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==Coors==
==Coors==
*'''Coors''', the "Banquet Beer", also known as "Coors Original", a 5% [[alcohol by volume|abv]] [[pale lager]]. This is the oldest brand in the Coors portfolio, first brewed in 1874,<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.coors.com/brews_brands.asp Coors.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and has been given awards at [[World's Columbian Exposition]] in 1893, and at the [[Great American Beer Festival]] in 2004.<ref name="autogenerated1" />
*'''Coors''', the "Banquet Beer", also known as "Coors Original", a 5% [[alcohol by volume|abv]] [[pale lager]]. This is the oldest brand in the Coors portfolio, first brewed in 1874,<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.coors.com/brews_brands.asp Coors.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and has been given awards at [[World's Columbian Exposition]] in 1893, and at the [[Great American Beer Festival]] in 2004.<ref name="autogenerated1" />
*'''Coors Light''', the "Silver Bullet", a 4.2% abv beer first brewed in 1978 as a low calorie beer. It is Coors' top selling brand, and the third-best selling beer in the [[United States]].<ref> [http://www.coors.com/about_facts.asp Coors.com - Facts & Figures]</ref> The beer is also quite popular in [[Ireland]], where it is available at most bars nationwide. It has won several medals for "American-Style Light Beer" at the Great American Beer Festival,<ref>[http://www.coors.com/docs/Coors%20Light%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Coors Light Fact Sheet]</ref> and is the official beer sponsor of the [[NFL]] and the [[NFL Network]].<ref>http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/9185753 NFL.com "Coors Light to present NFL Network's Super Bowl week coverage."</ref> In 2006, a "frost brew liner", referring to the "Frost Brewed" branding, was introduced. Coors Light bottles and cans feature a cold temperature sensitive label using Chromazone ink. When the mountains on the label turn blue, the beer is at optimal drinking temperature.
*'''Coors Light''', the "Silver Bullet", a 4.2% abv beer first brewed in 1978 as a low calorie beer. It is Coors' top selling brand, and the third-best selling beer in the [[United States]].<ref> [http://www.coors.com/about_facts.asp Coors.com - Facts & Figures]</ref> The beer is also quite popular in [[Ireland]], where it is available at most bars nationwide and is brewed and distributed by [[Heineken]]. It has won several medals for "American-Style Light Beer" at the Great American Beer Festival,<ref>[http://www.coors.com/docs/Coors%20Light%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Coors Light Fact Sheet]</ref> and is the official beer sponsor of the [[NFL]] and the [[NFL Network]].<ref>http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/9185753 NFL.com "Coors Light to present NFL Network's Super Bowl week coverage."</ref> In 2006, a "frost brew liner", referring to the "Frost Brewed" branding, was introduced. Coors Light bottles and cans feature a cold temperature sensitive label using Chromazone ink. When the mountains on the label turn blue, the beer is at optimal drinking temperature.
[[Image:Killians irish red.jpg|thumb|right|100px|A bottle of Killian's Irish Red.]]
[[Image:Killians irish red.jpg|thumb|right|100px|A bottle of Killian's Irish Red.]]
*'''[[Killian's|Killian's Irish Red]]'''<ref>[http://www.killians.com George Killian's Irish Red<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> a 4.9% abv [[Vienna lager|dark lager]]. Coors acquired the rights to brew and market the brand in America from France's [[Pelforth Brewery]] in 1981. It was then reformulated to a Vienna lager from the original [[Irish red ale]] recipe created at [[Lett's Brewery]] in [[Enniscorthy]], [[Ireland]], in 1864.
*'''[[Killian's|Killian's Irish Red]]'''<ref>[http://www.killians.com George Killian's Irish Red<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> a 4.9% abv [[Vienna lager|dark lager]]. Coors acquired the rights to brew and market the brand in America from France's [[Pelforth Brewery]] in 1981. It was then reformulated to a Vienna lager from the original [[Irish red ale]] recipe created at [[Lett's Brewery]] in [[Enniscorthy]], [[Ireland]], in 1864.
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*Screamers
*Screamers
*Java (discontinued March 2004) was an alcopop range with five flavours; Purple, Ice, Tropical, Citrus and Sunfruit. A vodka mix of 4.0% vol.
*Java (discontinued March 2004) was an alcopop range with five flavours; Purple, Ice, Tropical, Citrus and Sunfruit. A vodka mix of 4.0% vol.



==Molson==
==Molson==

Revision as of 21:54, 12 January 2010

Molson Coors Brewing Company was created by the merger of two of North America's largest breweries: Molson of Canada, and Coors of the United States, on February 9, 2005. Coors is responsible for over twenty different brands of beer in North America and the UK.[1] The main brands are Coors and Killian's. Molson brands include Carling Black Label and Molson Canadian.

Coors

  • Coors, the "Banquet Beer", also known as "Coors Original", a 5% abv pale lager. This is the oldest brand in the Coors portfolio, first brewed in 1874,[2] and has been given awards at World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, and at the Great American Beer Festival in 2004.[2]
  • Coors Light, the "Silver Bullet", a 4.2% abv beer first brewed in 1978 as a low calorie beer. It is Coors' top selling brand, and the third-best selling beer in the United States.[3] The beer is also quite popular in Ireland, where it is available at most bars nationwide and is brewed and distributed by Heineken. It has won several medals for "American-Style Light Beer" at the Great American Beer Festival,[4] and is the official beer sponsor of the NFL and the NFL Network.[5] In 2006, a "frost brew liner", referring to the "Frost Brewed" branding, was introduced. Coors Light bottles and cans feature a cold temperature sensitive label using Chromazone ink. When the mountains on the label turn blue, the beer is at optimal drinking temperature.
File:Killians irish red.jpg
A bottle of Killian's Irish Red.
  • Keystone is a 4.8% abv pale lager introduced in 1989. The current slogan is "Always Smooth."
File:KeystoneLight.jpg
Keystone Light
  • Keystone Light is a 4.2% abv pale lager introduced in 1989. Packaged in "specially lined cans" intended to reduce metallic taste. The can is blue and silver and is narrower than a regular 12 ounce can of beer. An advertising campaign starring comedian Bob Marley claimed that Keystone Light relieved "Bitter Beer Face." The current advertising slogan is "Always Smooth, Even When You're Not."[7]
  • Keystone Ice is packaged in black and silver cans. Keystone Ice is 5.9% abv and has 143 calories.
Others
  • Zima XXX
  • Pale Moon (made under Blue Moon Brewing Company label)
  • Rising Moon (seasonal - spring) (made under Blue Moon Brewing Company label)
  • Honey Moon (seasonal - summer) (made under Blue Moon Brewing Company label)
  • Harvest Moon (seasonal - fall) (made under Blue Moon Brewing Company label)
  • Full Moon (seasonal - winter) (made under Blue Moon Brewing Company label)
  • Winterfest (seasonal - winter)
  • Wildwood Westlake lager
  • Coors NA (Coors Non-Alcoholic)
Discontinued
  • Aspen Edge
  • Blair's Barvarian Beer
  • Coors Malted Milk (non-alcoholic, formula later acquired by Mars Candy)
  • Coors Red Light
  • Coors Dry (western US only)
  • Coors Artic Ice
  • Coors Cutter (non-alcoholic) now Coors NA
  • Eisbock (seasonal - spring)
  • Golden Lager
  • Herman Joseph's 1868 (now relaunched by AC Golden Brewing Company as Herman Joseph's Private Reserve)
  • Oktoberfest (seasonal - fall)
  • Turbo 1000
  • Weizenbier (seasonal - summer)
  • Zima Gold
  • All Zima Products 2008

UK

Beers
  • Allbright
  • Arc
  • Breaker
  • Caffrey's Irish Ale; (After Coors purchased Caffrey's from Interbrew, it ceased importation of the beer into the U.S. market. Coors decided that continued sale of Caffrey's in the U.S. market would interfere with branding of Killian's as Coors' premier Irish brew. Many Irish bars around the U.S. have Caffrey's paraphernalia but no longer can sell the beer. Coors' decision to sell Killian's over Caffrey's in the US market while removing the nitrogen charged Caffrey's allowed Diageo Guinness to gain marketshare with its Smithwick's brew in Irish bars throughout the U.S.).
  • Carling
File:Stones Bitter.gif
Stones orange can
Others
  • Reef
  • Screamers
  • Java (discontinued March 2004) was an alcopop range with five flavours; Purple, Ice, Tropical, Citrus and Sunfruit. A vodka mix of 4.0% vol.

Molson

Molson partnered brands in Canada


References

  1. ^ Coors Brewing Company (MolsonCoors)
  2. ^ a b Coors.com
  3. ^ Coors.com - Facts & Figures
  4. ^ Coors Light Fact Sheet
  5. ^ http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/9185753 NFL.com "Coors Light to present NFL Network's Super Bowl week coverage."
  6. ^ George Killian's Irish Red
  7. ^ Keysone Light Web Site


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