Pale Ale Beer Recipe Kits

For many, Pale Ale will always be the style that spawned the American craft beer revolution. But centuries before American palates flipped over this crisp, flavorful style, Pale Ales were already reshaping the British beer scene. Thanks to kilning advances in the 1800s, the availability of paler malts led to a paler ale that soon outshone traditional British dark stouts and porters. Fast forward a century or so, and the same style was shaking things up in America, where the earliest craft brewers were looking for a uniquely American, more flavorful alternative to mass-produced pilsner-style lagers. The result was Sierra Nevada Pale Ale -- well-balanced, drinkable, seemingly simple, yet oh-so-intriguing. You could say the rest was history, but this iconic brew was really just a starting point...one that influenced not only the variety of clean, hoppy, floral pale ales to come, but the entire spectrum of craft and homebrewing.