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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sun Oct 14, 2018, 06:15 PM Oct 2018

Beer pioneer Bill Coors dies at 102

Beer pioneer Bill Coors dies at 102



https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-now/beer-pioneer-bill-coors-dies-at-102/465-8a763de1-2290-41da-b1c0-bd48d4e605a7

Bill Coors, a pioneer in the American brewing industry and former chairman of the Adolph Coors Company, died peacefully at his home Saturday at 102.

Bill Coors began working for his grandfather Adolph's brewing company in 1939. Twenty years later, he became company chairman, during which he created and developed the aluminum can, a key milestone for the beer industry.

"His dedication, hard work and ingenuity, helped shape not only our company but the entire beer industry," said Mark Hunter, president and CEO of Molson Coors, in a statement.

Bill Coors spent 65 years with the company as it grew from a regional brewer based in Colorado to one of the biggest beer brands in America.
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Beer pioneer Bill Coors dies at 102 (Original Post) Miles Archer Oct 2018 OP
He's one of those good republicans now. mobeau69 Oct 2018 #1
You should only speak good of the dead.... lastlib Oct 2018 #5
your post is offensive, you should delete. Mosby Oct 2018 #8
No, that is well said pretzel4gore Oct 2018 #12
DU is supposed to have some ethical standards Mosby Oct 2018 #15
Ok Mosby pretzel4gore Oct 2018 #19
Why do racist anti union jerks deserve respect? nini Oct 2018 #24
To bad BUT bluestarone Oct 2018 #2
It's commonly known as "Colorado turtle urine"...... lastlib Oct 2018 #4
LOL I'm sure your right on this and bluestarone Oct 2018 #6
Around here (in Denver) we call them moose piss... Mr. Big Oct 2018 #14
I'm union, too, but there are other reasons not to drink Coors. Laffy Kat Oct 2018 #9
palatte cleanser mnmoderatedem Oct 2018 #11
Will KavaNO be attending the services? Totally Tunsie Oct 2018 #3
Wow. The Coors Company brews beer? When did that start? . . . Journeyman Oct 2018 #7
Worst beer ever! Cattledog Oct 2018 #10
Rocky Mountain Mouse Pee Miles Archer Oct 2018 #16
Blacks lack the intellectual capacity to succeed dalton99a Oct 2018 #13
White Man's Burden Wednesdays Oct 2018 #18
102 is a good long life. It was time. I like light beer and Coors light stinks. Bitter aftertaste. LBM20 Oct 2018 #17
There was once a time when Coors wasn't sold east of the Mississippi River Zorro Oct 2018 #20
I remember my first and last Coors Lite. Xolodno Oct 2018 #21
K&Fuckin'R Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2018 #22
Anti union is all i need to know about him. nini Oct 2018 #23
 

pretzel4gore

(8,146 posts)
12. No, that is well said
Sun Oct 14, 2018, 07:37 PM
Oct 2018

The nasty ole fascist coors owed everything to what he then spent his life trying to injure/destroy

Mosby

(16,311 posts)
15. DU is supposed to have some ethical standards
Sun Oct 14, 2018, 08:44 PM
Oct 2018

And has written guidelines prohibiting some hate speech. Making a statement like "the only good republican is a dead republican" is something I would expect to see at FR or the cave, but in reverse. Further, the post I replied to could be viewed as classic trolling, a situation where a person joins a discussion pretending that they agree with the group, but then makes extreme statements to facilitate the marginalization and discredation the entire group's shared beliefs.




 

pretzel4gore

(8,146 posts)
19. Ok Mosby
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 12:02 AM
Oct 2018

I think hatred for the rightwing goofs sometimes trumps routine decency, and gotta be careful, but lets all hate the treasonous mass murdering child corrupting nazipooh trumpsuckers...and wave them pitchforks!

lastlib

(23,237 posts)
4. It's commonly known as "Colorado turtle urine"......
Sun Oct 14, 2018, 06:37 PM
Oct 2018

but I suspect that actual turtle urine would taste and smell better than Coors beer.* Never mind the fact that the Coors family are major right-wing POSs.....

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(*I've never tasted either actual turtle urine OR Coors beer myself, but I cannot imagine that the latter would be preferable to the former.....my 2cts)

Laffy Kat

(16,381 posts)
9. I'm union, too, but there are other reasons not to drink Coors.
Sun Oct 14, 2018, 07:03 PM
Oct 2018

So many wonderful brews in this state and I don't know any true beer affectionadoes who like or drink Coors. It's horrible. Why waste your time, money, and calorie intake on piss when you can have a great Colorado microbrew?

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
16. Rocky Mountain Mouse Pee
Sun Oct 14, 2018, 08:58 PM
Oct 2018

First beer I ever drank...it was phenomenally popular when I moved to California at age 16.

Soon outgrew it. Really soon.

dalton99a

(81,510 posts)
13. Blacks lack the intellectual capacity to succeed
Sun Oct 14, 2018, 08:22 PM
Oct 2018
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1984/03/29/coors-ideas/d2f5c72b-7c51-4cfa-a24c-491d9abe121e/

COORS' IDEAS
By Dorothy Gilliam
March 29, 1984

Representatives of the Adolph Coors Co. said this week they are feeling comfortably "close to target" in their major hard-driving campaign to flood the Washington metropolitan area with their Colorado beer. But I wonder how many of the people who sip their suds know the views toward blacks of William K. Coors, the brewery's chairman and chief executive officer, who is a friend of President Reagan?

Blacks lack "intellectual capacity" and "one of the best things they slave traders did for you is to drag your ancestors over here in chains," Coors recently told minority business owners in Denver. He said if American blacks visited the African countries from which their ancestors were taken by slave traders they would be glad they were living in a country with a free-enterprise system, "a land of opportunity."

It's not that African blacks lack dedication, he said, "They lack the intellectual capacity to succeed, and it's taking them down the tubes."

Zorro

(15,740 posts)
20. There was once a time when Coors wasn't sold east of the Mississippi River
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 12:12 AM
Oct 2018

It wasn't pasteurized or something to that effect, from my recollection.

It was somewhat of a treat when a student from Texas would haul a case or two into the dorm.

Xolodno

(6,395 posts)
21. I remember my first and last Coors Lite.
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 12:55 AM
Oct 2018

It was at a party and a friend of mine opened one up and gave it to me. Tried it, and said, "Wow, that's some joke! How did you secretly replace the beer with water?". He had a blank stare and said, "No, its beer". I replied "no it isn't, its water". Grabbed another to compare and realized, he wasn't trying pull one off me.

nini

(16,672 posts)
23. Anti union is all i need to know about him.
Mon Oct 15, 2018, 01:08 AM
Oct 2018

That beer wasn't allowed in my house growing up because the anti union policy. I carry that tradition on.

He was also racist. No loss really.

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