Coors Brewing Company Wins Medals at the Great American Beer Festival(R).GOLDEN, Colo. -- Coors Brewing Company and the SandLot sand·lot n. A vacant lot used especially by children for unorganized sports and games. adj. Of, relating to, or played in a sandlot: sandlot baseball. Brewery at Coors Field • • [ received honors for several of their brews at the 2007 Great American Beer Festival The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is a three-day annual event hosted by the Brewers Association held at the end of September or the beginning of October in Denver, Colorado. . Coors Light won the bronze medal in the American Style Light Lager category. Move Back, brewed by The Sandlot Brewery, won the Gold in the Dortmunder/European Style Export category. Green Side Up, also brewed by the SandLot, won a Silver medal in the German Style Oktoberfest/Weisen (Meadow) category. The 2007 Great American Beer Festival featured more than 100 professional judges testing 2,793 beers, handing out 222 medals. Per the rules of the competition, judges only award gold, silver or bronze medals when there are excellent examples of the style of beer in the category. "We look forward to showcasing our brewing talents each year at the Great America Beer Festival," said Warren Quilliam, vice president, brewing and quality assurance for Coors Brewing Company. "We're proud that the great brews coming from the Sandlot Brewery continue to receive accolades and that our most popular beer, Coors Light, was once again recognized in an incredibly competitive category." Coors Brewing Company was an official sponsor of this year's Great American Beer Festival, the nation's premier celebration of American breweries. Coors is one of only nine breweries, and the only major brewer, that has been involved with the festival since its inception 26 years ago. About Coors Brewing Company Coors Brewing Company is a subsidiary of Molson Coors Brewing Company Molson Coors Brewing Company (TSX: TAP; NYSE: TAP) is a company that was created by the merger of two of North America's largest breweries: Molson of Canada, and Coors of the United States, on February 9, 2005. , (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TAP)(TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension : TAP). It is the third largest brewer in the U.S. The company's U.S. brands include Coors Light, Molson Canadian, Coors, Killian's Irish Red, Keystone, Blue Moon, Coors NA and Zima. For more information on Coors, visit the company's Web site, www.coors.com. |
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