For those of you who appreciate how a good beer is crafted, pale ales are made using a pure pale malt, fermented with a top fermenting ale yeast.

This very clever yeast allows a faster and warmer fermentation than a lager, and the pale malt gives the beer its golden-copper colour.

This warmer fermentation process allows for the formation of esters. Esters give the brew a distinct fruity or citrus aroma.

Special yeast strains can also be used to give a nutty or savoury character.