1709 T. D'Urfey i. i. 7 Pale Beer was call'd for Bottle after Bottle.
1853 A. Ure (ed. 4) I. 162 Berlin White or Pale Beer (Weiss-bier).—This is the truly patriotic beverage of Prussia Proper, and he is not deemed a friend to his Vaterland who does not swig it.
2001 16 Nov. wup25 The means to produce pale malts, which give rise to pale beers, were not discovered until the 19th century.