Style: American Adjunct Lager
Owner: MillerCoors
BeerAdvocate Rating: 61 (Poor)
RateBeer Rating: 1,9
ABV: 5%
"Brewed in Golden, Colorado with 100% Rocky Mountain Water for a Legendary Taste."
Legendary my ass. Coors Beer was founded in 1873 by Adolph Coors and one of his buddies after they bought a recipe from some huckster that claimed to have been in Czechoslovakia at one point. Supposedly this recipe was for a Pilsner, but they should have sued that bastard because that's not what they got.
It's no downstream beer, that's for fucking sure.
Over the years, Coors experienced a big slide from its peak of popularity. Now it's kind of a niche beer with its own small but loyal following.
In the new century, Coors added the word "Banquet" to the name of the beer to bring back some of the nostalgia and hopefully play off it for an increase in sales, but so far it hasn't really worked all that well. Even with the retro packaging, it's the same 'ol crap inside and people still aren't buying it.
Alright, here we go...
Serving:
Aggressively poured from a 25oz can into a Wine Enthusiast Steady-Temp Double Wall Beer Glass.
Appearance:
Pours a clear light gold. It has a one-finger head that it doesn't maintain for very long, leaving a the tiniest bit of lacing. That's about all one can say about it.
Smell:
Fucking terrible. Smells like rancid sugar water and wet dog, no discernible character to it at all. None.
Taste:
If you can get past the smell, the taste starts with sweet corn adjunct and progresses through sickeningly sweet to a sticky dirty-underwear sort of aftertaste. The flavor clings to the mouth and doesn't go away.
Mouthfeel:
More body that it's competitors, but I'm not sure that's an advantage in this situation. I just want to be rid of the flavor, but it won't leave.
Overall:
I can't believe that Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reid would risk movie arrest to transport this retch. It starts off merely bad but time and temperature do it no favors at all. I'm staring at this can aghast of the contents; there should be a warning label on it somewhere. Seriously, I'd rather drink Colt 45 or heaven forbid... Bud Light than this.
Avoid at all costs.
Update: This is the first review of a beer where I couldn't get through it. I used it as a drain cleaner.
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