pale ale

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   an amber colored ale brewed with pale malts; similar to bitter but drier and lighter

   Broaderale

   United Kingdom

Questions about pale ale

What does pale ale mean?

pale ale means "an amber colored ale brewed with pale malts; similar to bitter but drier and lighter".

Is pale ale a common word?

pale ale is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.