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Beer In Ads #3689: Taste The High Country Cowboy & His Horse

April 6, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Tuesday’s ad is for “Coors Golden Lager Beer,” from 1980. This ad was made for the Coors Brewing Co., who did not do as much advertising as their competitors. In part, this was because they were not sold nationwide until the 1980s. This ad features the tagline “Taste the High Country,” which was used in the early 1980s and another dude, though this time with a full beard posing with his horse. Advertising at this time really went through a cowboy phase, and it wasn’t just Coors. Ads from the same time by Anheuser-Busch, Marlboro and many others were heavily cowboy-themed.

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Coors, History

Beer In Ads #3688: Taste The High Country Rodeo

April 5, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Monday’s ad is for “Coors Golden Lager Beer,” from 1982. This ad was made for the Coors Brewing Co., who did not do as much advertising as their competitors. In part, this was because they were not sold nationwide until the 1980s. This ad features the tagline “Taste the High Country,” which was used in the early 1980s and another dude with a manly mustache at a rodeo.

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Coors, History

Beer In Ads #3687: Taste The High Country Mustache

April 4, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Sunday’s ad is for “Coors Golden Lager Beer,” from 1981. This ad was made for the Coors Brewing Co., who did not do as much advertising as their competitors. In part, this was because they were not sold nationwide until the 1980s. This ad features the tagline “Taste the High Country,” which was used in the early 1980s and a dude with a pretty spectacular mustache.

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Coors, History

Beer In Ads #3686: Taste The High Country Taste Coors

April 3, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Saturday’s ad is for “Coors Golden Lager Beer,” from 1981. This ad was made for the Coors Brewing Co., who did not do as much advertising as their competitors. In part, this was because they were not sold nationwide until the 1980s. This ad features the tagline “Taste the High Country,” which was used in the early 1980s and also rocky mountain, another consistent element in Coors’ advertising.

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Coors, History

Beer In Ads #3685: Schueler & Coors Golden Lager Beer

April 2, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Friday’s ad is for “Schueler & Coors Golden Lager Beer,” from the 1870s. This ad was made for the Coors Brewing Co., who did not do as much advertising as their competitors. In part, this was because they were not sold nationwide until the 1980s. Adolph Coors along with Jacob Schueler started the brewery in 1873, but Coors bought out Schueler in 1880.

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Coors, History

Beer In Ads #3684: Coors Golden Beer

April 1, 2021 By Jay Brooks

Thursday’s ad is for “Coors Golden Beer,” from maybe the late 19th century, though this one is a reproduction. This ad was made for the Coors Brewing Co., who did not do as much advertising as their competitors. In part, this was because they were not sold nationwide until the 1980s. This one features four bottles of beer in a stream with the commonly used tagline “Brewed with Pure Rocky Mountain Spring Water.”.

Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Coors, History

Patent No. 4838419A: Keg Board

June 13, 2015 By Jay Brooks

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Today in 1989, US Patent 4838419 A was issued, an invention of Ferdinand Weits, William F. Mekelburg and Marc R. Latour, assigned to the Adolph Coors Company, for their “Keg Board.” Here’s the Abstract:

A keg board for use in stacking beer kegs and the like in an upright orientation during storage and transporation of the kegs comprising: a generally planar surface for engaging and supporting a generally planar end surface of each keg; and pockets operatively associated with the planar surface for limiting relative lateral shifting movement of the kegs such as caused by shocks and vibration associated with transporting of the kegs.

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Filed Under: Beers, Breweries, Just For Fun, Politics & Law, Related Pleasures Tagged With: Coors, History, Kegs, Law, Packaging, Patent

Patent No. 20080110854A1: Beverage Bottle With Gripping Feature

May 15, 2015 By Jay Brooks

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Today in 2008, US Patent 20080110854 A1 was issued, an invention of Jason M. Kelly, assigned to Coors Brewing Company, for his “Beverage Bottle With Gripping Feature.” Here’s the Abstract:

A container is provided with integral gripping features. The gripping features are preferably provided in two opposing groups located on opposite sides of the mid-section of the container. The gripping features include a plurality of finger grips that are adapted to conform to the placement of the thumb and fingers when grasping the container. The finger grips are elliptical shaped cavities, and ridges extend between each of the adjacent finger grips.

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Filed Under: Beers, Breweries, Just For Fun, Politics & Law, Related Pleasures Tagged With: Bottles, Coors, Law, Patent

Beer In Ads #1517: Make It Yours

April 6, 2015 By Jay Brooks


Monday’s ad is for Coors, from 1979. Today, of course, was opening day for baseball. This Coors Banquet Beer ad is pretty simple, a baseball, a baseball glove and a can of beer poured into a mug. Beer and baseball, what better simple pleasures on a spring day could there be?

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Coors, History

Beer In Ads #1114: Tastes Refreshing Naturally

February 26, 2014 By Jay Brooks


Wednesday’s ad is for Coors, from 1970. This is from the time when Coors was still only sold in the Western states, and as a result enjoyed a certain cult status in the East. I remember they had a lot of these minimalist ads, beauty shots, showing simply the Rocky Mountains, a stream of Rocky Mountain Spring Water, and a glass of beer. BUt is it just me, or does that pilsner glass have some odd bumps on it?

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Filed Under: Art & Beer, Beers Tagged With: Advertising, Coors, History

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