Coors Tour September 11, 2004

On September 11, 2004 a group of us met at the Coors Brewery to see first-hand how beer is commercially made. The hour-long tour of the plant facilities ended with a taste-testing of many of the beers manufactured by Coors. 

What a place to work... employees are given a free case of beer each month PLUS they are encouraged to volunteer to work in the quality control department routinely -- tasting the beer as it comes off the assembly line! Where do I apply?

 

Our tour guide showing us all the various Coors products.	One of the many posters around the tour area.
	The "Golden Brewery" was founded in 1873 by Adolph Coors.  During Prohibition, the plant managed to stay open by manufacturing malted milk and a near-beer called Mannah. Coors Brewing Company introduced the first two-piece can for distributing their product. The Coors Golden brewery is the world's largest located on a single site. Besides the Golden and Memphis plants, Coors also owns a packaging facility in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.
Dick Shaw & Terry Drye in front of the large mural of a Memphis riverboat.	I have no idea why I took a picture of the floor. Must have seemed interesting at the time.