Type of beer: INDIA PALE ALE (IPA) is a style of top-fermented bung beer, of English origin. According to legend, IPAs were developed in the 18th century to supply British colonial troops in India, beer poorly tolerated crossing at sea. Brewed in Angers: A beer of character for a colorful character: Maurice Edmond Sailland, born in Angers on October 12, 1872 in a family of merchants on Avenue de Contades, was a journalist, publicist (creator of the MICHELIN® bibendum), writer and food critic under the name of Curnonsky. In 1927 he was elected Prince of Gastronomers by a jury of restaurateurs in a referendum organized by the culinary newspaper “Le bon gîte et la bonne table”. After creating the Académie des Gastronomes the following year, he founded the magazine “Cuisine et vin de France” in 1947. He died accidentally on July 23, 1956 from a fall from his Parisian home. Alc.% Vol.: 6