Coors Brewing Company, of Golden, Colorado, USA

Dates	Trade Name	Historic Address
1873 - 1880	Jacob Schueler & Adolph Coors, Golden Bre...	*
1880 - 1913	Adolph Coors, Golden Brewery	*
1909 - 1913	Adolph Coors Co., (Aka of Adolph Coors, Golde...	*
1913 - 1915	Adolph Coors Brewing and Malting Co., Golden ...	*
1913 - 1933	Adolph Coors Brewing and Malting Company	*
1933 - 1989	Adolph Coors Company	*
1983 - 1987	Masters Brewing Co. (Aka of Adolph Coors Co.)	*
1989 - 2020	Coors Brewing Co.	*
1989 - 2014	Unibev Ltd. (Aka of Coors)	*

Schuler sold his shares to Coors in 1880 Renamed the Adolph Coors Brewing Company in 1880 Renamed Adolph Coors Brewing and Malting Company in 1913. Also did business with the alias Golden Brewery at this time. Produced malt powder during this period. Owned their own canning plant and bottling plant. Also produced ceramic ware as well as ceramic scientific equipment.
U-Permit Number : COL-U-1002
L-permit Number : L-6
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Timeline

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4th February 1847

Adolph Coors, founder of the Adolph Coors Brewing Co. of Golden Colorado, was born Barmen in the Rheinland area of Prussia

1873 FoundedJacob Schueler & Adolph Coors, Golden Brewery*

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Golden Lager Beer
1873-1880

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12th December 1873

J. Scheuler and A. Coors purchase property previously owned by tanners C.C. Welch and John Pipe, with the intention of making a brewery in Golden Colorado.

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Circa: 1875

Circa: 1880

1880 Adolph Coors, Golden Brewery*

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Coors Export Beer
1880-1913

Coors Golden Beer
1900-1913

Coors Golden Bock Beer
1900-1913

Coors Golden Porter
1893-1893

Coors Hof Brau Beer
1910-1913

Coors Malted Milk
1880-1900

Coors Pure Mannah
1910-1913

Golden Extract of Malt
1900-1913

Golden Lager Beer
1880-1913

Golden Malt Extract
1910-1913

Golden Select Beer
1910-1913

Pilsener Lager Bier
1880-1900

Pure Lager Beer
1880-1900

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Circa: 1880

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Circa: 1883

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12th January 1884

Adolph Herman Joseph Coors, Jr. was born in Rhein, Prussia. He was the eldest son of Adolph Coors and heir to the Coors Brewery in Golden, Colorado. The elder Coors admitted his son as partner in 1... View More

1885

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Export Beer
1892-1902

1886

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Export Beer
1892-1902

1888

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Export Beer
1892-1902

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Circa: 1890

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Export Beer
1892-1902

Circa: 1891

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Export Beer
1892-1902

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Circa: 1895

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Circa: 1895

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Export Beer
1892-1902

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Begin: 1900 End 1940

1900 - 1940

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Begin: 1900 End 1940

1900 - 1940

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Circa: 1900

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Circa: 1900

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Circa: 1900

Circa: 1903

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Export Beer
1892-1902

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Circa: 1905

Circa: 1907

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Export Beer
1892-1902

1909 Adolph Coors Co., (Aka of Adolph Coors, Golden Brewery)*

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Pilsener Lager Beer
1909-1913

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Circa: 1909

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Circa: 1910

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Circa: 1910

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Circa: 1910

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Export Beer
1892-1902

1913 Adolph Coors Brewing and Malting Company*

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Coor's Golden
1920-1933

Coor's Golden Pale Quality Brew
1920-1933

Coor's Golden Quality Brew
1920-1933

Coors Cereal Beverage
1920-1930

Hopale 1%
1920-1933

Lamm's Exello
1920-1933

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Begin: 1st January 1913 End 1940

1st January 1913 - 1940

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Circa: 1914

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Circa: 1914

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16th April 1918

Jacob Schuler, co-founder of the Coors Brewery in Golden Colorado, died at Colorado Springs.

1920

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Export Beer
1892-1902

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Circa: 1926

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Export Beer
1892-1902

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5th June 1929

Adolph Coors died at 82 years of age.

1933

1933 Adolph Coors Company*

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Colorado Chiller
1983-1988

Coor's Double Aged Export Lager
1933-1950

Coor's Golden Beer Special Lager
1933-1936

Coor's Golden Export Lager Beer
1933-1950

Coor's Golden Pilsener Beer
1933-1950

Coor's Light Beer
1933-1950

Coors Banquet Beer
1945-1988

Coors Bock Beer
1933-1949

Coors Export Lager Beer
1933-1948

Coors Golden Beer
1933-1936

Coors Light Beer
1942-1945

Coors Pilsener Beer
1940-1945

Coors Winterfest Beer
1985-1989

George Killian's Irish Red
1982-1989

Herman Joseph's 1868 Beer
1985-1989

1934

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Export Beer
1892-1902

1935

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Export Beer
1892-1902

1936

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Export Beer
1892-1902

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Circa: 1937

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Circa: 1937

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Circa: 1937

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Export Beer
1892-1902

Circa: 1938

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Export Beer
1892-1902

1939Capacity 150000 Barrels

1939

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Circa: 1939

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Circa: 1940

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Export Beer
1892-1902

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Circa: 1941

Circa: 1942

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Export Beer
1892-1902

Circa: 1949

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Export Beer
1892-1902

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Circa: 1955

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Circa: 1958

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Circa: 1958

Circa: 1959

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Export Beer
1892-1902

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Circa: 1960

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Circa: 1960

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Circa: 1960

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Circa: 1961

Circa: 1963

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Export Beer
1892-1902

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Circa: 1970

Circa: 1974

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Export Beer
1892-1902

1983 Masters Brewing Co. (Aka of Adolph Coors Co.)*

Circa: 1986

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Export Beer
1892-1902

1989 Unibev Ltd. (Aka of Coors)*

Still Operating

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Coors Brewing Company, of Golden, Colorado, USA

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4th February 1847

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12th December 1873

Circa: 1875

From "History of Boulder & Clear Creek Valleys" Chicago, 1880.

Circa: 1880

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Circa: 1880

An 1890s painting of the brewery with Table Mountain, Castle Rock and retention ponds.

Circa: 1883

The modest beginnings of the Adolph Coors brewery plant in 1883.

12th January 1884

1885

1885

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1886

1886

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1888

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Circa: 1890

Walsh's Sample Room in Georgetown Colorado, A Coors Tied House circa 1895.

Circa: 1890

Circa: 1890

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Circa: 1891

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Circa: 1895

Coors brewery workers pose outside the factory with tools of the trade and various advertising.

Circa: 1895

The Paul Jones Tavern features two Coors show cards at its entrance.

Circa: 1895

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Begin: 1900 End 1940

Begin: 1900 End 1940

Circa: 1900

An early view of the brewery before the built the stone wall. Circa 1900. Detail of a photo by Louis Charles McClure.

Circa: 1900

The Coors brewery as it existed at the turn of the last century.

Circa: 1900

Tha Adolph Coors Brewery and Residence as they existed in about 1900.

Circa: 1903

Circa: 1903

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Circa: 1905

Rocky Mountain Fuel Company workers play cards and drink Coors Beer in a Coors tied house. (Pair of Aces beat a busted straignt!)

Circa: 1907

Circa: 1907

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Circa: 1909

Coors workers in 1909. Lennard Vogel sits on a wooden barrel keg on the left, Alphonse Thuet stands in the back right.

Circa: 1910

Two Golden, Colorado landmarks> Castle Rock and the Coors Factory, in a hand-tinted photograph from around 1910.

Circa: 1910

The brewery as it appeared on a clear day during the first decade of the 20th Century..

Circa: 1910

Theo. Koch delivers the beer in this Frayermuller Delivery Truck.

Circa: 1910

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Begin: 1st January 1913 End 1940

Circa: 1914

The Coors factory as seen from the Denver Mountain Park Auto Road on Lookout Mountain, circa 1914. Detail of a photo by Louis Charles McClure.

Circa: 1914

A beautiful storefront featuring dozens of bottles of Coors beer as well as some nice signage.

16th April 1918

1920

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Circa: 1926

Len Vogel stands in front of his delivery truck. There's probably Malted Milk in those casks.

Circa: 1926

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5th June 1929

1933

1933