Editing Pale ale (section)

==History==
[[Coke (fuel)|Coke]] had been first used for dry roasting malt in 1642, but it was not until around 1703 that the term ''pale ale'' was first applied to beers made from such malt. By 1784, advertisements appeared in the [[Hickey's Bengal Gazette|''Calcutta Gazette'']] for "light and excellent" pale ale.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Steele |first=Mitch |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=182QAwAAQBAJ&dq=Calcutta+Gazette+for+%22light+and+excellent%22+pale+ale&pg=PA26 |title=IPA: Brewing Techniques, Recipes and the Evolution of India Pale Ale |date=2013-09-10 |publisher=Brewers Publications |isbn=978-1-938469-02-2 |language=en}}</ref>

By 1830, the expressions ''bitter'' and ''pale ale'' were synonymous. Breweries tended to designate beers as "pale ales", though customers would commonly refer to the same beers as "bitters". It is thought that customers used the term ''bitter'' to differentiate these pale ales from other less noticeably hopped beers such as [[porter (beer)|porters]] and [[Mild ale|milds]].{{cn|date=October 2024}}