5% to 6.3% by volume, though the original versions were considerably higher) and hops, thus having an increased bitterness (in modern times typically 35–48 on the IBU scale, though originally probably more than 60 IBU).