Left & right: views of the brewing room. These copper tanks are 16 ft. deep, most of which is not visible on this floor level. Notice that some of the tubes are narrow and some are thick - different parts of the process. Coors Beers are packed cold for optimum flavor. When we finished this part of the tour, we were treated to a small plastic cup of ice-cold Coors Light - and it was only 11:30 in the morning!! Who says beer's not just for breakfast anymore?
---Left: one of the packa-ging lines - their Keystone Beer. The double-stacked cans slide into the cardboard "sleeves" (cartons). Then the sleeves make their way to be stacked on a skid for transport.
---Right: Irene, who doesn't like beer, makes it to the front of the line and orders a glass of "Blue Moon", which is very cold and has a piece of an orange in it. It actually tasted pretty good, so she drank it! First glass of beer in over 45 years. Next, she tried a citrus-flavored Zima (a girly beer). Just had a sip - it was light and tasty. That was it - beer is too filling - and she'd rather have an iced tea.
---Joe enjoyed a Killian Red (we were surprised to find out that this was made by Coors - always thought it was an imported Irish beer) and a Blue Honeymoon Summer Ale. He liked them both. Neither of us ordered our entitled third glass. The room was packed with people sitting down at tables, enjoying the beer - then we saw a couple of guys who would pick up their first glass of beer and go to the end of the line, drinking their glass while on line, so they could order their second when they made it to the front again, etc.
