Pale Ale
| Pale Ale | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Artisan Good |
| Machine | Keg |
| Ingredients | Hops (1) |
| Time | 2250m (37.5h) |
| Sell Price | 300g |
| Energy | 50 |
| Health | 22 |
Pale Ale is the drink a Keg brews from Hops, and it is one of the steadiest earners a row of Kegs can make. A single Hop sells for very little, but the Keg turns it into a bottle worth about twelve times as much in roughly a day and a half. Hops climb a trellis and give a fresh cone every day once they mature, so a modest patch can keep many Kegs busy all Summer. Pam loves Pale Ale as a gift, and she asks for a bottle by letter in the first Summer. It can also be aged in a Cask and fills a slot in the Brewer's Bundle on farms with Remixed Bundles.
The in-game description reads: Drink in moderation.
Making
Pierre's General Store sells Hops Starters in Summer. A planted starter needs eleven days to grow its first cone, then it produces a new one every single day until the season ends. Hops grow on a trellis, and nobody can walk through a trellis row. Leaving a walking path between the rows keeps every vine within reach at harvest time.
A Keg turns one Hop into Pale Ale in about a day and a half. The quality of the Hop makes no difference to the result. A gold or iridium cone still brews a normal bottle, so the plain cones are the ones to send to the Keg.
The Keg is a Farming recipe that unlocks at level 8. The Artisan Bundle in the Pantry also hands one out as its reward, which gives an early Keg before that level.
A few bottles can be bought rather than brewed. Once the Ginger Island Resort is built, Gus sells Pale Ale at its bar. During the Desert Festival, Pam's stall trades it for Calico Eggs.
These are the ingredients one batch needs.
| Name | Image | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Hops | 
|
1 |
Prices
Pale Ale has one fixed price, and every bottle from the Keg is worth the same. The Artisan profession adds two fifths to that price.
Counted per day of Keg time, Pale Ale is among the best things to brew. Among the wines, only Starfruit Wine earns more for each day the Keg is busy. Ancient Fruit Wine is worth far more per bottle, but it holds the Keg for a whole week. Pale Ale frees the Keg again after a day and a half, so it earns more over the same week.
A Cask in the cellar ages Pale Ale from normal quality up to iridium, and iridium doubles the price. The climb is slow for such a cheap drink: silver comes after nine days, gold after seventeen and iridium after thirty-four. Spread over those days, the gain per Cask day is small. The same Cask earns several times more holding Starfruit Wine or Goat Cheese. Selling Pale Ale fresh and brewing the next batch usually earns more.
Sell prices by quality, with the bonus from each profession.
| Quality | Price | Artisan (+40%) |
|---|---|---|
| Normal | 300g | 420g |
 Silver
|
375g | 525g |
 Gold
|
450g | 630g |
 Iridium
|
600g | 840g |
Uses
In the first Summer, Pam sends a letter asking for one Pale Ale in the quest "Pam Is Thirsty". Bringing her a bottle pays some gold and a full heart of friendship.
On farms with Remixed Bundles, the Pantry may hold the Brewer's Bundle. Pale Ale is one of the Keg drinks that bundle accepts.
At the Sewing Machine, putting Pale Ale in the spool makes the Black Leather Jacket. In the dye pots at 2 Willow Lane, Pale Ale counts as a yellow dye.
Gifts
Pam loves Pale Ale, and a bottle is one of the best gifts to bring her. Most adults in the valley like it, including Clint, Gus, Marnie, Shane and the Wizard. Jas, Leo, Penny, Sebastian and Vincent hate it.
These villagers love receiving Pale Ale as a gift.
| Villager | Image |
|---|---|
| Pam | 
|
Notes
Hops planted on the first day of Summer give a cone almost every day of the season. Spare cones can wait in a chest, and the Keg turns them into the same bottle whenever one is free. A stockpile like that keeps the Kegs brewing long after Summer ends.
The Tiller profession raises the price of raw Hops by a tenth. It leaves Pale Ale unchanged, since only the Artisan profession lifts the drink.
All Artisan Goods
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Machine | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged Roe | 
|
Preserves Jar | 4000m (3-4 days) |
| Beer | 
|
Keg | 1750m (≈29h) |
| Cask Productivity | - | - | - |
| Caviar | 
|
Preserves Jar | 6000m (4 days) |
| Cheese | 
|
Cheese Press | 200min (3.3h) |
| Cloth | 
|
Loom | 240m (≈4h) |
| Coffee | 
|
Keg | 120m (2h) |
| Dinosaur Mayonnaise | 
|
Mayonnaise Machine | 3h |
| Dried Fruit | 
|
Dehydrator | 1750m (≈1d) |
| Dried Mushrooms | 
|
Dehydrator | 1750m (≈1d) |
| Duck Mayonnaise | 
|
Mayonnaise Machine | 3h |
| Goat Cheese | 
|
Cheese Press | 200m (≈3h) |
| Green Tea | 
|
Keg | 180m (3h) |
| Honey | 
|
Bee House | 6100m (≈4d) |
| Jellies and Pickles | - | - | - |
| Juice | 
|
Keg | 6000m (≈4d) |
| Keg Productivity | - | - | - |
| Maple Syrup | 
|
Tapper; Heavy Tapper | 9 or 4 days |
| Mayonnaise | 
|
Mayonnaise Machine | 3h |
| Mead | 
|
Keg | 10h |
| Mystic Syrup | 
|
Tapper; Heavy Tapper | 7 or 3 days |
| Oak Resin | 
|
Tapper; Heavy Tapper | 7 or 3 days |
| Oil | 
|
Oil Maker | Varies by ingredient |
| Pale Ale | 
|
Keg | 2250m (37.5h) |
| Pine Tar | 
|
Tapper; Heavy Tapper | 5 or 2 days |
| Preserves Jar Productivity | - | - | - |
| Raisins | 
|
Dehydrator | 1750m (≈29h) |
| Smoked Fish | 
|
Fish Smoker | 50m |
| Truffle Oil | 
|
Oil Maker | 360m (6h) |
| Void Mayonnaise | 
|
Mayonnaise Machine | 3h |
| Wine | 
|
Keg | 10,000m (≈7d) |