Peter J. Coors, son of Peter H. Coors, poses for a photograph inside Bill's Pub with several Coors banquet beer cans after a tour of the Coors Brewery, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)
Peter J. Coors took a group of Coors lovers on an exclusive tour, a behind-the-scenes tour, of the Coors Brewery Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, and I tagged along to see what’s been brewing at the 150-year-old brewery in Golden, Colorado.
Peter J. Coors, son of Peter H. Coors, poses for a photograph inside Bill’s Pub with several Coors banquet beer cans after a tour of the Coors Brewery, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)Peter J. Coors stands next to a large vat while giving a tour of the Coors Brewery Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 in Golden, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)Peter J. Coors talks about malts during a tour of the Coors Brewery, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 in Golden, Colorado. Coors talked about the malts the brewing company uses inside the germination beds level and the importance of transforming them into fermentable sugars. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)Maya McDonald tastes “the freshest Coors Banquet beer” during a tour given by fifth generation Coors family member Peter J. Coors, right, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 at the Coors Brewery in Golden, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)John Frank takes a photo with his cell phone of Coors Light cans on a sorting machine during a tour of the Coors Brewery Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 in Golden, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)Peter J. Coors talks about barley types during a tour of the Coors Brewery Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 in Golden, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)Peter J. Coors looks at a wall of old beer bottles in the AC Golden room while giving a tour of the Coors Brewery Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 in Golden, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)Cases of Coors Light and Coors Banquet beers ride a packaging line Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 at the Coors Brewery in Golden, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)Maya McDonald holds a cold and warm Coors Light beer cans while Peter J Coors holds the cold can during a tour he gave of the brewery Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 at the Coors Brewery in Golden, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)The Coorsal beer bottle, left, a near-beer, is the only known bottle in existence currently according the Molson Coors archivist Heidi Harris, as see at Bill’s Pub inside the Coors Brewery Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 in Golden, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)Peter J. Coors talks to a guest inside Bill’s Pub before a VIP tour of the Coors Brewery, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)Molson Coors archivist Heidi Harris displays a Coors Light advertisement to a group after a tour of the Coors Brewery led by Peter J. Coors Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 in Golden, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)One of 30 Beer Wolf robots, released to distributors in 1985 in order to help sell Coors Light, stands in Bill’s Pub at the Coors Brewery Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 in Golden, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)A set of Coors bottles, the sixth bottle from the left is the only known one in existence, ranging from the 1880s to 1990s sits a top a bar at the Coors Brewery in Golden, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)Heidi Harris, archivist at Coors Miller, shows original patent paperwork for a Coors beer during a talk at the Coors Brewery in Golden, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)Historical artifacts are on display at one of the bar rooms inside the Coors Brewery, seen Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, in Golden, Colorado. (JonathanIngrahamDigital [email protected]://denvergazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/c/dd/7f0/cdd7f086-b693-11ec-b373-bba598953eb6.fc0f5608a6f1144f64f080f771bd904d.png)
