Coors

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I don't want to hijack John's thread on beer so I will start my own. In 1965 or so a couple of friends went to Colorado and came back with some Coors. I remember drinking it and thinking it was good. As an underage college student, almost all beer tasted good.

In the mid 70's I remember going to Kansas and buying some Coors of my own to bring home. Like about anything you can't get, you think it is better or has some great mystery. Some of the stuff I brought home must have been old cause it did not taste that great. Coors came to Illinois in 85 or 86. The local commie, pinko radical wrote a letter to the editor of the local paper and said no good socialist, anti-American nut job would drink the stuff. I remembered him from my college days and decided that if he were against it, I was for it.

I took my first trip to Talladega in 86 and based on my Army experience in the South, I expected to see lots of PBR. I saw no PBR, but lots of Coors and Coors Light. Bill Elliott was big then and his car was sponsored by Coors. I was a Bill fan and started drinking Coors Light. One day a local liberal attorney was sitting next to me at the pub and seeing what I drank, he asked if I agreed with the political philosophy of Mr. Coors. I said I damn sure do and he left.

A couple of weeks ago, I had the good fortune to be back in the glory of the Rockies. I stopped at a general store in Yellowstone and the Coors caught my eye. I really enjoyed it and have bought some more since. It is very smooth and quite tasty.

I know some of you are going to tell me how good your porters, stouts and ales taste. I have spilled more beer than most of you have drank and I don't care for them. I like American beer and I like Coors.

 

[jlrhiner]

When I was in the Navy, I'd come home on leave from Coranado and throw a couple six packs of Coors in my seabag. On the way back, I'd through in a couple of Busch. I was popular for one day each way.

 

[charlie sherrill]

We used to do the same thing with Coors. If someone was going anywhere that had it we would place our order for at least a case. All we could get then was the yellow can. The Silver Bullet wasn't being made yet. Now that it is easy to get here it's lost some of it's mystic. I still drink it occassionally. I have several brands I like, and a few I tolerate, so I kind of switch them around. If free beer is being offered at a BBQ or whatever chances are I'll like whatever it is.

 

[s&wchad]

I went to Colorado for the first time back in the 70's. As I recall, there was more than one type of Coors beer. The good stuff was about 5% and was only available at certain places. The grocery store version was closer to 3% and wasn't that good.

I could be wrong because my memory of those times is a bit blurry!

 

[old bear]

I have spilled more beer than most of you have drank and I don't care for them. I like American beer and I like Coors.

Not to many years ago I could have given you a good run for your money about which one of us had drank more beer. I like American beer, but I DON'T LIKE Coors.

 

[max]

Old Bear, I first heard that line from a crusty old retired USAF Chief MSgt back in the early 70's. He was not kidding.

 

[chud333]

I live in east-central Indiana and when we could'nt find someone to "buy" for us in town on a saturday night we loaded up in a car and took a road trip to Ohio for their 3% beer which could be bought if you we're 18 years old.
It was better than nothing but not by much.
The Little Kings and the Hudepohl we're popular amongst us high school
kids back then. I still prefer American brewed beer also.
Mostly Bud Light now but i'll treat myself to a good "premium" beer
every now and then. Try "Fat tire" some time.

Chuck

 

[litauer]

Why Coors ever bothered to bring out a light beer remains a mystery given they made the original right there in Golden. Carbonated dishwater.

 

[M&P Freak]

It had been years since I tried it. Drank mostly the trendy brews, used to make fun of Coors.

About three years ago my uncle past away. He was a big time Coors "enthusiast". At his memorial, everyone was proposing toasts to "Big D" and, of course, the only thing in the house was Coors long-necks.

I have to admit, I found it tasted much better than I thought it did. Who knew? Been enjoying it ever since.

 

[MrAmbassador]

I'm a Coors convert. After a lifetime drinking first Bud then Michelob my oldest son got me on Coors. He used to call my Mich, meat and potatoes beer and he would be drinking all night way past when I was well in my cups. Then I started on the Coors and found out there is life past 9PM.
I also remember the mystique of Coors for us east coast drinkers around 1970. I think it had something to do with how not only Coors but all beer was brewed and packaged and the fact that Coors was always kept cold. Modern beer has a different taste but that hasn't stopped me.
Stay thirsty my friends.

 

[zoom6zoom]

In the mid 70's I remember going to Kansas and buying some Coors of my own to bring home.

The only Coors you could get in Kansas during that time (I was at KU then) was the 3.2 swill.

 

[litauer]

''The horse has diabetes,'' said the vet after his sip of Coors.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

When I was nineteen in '76 a freind and I hitchhiked home to Ca. from Virginia, and drove past the Coors plant in Golden, i think. I avoided Coors for some reason prior to this but felt it was appropriate to drink a pitcher of it when we hit a pizza place a little later. It tasted great! I had a Coors today. I don't know the politics except the non union part and also the Coors Shutsenfest's, so those must be what you're talking about. I'm union and drink Coors because I like it and it's associated with SHOOTING! Thanks for irritating a few people along the way in your Coors afventures.

 

[dhallz71]

The only Coors you could get in Kansas during that time (I was at KU then) was the 3.2 swill.

Nope--in 74 you could get liqour store Coors. 5% I moved to Houston in 74, and took 20 cases with me. Bought them for $9 each and sold them for $25. Paid for my U-Haul to move there.

 

[Marshwheeling]

Two words: Ick.

 

[madmikeb]

Original Coors in longnecks has been my beer for awhile! It takes some searching to find it around here in bottles but I think it's worth the effort.

 

[Sidewinder 319]

There is no shortage of them in Wyoming. Maybe you are wearing the wrong hat.

 

[arjay]

Grew up near Golden.Drank and liked Coors when I was young.Hadn't had any in years,so I drank one not long ago.That is a stinky beer!

 

[photocosmo]

"Back in the Day"... the original "Banquet" beer WAS refreshingly light and crisp and made to be drunk by the six-pack (hence the nickname Colorado Cool-Aid!). I can still remember the instant relief and satisfaction from downing an almost slushy ice cold can pulled out of a beat-up cooler in a nameless saloon on a dusty crossroads in the mountains north of Teluride circa 1973. We'd been driving for 3 or 4 hours in blistering heat that had the Caddy's normally frigid A.C. struggling and that beer just about saved my life! The fact that I was only 17 also increased the "cool" factor.

I agree that it tastes somewhat dissapointing now.

 

[Texas Star]

I don't make a big deal out of whether a beer is American. Many countries make good beer. In my experience, Canada and New Zealand are not among them.

I encountered Coors in Colorado whiile stationed in Denver. No big deal.

I prefer Heineken(sp?) in a lighter beer, Grolsch or Samuel Smith's Old Pale Ale or Sam Adams in a fuller brew. Bud is nice and has a unique flavor. Michelob is also good, and I think Kirin is a Japanese copy of it.

Lowenbrau is also good, and I liked Castle Lager from South Africa when some guys from the SA consulate gave me some for helping to answer questions in their booth at the Texas State Fair one year.

I certainly don't think that Coors is special, but if you like it, have at it. If they sponsor a schutzenfest, more the better.

Oh: I wish I could think of the name, but I've had an excellent Danish beer. Someone here can probably name it. Aha! Carlsberg. And I think I liked Tuborg. Been awhile...

One of my favorite places to have a beer was at the German restaurant (Hans Mueller's) by the Esplanade pool at the Fair. I'd take both kids and we'd get sausage plates with sauerkraut & potato salad, and I'd have a beer. There were flags all around that long pool, and I'd give the kids a penny for each they could name. Fun times.