Editing Pale ale (section)

===Amber ale===
[[File:New Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale (15718952987).jpg|thumb|150px|A lighter amber American-brewed "amber" ale]]

Collier Brothers of London applied for the UK trademark of ''The Amber Ale'' in 1876 and the trademark was maintained through changes in ownership until it expired as UK00000009744 in 2002.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00000009744 | title=Trade mark number UK00000009744 | publisher=UK Intellectual Property Office}}</ref> It was a "pure delicately hopped Pale Ale" positioned between their light bitter and IPA.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001716/18790524/078/0008 | title=Collier Brothers advert | newspaper=Tottenham and Edmonton Weekly Herald | date= 24 May 1879 | page=8 | publisher=The British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> Since the expiry of the trademark some traditional British bitters have been rebranded as amber ales, in some cases to distinguish them from golden ales sold under the same brand eg [[Shepherd Neame]] Spitfire.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

''Amber ale'' is an emerging term used in Australia, France (as ''ambrée''), Belgium and the Netherlands and North America for pale ales brewed with a proportion of [[Mash ingredient#Amber malt|amber malt]] and sometimes [[Mash ingredient#Crystal malt|crystal malt]] to produce an amber colour generally ranging from light copper to light brown.<ref>[http://www.beerhunter.com/documents/19133-001393.html James Squire Amber Ale] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191417/http://www.beerhunter.com/documents/19133-001393.html |date=3 March 2016 }} - [[Michael Jackson (writer)|Michael Jackson]] 1 October 2001: "The designation Amber Ale is to be taken seriously".</ref> A small amount of crystal or other coloured malt is added to the basic pale ale base to produce a slightly darker colour, as in some Irish and British pale ales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.craftbeer.com/pages/style-finder/american-ales|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729205655/http://www.craftbeer.com/pages/style-finder/american-ales|url-status=dead|title=CraftBeer.com - American Ales|date=29 July 2012|archive-date=29 July 2012|website=craftbeer.com}}</ref> In France the term "''ambrée''" is used to signify a beer, either cold or warm fermented, which is amber in colour; the beer, as in [[Pelforth]] ''ambrée'' and Fischer amber, may be a [[Vienna lager]], or it may be a ''[[bière de garde]]'' as in Jenlain ''ambrée''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/duyck-jenlain-ambree/4677/ |title=Duyck Jenlain Ambrée |work=ratebeer.com |year=2011 |quote=Jenlain Ambrée |access-date=11 August 2011}}</ref> In North America, American-variety [[hops]] are used in amber ales with varying degrees of bitterness, although very few examples are particularly hoppy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.themonk.com.au/styles-of-beer/|title=Styles of Beer|date=28 September 2023|website=themonk.com.au}}</ref> [[Diacetyl]] is barely perceived or is absent in an amber ale.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.beermonthclub.com/beer-style-guide-ales|title=Ale Styles Guide - IPA & Ale Beer Styles {{!}} Beer of the Month Club|work=The Microbrewed Beer of the Month Club|access-date=2018-06-24|language=en-US}}</ref>