Pale Ale is an Artisan Good made from the Keg, taking 1-2 days. It has the highest profit outcome from any crops used in the Keg (12x base Hops value) and takes the lesser time compared to other crops too (tied with wheat). Like other Alcohols, it causes a Tipsy buff that decreases the player's move speed by 1.
Pale Ale can be placed inside casks to age. While inside a cask pale ale can go above "gold star" quality to reach "iridium star" quality. Iridium star level quality doubles the base level value of an item.