Talk:Coors Brewing Company/Archive 1

I went on the brewery tour in Golden, Colorado. If I get a chance I'll get a couple of the photos I took on the tour scanned in and put them in the article. I do have to say that the beer I had during the tour was about the best beer I ever had.

JesseG 17:16, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)


 * Did you check the label to see if it was coors.--24.15.9.228 09:33, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

I changed Arctic Ice to Artic Ice. I know the area around the North Pole is the Arctic. Coors for some reason decided that the first c was unecessary. 170.232.128.10 20:09, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry you yanks have no taste when it comes to beer. I havent decided whether Miller or Coors is the worst premium brand beer in the world due to the masochism of the endeavor. The whole concept of ice beer is disgusting and I have yet to taste a nice one - a horrible technical process for a drink that only needs 3 ingredients and time :) --Edzillion 18:38, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

^ um, that is a valid opinion, but i have no idea what it ha to do with the content of the actual wiki page that is section is for. should it be removed?


 * I'm a Texan, raised (sort of) on Lone Star and Shiner Bock. Down here, Coors is often called "Colorado Kool-Ade". Putting it plainly, Coors sucks. And that's not an opinion, it's a fact! :-) --Michael K. Smith 14:16, 6 July 2006 (UTC)


 * "Ice beer"? Meaning beer that is colder than room temperature? Puh LEASE. --Ragemanchoo (talk) 00:55, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

anyway, can anyone explain why Coor was illegal east of the rockies until the early eighties? was it just an exaggeration of the Smokey and the Bandit movies, or was there some obscure law? --thirashima 8/1/2005

Coors was never illegal east of the rockies. There brewery was in Golden, so it was just harder to get on the east coast until they put in the Shenandoah packaging facility. This actually boosted the beers sale, because it was hard to get so people wanted it more. Its part of the early 80s/late 70s coors culture that they cant seem to duplicate now. -matt


 * Coors does not pasturize its beer, and limited its geographic distribution to assure freshness. Before the boycott, the western US market took up all the beer they could make. Plazak 19:22, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

In the US, the regulation of alcohol is up to the states, and many of them have laws restricting the amount or type of alcohol that can be imported without a license. It's certainly not implausible that it was illegal for a private citizen to drive a tractor trailer worth of Coors into Georgia. Jlp858 06:47, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

I think that the reason that the bringing of the Coors into Georgia was illegal in Smokey and the Bandit was that the dare/bet gave a deadline for bringing it back in a certain amount of time. Therefore, the truck had to drive like 100 mph and the Bandit had to keep all the cop cars from pulling over the truck for speeding. However, I agree that the large amount brought in by a commercial vehicle might also have posed legal problems. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.65.91.187 (talk) 04:44, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Criticism
This article is lacking in criticisms of Coors, including their involvement with the Parents Music Resource Center (which is missing from that article). -- LGagnon 04:23, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree. There needs to be made some mention of the generally low regard Coors has with beer connoisseurs. It's the American equivalent of the low grade Corona and Fosters. --Navstar 01:31, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Not only that, but Coors has a poor environmental reputation and a poor reputation with many of those who live in Golden. They've been fined several times for massive fish kills and release of poisons into the river system. Coors' reputation with the gay community also grew out of damage control; for years, as a company, they were virulently homophobic. I've seen a few interviews with Elvira that talks about her endorsement with that company and their treatment of the gay community; I wish I knew where they were online, perhaps someone could dig up some information about it. Russ Bellant's "Coors Connection" (1992) covers the conservatism angle, and Dan Baum's "Citizen Coors" covers a number of these topics (including the harm of the environment they exploit in their marketing) for both the company and the Coors family. 67.165.242.224 02:49, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. I visited Golden, CO after being accepted to an engineering college there. It's funny how the BRITA water commercials and Coors make you think all the streams in the Rocky Mountains are crystal clear, but in fact they are mostly dead and polluted by the mining and other industries. --CHeino

Ya, there needs to be more info about the companies monetary contributions to conservative causes and think tanks. No there doesnt buddy —Preceding unsigned comment added by E tac (talk • contribs) 07:06, 1 September 2007 (UTC) Heather Cassell: LGBT advocates offer mixed reaction to Miller, Coors merger,, online under EDGE Boston.--Nemissimo (talk) 11:18, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Maybe this link will help:

Namebase and Spam?
A link purportedly regarding the connection between the Coors family and conservative causes was removed because it was on namebase, which apparently is on the Spam-Blacklist. Clicking on the link in the earlier version of the article puts me at the "Wikipedia Review" and not at Namebase at all. What's going on here? Surely it isn't the intention to suppress information about the political orientation of Coors?--Bhuck 11:08, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Coors Mascot
So, anyone have any ideas for a mascot for Coors? -- WPDude123 3:30, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
 * A deer taking a wee in a Rocky Mountain stream? --Navstar 01:38, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * A union worker with a bottle up his ass.

Banquet Beer?
What is the origin of the nickname "banquet beer"? It used to be printed on their cans and bottles. ''Em-jay-es 05:53, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Appropriate talk page discussion
This page is not for peoples opinion of the beer but for relevant discussion of the article at hand - saying a beer sucks without citing a source is not relevant because that is independent research. --FiftyOneWicked 18:18, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey, FiftyOneWicked, Coors sucks.


 * It is a fact. There should be a section on Coors placing last in every beer competition and a link to trailerparks and spousal abuse.--24.15.9.228 17:21, 9 September 2006 (UTC)


 * The concept of what sucks to one isn't to others. The use of sucks in conjunction with beer competitions is a poor combination. So either way saying a beer sucks is an opinion. I'm not trying to say that defend the honor of the taste of Coors and its subsidiary beers, but I'm am purely stating a fact that this isn't the place to air ones opinion of a beer. A section of its placement in beer competitions would be relevant however.--FiftyOneWicked 03:40, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Aclohol per Volume
Alcohol per volume for the different coors products would be interesting similar to Bud_light.

Killians
Should Killian's be listed as a "pale lager?" Beeradvocate lists it as a "Euro dark lager," and it would almost fit the category of "American Amber/Red Lager" as well. Any thoughts? MrB 12:53, 4 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I would say no. First, it doesn't fit the typical color range that you see with pale lagers, being I think a pale to golden. Second, PL's have a higher carbonation then what I think Killian's has. It does fit some of the characteristics, it could fit: but I personally don't think it works. JMHO.--FiftyOneWicked 00:27, 18 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Ok, so should we change it to "Euro dark lager" or "American Amber/Red Lager?" I personally think "American Red Lager" fits it best. MrB 01:38, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I would agree on the American Red Lager categorization, any naysayers?--FiftyOneWicked 03:22, 30 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Ok, I'll change it to American Red Lager MrB 22:54, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Blue Moon
Beeradvocate shows Blue Moon to be a witbier, but the bottle lists it as a "Belgian Style Wheat Ale." I think the categorization of "Belgian wheat" is too broad, because that encompasses things from witbiers to hefeweizens, and beyond. Thoughts? MrB 01:44, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

I dont see Blue Moon listed here as one of the coors beers.

Major Re-write
This article lacks any form of form and tone, If anyone can re-write it, please do! otherwise, I will do it as soon as I get a chanceT.o.anon84 05:54, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Trivia section
The trivia section appears to be turning into a list of people who like Coors. Does this belong here, or is it too trivial even for a trivia section??Plazak 14:26, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Old Man Coors, descendant bickering
So yeah. I've heard Coors isn't really actually gay-friendly even though the article says they are. People are led to believe the company "got better" when "Old Man Coors" died in the 1970s, even though the Coors descendants are still around, in charge of the company, and a bickering group of far-right assholes. So yeah. Who the fuck was "Old Man Coors"? Which company official does this refer to? --Ragemanchoo (talk) 01:03, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

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William Stones / Sheffield Companies tempate
Have attached template to page as William Stones Brewery currently points here, but hopefully somebody will then write a separate article for the firm prior to its takeover by Coors, as it should have a stand alone article. ---BulldozerD11 (talk) 01:22, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Silver Bullet & University of California?
Is there a citation for this or any evidence whatsoever to support this claim? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.85.171.135 (talk) 00:10, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Union
The bottling company in tennesee I believe was most certainly union, the article makes no mention of this fact, and it is significant considering they closed the facility down, and moved all operations to VA (right to work state) 96.235.112.29 (talk) 16:58, 25 October 2008 (UTC)