On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:52:21 -0600, notbob <notbob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> they coll it down. Is hat true?
>
>Yes. Even the best beers are stored at room temps. One exception was
>(is?) original Coors. The original Coors was not pasturized so the
>company kept it under refrigeration from canning to delivery. Even
>their trucks were refrigerated. Now, what the retailer did after
>delivery is another thing. I've seen many supermarkets stockpile
>large displays just before a major summer holiday or the superbowl and
>let the beer sit at rooms temps. I do not know if Coors still
>refrigerates their beer or not.
>
>As for your Colt 45, yes, it is left at room temps till ready for
>sale. After beer is bottled/canned, the enemy is not heat, but light.
>Sunlight and UV light from fluorescent bulbs can "skunk" beer. Google
>for "light struck" beer for more info.
>
>nb
Apparently Coors still refrigerated its beer as recently as 1993...
Exel Logistics completes Coors satellite warehouse - Exel Logistic
Inc.; Adolph Coors Co
Modern Brewery Age, Sept 6, 1993
Exel Logistics North America recently opened a 90,000-sq. ft.
dedicated distribution center for the Coors Brewing Co. of Golden, CO.
It is Coors' largest satellite warehouse in the U.S.
The distribution center is a warehouse retrofitted with refrigeration
systems that keep Coors products at 35 degrees Fahrenheit.
According to a spokesperson for Exel, 336 million pounds of Coors
products will move through the center annually.
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