Where is the Coors Brewing Company located?

The Coors Brewing Company is located in Golden, Colorado. Its historic brewery stands at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, west of Denver, and remains closely associated with the city where the company began.

Adolph Coors and Jacob Schueler founded the brewery in 1873 after acquiring a Pilsner-style beer recipe from William Silhan, a Czech immigrant. Coors later bought out Schueler in 1880, making the brewery a family-controlled business for generations.

The Golden brewery is notable for its scale: it is described as the largest single-site brewery still operating in the world. The company survived Prohibition by producing permitted products such as malted milk and porcelain goods, then returned to brewing beer after repeal.

A common mix-up is confusing the company’s headquarters or brand distribution with its historic brewing location. Molson Coors is now an international corporation, but the Coors brewery that gave the brand its identity is in Golden, not Denver proper.