Pale ale malt is a traditional description for a light-colored base malt, usually malted from one or more two-row English barley varieties and used as the base for most traditional English beer styles. Pale ale malts are ordinarily kilned to a slightly darker color than malts sold simply as two-row malt or traditional Pilsner malt; 3 to 4 L is most common. Some maltsters’ pale ale malts approach 5.5 L, overlapping with the color of mild malt.