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By the early 18th century, most of the pale ales that were available were quite different from those that we enjoy today. They were lightly hopped.
By the middle of the 18th century, pale ale was usually brewed using coke-fired malt, which created less roasting and smoking of barley during the process of malting, and this resulted in a beer that was paler in color. October beer was one of these varieties of beer.
It was a well-hopped, pale brew, which was extremely popular amongst the landed gentry. They brewed the beer domestically. After it was brewed, it was intended to the cellar for a period of two years. However, it was later when these ales were exported to India�??
IPA beers date back to the late 18th century, when these ales were brewed for British sailors making long sea voyages to India. Most beers didn�??t keep well on board ship, but London brewer George Hodgson was one of the first to develop a pale ale with a high hop content, which kept its taste better.
