I’m guilty of it myself… You’ve heard this old chesnut, probably; I.P.A. (India Pale Ale) counts as a subset of pale ale because of the extra hopping, which came about in part so the beer would survive the long journey from England to India. Yeah, well…Another Nail in That I.P.A. Myth via beer maven Stan Heironomous… check out the completely geeked out comments. The wine business may have its fair share of snobs, but the beer world is chock full of neeee-erds.