On 2008-07-15, sf <sf> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:33:42 -0500, "Gregory Morrow"
> wrote:
>
>>In retrospect it was silly, it was just yer basic watery beer...
>
> But, but, but it was *imported* from Colorado in the days before

OK, here's the deal with Coors. In pre-silver bullet (coors lite) days,
when coors only sold one beer, that beer was Coors Banquet. It was brewed
in Golden CO, only!, was unpasturized, and was shipped in refrigerated
trucks. It was not shipped East of CO(?). It was not shipped to OR, cuz OR
had a law barring unpasturized beer. Everyone else got unpasturized Coors
Banquet chilled from Golden CO to buyer, wherever that might be.

This brewing/shipping process was unique to Coors, as far as I know. Coors
would actually start going bad if not kept refrigerated, as many big chains
and supermarkets would do so on big holidays, stocking up and making Coors
beer forts/islands, etc. But, if you got if fresh and un-warmed, it was
pretty decent beer. Not what I would call great or worthy of big smuggling
road trips to get the stuff, but I wasn't much of a beer drinker back then.
I drank for a buzz. Most of the rest of the myth is just that. I just
happen to know about it back in the early/mid 70s cuz I lived in OR for
awhile and worked at a place that served it and it was deliverd cold, like
no other beer. End of story.

nb