X-Nico

unusual facts about Coors


National Brewery Centre

The National Brewery Centre (formerly the Bass Museum and later the Coors Visitor Center) is a museum and tourist attraction in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England.


Bob Schaffer

Coors went on to lose to Democratic nominee Ken Salazar in the 2004 general election.

Coors Amphitheatre

Comfort Dental Amphitheatre in Greenwood Village, Colorado (formerly Coors Amphitheatre)

Coors Light

In the 1990s, Coors Light sponsored what was then America's most dominant domestic professional cycling team, which included Olympians Alexi Grewal, Roy Knickman and Davis Phinney.

Freddy Fresh

Fresh's music has also enjoyed commercial success in films such as Austin Powers in Goldmember, Jackie Chan's The Tuxedo and television commercials by Adidas, Budweiser and Coors.

Holly Coors

Holland "Holly" Coors (August 25, 1920 – January 18, 2009) was an American conservative political activist and philanthropist who had been married to Joseph Coors, the president of Coors Brewing Company.

Joseph Coors

With his brother, William Coors, Joseph refined the cold-filtered beer manufacturing system and began America's first large-scale recycling program by offering 1-cent returns on Coors aluminum cans.

Joseph Corbett, Jr.

(October 25, 1928 – August 24, 2009) a former Fulbright scholar, became the 127th fugitive named on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, placed there March 30, 1960 for the kidnap and subsequent murder of Adolph Coors III, heir to the Coors Beer fortune.

Ken Stacey

His vocal work has appeared in various commercials for companies including McDonald's, Dodge, Coors, Toyota, and Ralphs.

Klimaszewski

The Klimaszewski Twins, Elaine and Diane, also known as the Coors Light Twins

MillerCoors

The joint venture has the responsibility of selling brands such as Miller Lite, Miller High Life, Miller Genuine Draft, Coors, Coors Light, Molson Canadian, Crispin Hard Cider Company, and Blue Moon in the United States, with the purpose of combining all of their US brewing operations to better compete against Anheuser-Busch InBev.

Miss B Hollywood

Following Reconsider, Miss B Hollywood landed corporate sponsorships with Voodoo Tiki Tequila and Coors Light.

Molson Brewery

Among many sports sponsorships, Molson and/or Coors also have deals with the Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs, Edmonton Oilers, Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes and Detroit Red Wings, and their beverages can be purchased at other sports venues, such as the home of the Philadelphia Flyers, the Wells Fargo Center and the Washington Capitals at the Verizon Center

Richard Mellon Scaife

Bellant, Russ The Coors Connection: How Coors family philanthropy undermines democratic pluralism, (Boston: South End Press, 1991), covering the related political funding activities of Coors family.

Ron Fowler

The investment group distributes Miller, Coors, Heineken and other beer brands and has annual sales exceeding $220 million.

Stewart Regan

Regan worked in the brewing industry for 16 years, employed by John Smith, Bass and latterly Coors.

Sumter County Does

The item is thought to have been a promotional item from the Sebring Races held in Sebring, Florida in 1975 which were sponsored by Coors.

Take a Little Ride

Eight days after the song's release, Broken Bow Records released a re-recording of the song, in which the line "a little Shiner Bock" is changed to "a couple Rocky Tops", in reference to Coors beer.

United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, 2012

Joe Coors Jr., the brother of unsuccessful 2004 U.S. Senate candidate Pete Coors, will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Perlmutter.


see also