AC Golden Brewing Company

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AC Golden Brewing Company
Industry Alcoholic beverage
FoundedJuly 11, 2007
Headquarters,
USA
Key people
Glenn Knippenberg
Products Beer
Owner MillerCoors
Website http://www.acgolden.com

The AC Golden Brewing Company, founded July 11, 2007 by Pete Coors and Glenn Knippenberg, is a subsidiary of MillerCoors, a Division of Molson Coors Brewing Company. Its purpose is to serve as a specialty brewing arm of MillerCoors; in the words of president Glenn Knippenberg, "Our mission for AC Golden is to be a brand incubator for what is now MillerCoors". [1] The AC Golden Brewery operates in the former pilot brewery of the Coors Brewery. It debuted its first beer, Herman Joseph's Private Reserve, in 2008. [2] [ citation needed ] In April 2010, AC Golden Brewing Company introduced Colorado Native Amber lager in Colorado, a lager made with 100% Colorado ingredients. The Colorado Native family of beers is sold only in Colorado.

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History

The AC Golden Brewing Company operates at the historic Coors Brewery in Golden, Colorado, established in 1873 by German immigrants Adolph Coors and Jacob Schueler, itself originally called the Golden Brewery. With the advent of the Coors Field baseball stadium in 1995, Coors started the Sandlot Brewery in a historic warehouse[ citation needed ] incorporated into the stadium. This craft style brewery began brewing Blue Moon, a Belgian-style witbier. Noting the changing American beer market, parent Molson Coors decided to pursue Blue Moon's blueprint by creating the AC Golden Brewing Company and slowly developing new brews with it. [3] This was placed into the realm of MillerCoors when this joint venture took effect in 2008. In 2008, AC Golden debuted its first beer to the public, Herman Joseph's Private Reserve, now brewed as a German style lager. It is sold only at restaurants in the Denver/Golden metropolitan area. The brewing of Herman Joseph's Private Reserve has been transferred to the Sandlot Brewery in Coors Field.

Coors brewery in Golden, Colorado, home of AC Coors Brewing Company Coorsgoldencityscape.jpg
Coors brewery in Golden, Colorado, home of AC Coors Brewing Company
Coors brewery in Golden, Colorado, home of AC Coors Brewing Company CoorsbrewerygoldenCO.jpg
Coors brewery in Golden, Colorado, home of AC Coors Brewing Company

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Colorado Native Amber Lager (2010)

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References

  1. "Coors tries again with H. Joseph". 11 August 2008.
  2. Bar, My Favorite. "AC Golden Brewing Company Beer Information, Ratings & Review". My Favorite Bar. Retrieved 2018-02-21.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2008-08-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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