A timeline of Coors Brewing in Colorado


1873 — German immigrant Adolph Coors founds the Golden Brewery with business partner Jacob Schueler in an old tannery, producing the first bottles of Golden Lager just one year later.

1880 — Coors buys out Schueler, renaming his business the Coors Brewery.

1890s and 1900s — Coors makes several improvements to the Coors plant property, including the rerouting of Clear Creek, from which the brewery takes its water, and the construction of an electric power plant.

1916 — After Colorado…

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