Introducing MillerCoors
Beer news from the WSJ:
Molson Coors Brewing Co. and SABMiller PLC plan to combine their U.S. and Puerto Rican operations, creating a beer powerhouse with annual revenue of about $6.6 billion.
The venture will be called MillerCoors. The two companies will share control of the venture, but because of the economic value of their respective units SABMiller will have a 58% economic interest to Molson Coors’s 42% interest.
Reader Jim wisecracks: “Imagine the street fair they can sponsor now!”
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Here’s Molson Coors’ contact info.
Wonder if their website filters will screen out photos of the Miller-approved Folsomfest, too?
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They haven’t gotten wind of the boycott on Miller yet…
Just wait until the commission of beer finds out…
6.6 Billion Dollars why they dont give a flying fig. You would have to think Miller has gotten the message and will use more scrutiny in the future regarding their sponsorship of events, but that being said it is Bizarro World now so, who knows?
Guess it’s time to dump the Coors, Coors Light, Blue Moon (don’t even get me started on that name), and Molson. Wait a minute; I don’t have any of those beers in the fridge either.
Boulder Colorado/Coors and the leather fest follies my just fit well together.
We have two personal fouls on the play, both on the offense. Personal foul on #2, unsportsmanlike sponsorship. Personal foul on #40, unnecessary skunkness. Both beers have been ejected from the fridge.
There is a boycott on Ford for sponsoring homosexual events similar to Folsom Fair. Ford is being hit where it hurts and are still continuing their support. So, aj, I guess, you are right…they don’t give a flying fig.
But at least my conscience is clear.
Glad I don’t drink any more – if I did, that would be enough to get me on the wagon.
There’s always wholesome whiskeys and bourbons like Jack Daniels and Jim Beam.
I guess NASCAR is fine with the arrangement. Will the drivers of the Miller and Coors cars wear leather?
Great – two crappy beer companies in one!!
Swill.
Maybe The Battle’s Lost And We Are Too Stubborn To Know It
Between corporations which have the moral values of a Caligula and sugar-coated carrots seducing Americans for “free” health care and politicos giving away our store to illegal aliens who’ll turn us into Mexico City North in a couple of generations, and a lib media cheerleadering it all the way, maybe our best time as traditional America is waning if not past except for some enclaves I pray survive. I mean it. I really think Hillary will get in and we’ll have a socialist relativist America that can’t be wound back.
James Greenidge
Queens NY
What really, really sucks is that Miller is to begin brewing Fosters Lager in the U.S.. A month or two ago I was excited about Fosters being brewed in the States instead of in the ungrateful land to our north.
Now…not so much so. Guess I’ll have to break down and pay the inflated prices for some American import-wannabe.
Sometimes life sucks, don’t it?
Indeed, hunkahillbilly…indeed.
Might I recommend Samuel Adams Octoberfest instead of the MillerCoors swill.
Barley and hops soup…served cold!
mojoe
I would add the Sam Adams Winter Lager to that as well. And if you can get it, Oberon from Belle’s is brewed here in Michigan and is an excellent summer brew.
Pete Coors is a conservative; I wonder what he thinks about all this.
You notice all the problems with Miller started when they got Kurt Busch to drive the Blue Deuce.
Well, it’s not like Miller and Coors brewed ACTUAL beer, so…no great loss. I got my Sam Adams, Stone and New Belgium. Cheers!
oneofthem
Now that you mention it, didn’t he run for Governor or some office as a Republican?
#12 JamesGreenidge,
I know what you’re saying and I don’t disagree, but look at it another way. The damage seems to be in the freak cities and the multinational corporations. Look around your town; even in Queens, there aren’t guys walking around wearing scrotum harnesses and giving whipping demonstrations in the street. That is a SanFran leftist sexual deviant freak show. If they did that here in the south suburbs of Chicago, they’d get shot.
The problem is the amoral corporations. There seems to be no level of deviancy that they are unwilling to support in order to make a sale. So screw Ford, Miller and Coors. Ford’s sales were down 13% in August alone. They’ll freakshow themselves right out of business.
Coors is urine, anyway; so is Miller. They want to support the deviant freaks, let them. Don’t buy their products.
But most Americans still have their heads screwed on right. We just need to isolate the weirdos.
According to my Miller distributor this morning, they haven’t heard anything about merging with Coors.
Now just because a sales rep doesn’t know doesn’t mean it is or isn’t true but I’d dig deeper to find out.
It certainly isn’t a done deal or even very imminent or I’m sure we’d know considering we deal with the distributors every week. – Certainly surprising to read.
Some time ago, I wrote an Open Letter to August Busch. Read it for yourself and understand why I plan to partake of his products — if I was to ever partake again, that is….
Excerpt:
Uh, ajmontana, Coors might be the most conservative company in the country. Maybe you’re still recovering from the Sox absolutely destroying an unbelievably inept Angels team, but as a reminder, Coors is headquartered in Golden not Boulder. Pete Coors is probably more conservative than 99% of the folks on this board. Drink whatever damn beer you want for chrissakes. If you guys boycotted every corporation that did something that offended the purity of your ideology, you’d die of starvation, thirst or exposure.
Not sure if it was the term “scrotum harness” or the word “hell” that triggered it, but the NASCAR email system seems to think my email could be construed as a “threat”, in violation of the law. No, really.
They have warned me that I may be contacted by “the local authorities” for some perceived violation of the law (can’t remember the section that they cited).
NASCAR. I didn’t think you could even have a conversation at a NASCAR event without using the word “hell” at least once, so it must have been scrotum that hit the button. What kind of a world do we live in where I can’t tell NASCAR to take their Coors and go to hell without the threat (ironic, I know!) of the FBI breaking down my door and confiscating my computer.
Well no more Coors products then for me either. I guess it’s just the King of Beers from now on.
Forgot to add:
Dakine, I know that Pete Coors is a conservative but why cozy up to Miller? Well, we can always hope that he persuades them not to host the Folsom Fair next year.
I take it you’re a liberal. Fine, you on the left all want to boycott the sponsors of Rush, Sean Hannity, Fox News, O’Reilly, et. al. I think you should clean up your own house before telling conservatives how stupid they are if they decide they want to boycott a company who sponsored such filth. It’s a free country and there are plenty of beer companies in the world.
Dead Pirate, hope that the FBI doesn’t visit.
“If you guys boycotted every corporation that did something that offended the purity of your ideology, you’d die of starvation, thirst or exposure.”
October 9th, 2007 at 12:17 pm, dakine #24
There is a certain element of truth to this.
However, back in the day, I used to make my own wine as a hobby, and I know how to make my own beer. It’s not for everyone, but with a modest understanding of how fermentation works (you don’t need to be a chemist OR a rocket scientist, INOW), you can make your own. In fact, you can find kits where all you need to do is add water. A couple of quarts of water, a couple of months later, wallah!
Or, more likely, you can change your adult beverage of choice to the beer manufactured from a local microbrewery. There are all over most metro areas. There is one I patronize that sells it by the reusable gallon jug. And the product they sell is much better and far beyond any of the piss-water the major brewers sell. There is even a liquor store nearby that stocks the product of seveal local microbrewies.
Or you can “upgrade” your taste from beer to wine. I mean, why guzzle beer when you can sip wine (with your pinky finger extended in true devotee fashion), eat brie, and pretend you’re European royalty or a Hollywood liberal. Just remember, the really good stuff DOES NOT COME WITH A SCREW TOP! ;^)
So, we as consumers ARE NOT TRAPPED by a corporate conglomerate into drinking the swill they make, and who choses to put part of their corporate profits into a “festival” that offends most of us.
Bon aperitif (or whatever)!
Dakine,
I know Coors is in Golden, also know that that the Angels didn’t play well. I clearly said Boulder because they would fit nicely together. As for beer, I do drink whatever I like. Take you’re nasty attitude and ….bite me.
Another link for NASCAR contacts: customer.support@nascar.cust-serv.com
Maybe it is just me, but it is very difficult to fathom just how NASCAR fans will support a company that sponsors events and programs that are the exact opposite of what they believe in and stand for.
Apparently, the deal Coors struck with NASCAR was in the $20 million range. Certainly not small change. Perhaps they are really going for the merchandising angle. The NASCAR bondage collection? Might be a whole new NASCAR fan base out there….
Hmmmm…this ought to be interesting. Several years ago, the gay community was boycotting Coors due to their alledged firing of homosexual employees. Now, the company they were boycotting is hooking up pun intended?) with the company that sponsored the gay leather fest in San Francisco. Wonder how the boycotters will handle this issue?
terrig, you take it wrong. I’m an independent, right of center moderate…better put, I’m an old-school, traditional conservative from the days before the extreme religious right and the neo-cons took over the movement (I’m a Barry Goldwater fan, if that helps). Why would anyone boycott the sponsors of cartoon character entertainers such as Limbaugh, Hannity or O’Reilly? Silly. Absent really compelling and dire circumstances, boycotts are a waste of time in my opinion. Do you honestly think Pete Coors would be living up to his fiduciary duty to his shareholders by killing a merger simply because Miller sponsored some goofy event in SF? Really?
Well, I will do my best to boycott
Miller and I guess, now Coors. I have
boys who are soon to be legal beer
drinkers and they have many friends who
are soon to be legal beer drinkers.
And when they are here…we talk politics. None of them have any other sexuality than hetero…and the Miller
Folsom st Fair ad is on my frig. Trust
me, none of my boys will be drinking
Miller or Coors…and that will be their
choice. And eventually, the word will
spread.
Oh, geezzz, aj taking over my BM – LOL! I knew I shouldn’t have started that one. It was a proper use though.
Dakine, giving me such power! I am a radical-extreme-bigoted-Christian-righty (I am sure there are more stupid adjectives I could use here) and I have taken over nothing. As for boycotts not working – you are dead wrong. They may not break a company but they do cause a certain amount of harm on the black side on the page. I raised 4 girls and gave them a list of places not to spend money. I made a difference in how they spend their hard earned money and I am glad to say, all of the business on the list have felt the sting and quite a few are now gone due it efforts of people like myself who (like Brain) are trying to take over the world!
Miller,Molson, Coors- boycott them all;it would be great to have local breweries come back.I know I’m really reaching with that,but let me ha dream for a little while.Local American business..sounds great.
I’VE FIGURED IT OUT!!!
Was having trouble reconciling the whole NASCAR thing with Folsom Street. Then it hit me – are you ready???
NASCAR is going to convert from stock cars to Weiner-Mobiles! Mock me now, but just wait until they announce Oscar Meyer as a new sponsor. Hot dogs and beer….
In Australia Foster’s is ‘Tourist Beer’.
Been using it for decades just not here until today and yes it was appropriate, thanks.
Us low carb fans will continue to stick with Michelob Ultra Amber. We banned Miller from the house last week and this week Coors will follow. Too bad!
Well, I haven’t had Miller products in about a year since the illegal immigrants thing. I don’t tend to drink Coors unless a friend happens to offer me one, but I do like Molson, occasionally Killians and have been frequenting the Blue Moon pumpkin beer tap lately at a few of my regular haunts. Looks like, given the choices around here, it’s back to Amber Bock draft or Sam Adams bottles.
ajmontana,
Just let dakine know that you have a concealed carry permit and the will make him “feel uneasy”.
See yesterday’s posts on the pistol packing teacher.
Hey, didn’t Mary Cheney work for Coors? She was a public relations manager and acted as a gay and lesbian outreach coordinator, helping to end a national gay boycott of Coors. Maybe she brokered the deal between the two.
Blues, they’re all over! Google “craft brewery” and your state’s name.
ajmontana, Boulder = very liberal; Golden = not so much, so not sure how any of it fits together at all. “Bite me”? Really? Wow.
Vince, stick to the day job my man, and your comment kind of helps make my point.
dread pirate,
If the FBI comes calling tell them to call me. My email made yours look like child’s homework assignment.
I would love to have the FBI explain to me how anything in an email violates the law. I will win that battle.
Dakine,
I don’t think it’s a good mix with Coors and Miller. I think they may have some shareholders who feel that it’s not the best company to merge with. I remember in 1976, our family traveled to the West while everyone went East. My dad got so many orders for Coors (at that time they didn’t sell in NW Indiana) that he had to tell people he wouldn’t have enough room in the car for the family and our massive amounts of luggage (well me and my mom). It was really a big deal when you could finally get it in IN.
There are a lot of people on the left that I know who do make it a point to boycott anyone who advertises on Rush or Hannity. They think they’re doing their civic duty. I can’t imagine though that I will ever buy Coors again myself (the thrill being gone of not being able to get it in this part of the country) and I like Bud Light and Smithwick’s from Ireland much better.
I work for a Budweiser distributor, and heard about it as soon as I got to work. I’m not sure if our drivers or merchandisers know yet, but sales and management sure know.
Pete Coors lost to Ken Salazar in the last Senate race, unfortunately. He is very conservative. A lot of people were convinced that Ken was a good ol’ local boy and a moderate. He’s proven to be anything but.
Golden is just down the road from Boulder, but is very much the old-fashioned small town. Boulder is our own little piece of San Fran – ugh. I drive by the plant several times a day while taking my son to school at Golden High. My eldest son works at CoorsTek, a sometimes subsidiary of Coors still run by a Coors family member.
Coors (and CoorsTek) is a good company that treats it’s employees well. Since the boycott, they have developed a huge pot of diversity programs, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
That doesn’t mean they would sponsor something like the Folsom Fest, I hope not. They do sponsor a lot of gay pride fests, but those seem to be more family-oriented events, not of the San Fran variety. I know Denver’s gay pride fest is pretty tame, just a lot of rainbows and 5K runs. The peversion at Folsom Fest would never be tolerated here.
As for their beer, my husband does enjoy a Blue Moon now and then as well as other craft beers. Colorado is the microbrew capital of the US so there’s no reason to drink any big brand beer.
Common Sense, your comment lives up to your handle…really good post. Please comment more.
terrig, I hear ya. I’m a Smithwick’s fan as well…good stuff.
I wonder if the Miller-Queers Co. will
make ads showing guys giving each other
Golden Showers.