My Crescent Moon Label

I have to admit that I've been slacking on making labels for my home brew.  I heard someone mention on a blog somewhere that they give names to the good brews, and leave the bad ones nameless (or just refer to them by their style).  I think that's a great policy for labeling too, since it saves a lot of work.  Why go to all the effort of designing a label, and affixing it to all of those bottles, for a brew that's mediocre?

In this case, I really like the Blue Moon clone I brewed up recently, so I've decided to whip up a label for it.  See below:

I kinda like it.  Simple and to the point.  Any opinions?  Anyone have suggestions, or ideas for a different label?

Crescent Moon (Blue Moon Clone) Extract Recipe

I'm attempting to craft my own Blue Moon clone.  Everyone has a clone of it, but Blue Moon is a notoriously difficult one to pin down.  Apparently, it's difficult to get the malty Belgian flavor without going much darker than Blue Moon.  After reading many suggestions and recipes, I've decided to give it a try.

Here's the ingredient list I used:

3.3 lbs Coopers Wheat LME
3 lbs Extra Light DME
1 lb Crystal 10L Malt
1 lb Orange Blossom Honey
2oz Hallertau Hops (4.1% AAU)
1oz Coriander Seeds
1oz Sweet Orange Peel


The first thing you'll notice is that I don't add all of the extract at the beginning.  I'll be holding the LME and honey until 30M to reduce the caramelized sugars (hopefully making it look and taste a bit lighter).  For the yeast, I used a belgian ale yeast from White Labs.  WLP400 if I'm remembering correctly.

The steps I took:

Steep Crystal Malt at 155F for 45M.
Bring to boil, start 60M timer, add DME and 1.5oz hops.
Add LME @30M
Add Honey @30M
Add 0.5oz Coriander @15M
Add 0.5oz Coriander @5M
Add 1oz Orange Peel @5M
Add 0.5oz Hops @5M


The Coriander I used was "Whole Coriander Seeds".  I crushed them thoroughly as I waited for the wort to boil.  The smell of freshly crushed Coriander is amazing.  I wish my kitchen could always smell like that.

My OG was about 1.064.  I transferred this to secondary two weeks ago and samples tasted great.  This is another brew I can't wait to get bottled.