Days of the Beer, July 19

The beer for today (if you can call it that) is... Colt 45.

Samuel Colt was born July 19, 1814, in Hartford Connecticut.

In 1832, he went on a missionary trip to Calcutta, while on ship, he saw the way the ship's wheel turned, and this inspired his design for the revolver. He later applied for a patent for the revolver, when he was 18.

On Feb 25, 1836, he received an American patent for a "revolving gun".

The first revolver to be called the Colt .45 was the Colt Single Action Army handgun, also known as the Colt Peacemaker. Most people today think of the M1911 as the Colt .45.

Colt 45 malt liquor is currently owned by Pabst. It first hit the market in 1963. It got it's name because originally the bottles were 45 ounces. The brewers have never had a gun on the bottle or in their advertising, to avoid being sued by Colt Firearms.

It got it's name of Colt as the bottle was designed with a horse kicking, as in, the beer had more alcohol, so it had more "kick" hence the colt.

Billy D wants you to drink it.