Coors Banquet, sold in a well-known golden can, has been renamed Coors Original. The beer is being brewed in St. John's first - the only place in North America outside of the “Golden Brewery” - meaning those in this province can enjoy it before anyone else.

Founded in 1873, Coors was nicknamed “Banquet Beer” by Clear Creek Canyon miners, who'd drink it in banquet halls or huge banquet tents when there were no halls. The name didn't become official until 1937, when Coors sought to combat the Depression with a strain of nostalgia that somehow didn't involve the 1980s.

Golden, Colo. Coors Banquet is a well-balanced, golden lager that Adolph Coors first brewed in 1873. Since then, Banquet has been brewed only in Golden, Colo., with Rocky Mountain water and Moravian barley.

About 2 years ago they stopped bringing Coors Banquet into Canada (brewed in Golden). They started to rebrand it in Canada to “Coors Original” brewed by Molsons. Almost the same packaging to fool people up here. But the taste is totally different…

As compared to its American adjunct competitors, Coors is a little more flavorful than average-- your call as to whether that's a good thing. The pour is a standard pale yellow, very clear, with a head that dissipates quickly. Sweet corn, slightly syrupy on the nose and the taste follows.

After the mining boom ended - and after 17 long, dry years of Prohibition in Colorado - Coors started using the name "Banquet" to toast the miners who were some of our very first customers. In 1937 Coors officially became "The Banquet Beer" ...

After the mining boom ended - and after 17 long, dry years of Prohibition in Colorado - Coors started using the name "Banquet" to toast the miners who were some of our very first customers. In 1937 Coors officially became "The Banquet Beer" ...

Coors Banquet beer is a traditional light lager, which uses a lot of adjuncts like corn and rice. A true Oktoberfest beer is generally classified as a Marzen, which is a medium to full body lager, made with minimal adjuncts and has a darker color than a light lager.

Coors Banquet Beer is about as classic a take on American lager as you can get. The beer has a sweeter flavor profile with more bright fruity notes than others of the style, with grain, corn, and banana-bread notes making this much more than your everyday lawnmower beer.

The Coors Brewing Company is an American brewery and beer company based in Golden, Colorado that was founded in 1873. In 2005, Adolph Coors Company, the holding company that owned Coors Brewing, merged with Molson, Inc. to become Molson Coors.

Alcohol is what makes you drunk. Coors Light averages 4.2% Alcohol By Volume (ABV), as do most competative Light or Lite branded American beers. Most of the competative non-iight branded American beers run about 5% (6% a rare max.).

Coors Light