Days of the Beer, July 20

The beer for today is Blue Moon.

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon. This was the first time that man had made it to the moon.

It wasn't until the next day that man first stepped on the moon, but on July 20, they landed.

Apollo 11 launched from the Kennedy Space Center on July 16. On July 19, they finally entered lunar orbit. On July 20, the lunar lander Eagle, separated from the command module Columbia. They landed at 20:17 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time; they wouldn't be on Houston time) running short of fuel.

As for the beer; Blue Moon is a product of Molson Coors (I guess now, it's Miller Coors). It's a Belgian Style White beer. It was created by Keith Villa at Coors Field's Sandlot Brewery in 1995. It's spiced with coriander and orange peel, and brewed with barley, wheat and oats. It contains 171 calories per 12 oz serving (not counting the orange slice) and is 5.4% ABV.

In 1999, the Confederation of Belgian Breweries sued Coors for saying the beer was a Belgian White. They contended that people would assume the beer was made in Belgium; not just that it was Belgian-STYLE. Coors then put "Made in USA" and "Belgian-Style" on the bottles in small print; but later changed it to "Belgian-Style Wheat Ale" and settled out of court.

This is one of the favorite beers of blog-reader LindsAy. So, here's to you Linds-er! (If it's "ey" instead of "ay" then oops, sorry.) *fixed; even adjusted the sorry portion*