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OUR LEGACY
For more than 140 years, there has been no cutting corners. You get what you give, and we give only the best beer we can brew.
1868
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Adolph Coors came to America. Within 5 years of his journey to the West, he founded the Golden Brewery.
1916
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Prohibition hit Colorado and the brewery was ordered to drain 516 barrels of beer.
1933
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Beer began to flow again, but Coors Banquet was only distributed to a handful of states in the West.
1936
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The iconic Stubby Bottle was born, a bottle that has become a symbol of our heritage and history.
1959
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Bill Coors and Coors Brewing company introduced the environmentally friendly aluminum can, which changed the global industry standard for packaging beverages. A recycling revolution had been sparked.
1991
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Coors Banquet became more widely available in all 50 states.
2014
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Since 2014, we've donated more than $2 million to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation, an organization that helps both injured firefighters and the families of firefighters who were killed in the line of duty.