Days of the Beer, March 13

The beer for today is Boulder Planet Porter.

On March 13, 1781, William Herschel discovered Uranus. On March 13, 1930, the news of the discovery of Pluto was telegraphed.

Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun. It is named after the Greek Uranus, father of Cronus and grandfather of Zeus. It is visible to the naked eye, but wasn't known to be a planet because of it's dimness and slow orbit.

Pluto was actually discovered on February 18, 1930, but news of the discovery wasn't reported to the Harvard College Observatory until March 13. Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, who spent time studying sky image pairs taken two weeks apart to see if anything had shifted. After a year of searching he discovered a possible moving object on plates taken January 23 and January 29. Another image from january 21 confirmed the movement.

From 1930 until 2006, Pluto was considered the solar system's ninth planet. Neil deGrasse Tyson is the person responsible for making it not a planet... DAMN YOU NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON!!!

As to the beer:

Planet Porter is by boulder Beer, in Boulder, Colorado.

Planet Porter is a remarkably smooth dark ale. The generous use of black malt gives this brew a hint of coffee. Planetary: A big beer for everyone.

The beer comes in at 5.51% ABV.

So, for the discovery of two planets, have a Boulder Planet Porter.