Coors - Coors Brewing Company

beergoot

Colorado

2.98/5  rDev +16%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Medium yellow body with a fairly thick, white head. Slight, bright maltiness to the nose. Light cracker taste; slight bitterness at the end; a bit of corn aftertaste. Light-bodied, fizzy and watery; dry finish.

Slightly better looking and tasting than some adjunct lagers, yet there's nothing else really going for this beer. It would be easy to confuse this adjunct lager with any other beer of the same style in a blind-taste test. And that's exactly why, in my opinion, many beers of this style garner such relatively low ratings -- there's very little, if anything, to set this beer apart from its peers.

Serving type: bottle

11-16-2012 18:11:37 | More by beergoot

Theheroguy

Maryland

2.3/5  rDev -10.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Barren and far too lacking in either flavor or aroma to have any positive or negative notes.

This beer goes down easy but is slightly over carbonated to receive and average score in terms of mouth feel.

I used to like this before I got into craft beer but now I don't know what I saw in this.

Serving type: can

10-30-2012 22:26:51 | More by Theheroguy

Lemke10

Wisconsin

2.48/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Pours a clear, slightly pale amber color with almost no head. Scent is weak with cheap grassy grains, and corn. There taste is rather decent for a cheap domestic beer with thorough bold grainy flavors. Sorry but like most cheap beer I can never seem to find the hops and only a slight bit of malts. It has a decent flavor and an ok volume, one of the better tasting cheap beers along with Pabst. To say the least, I would drink this any day over Coors Light.

Serving type: can

10-30-2012 01:46:05 | More by Lemke10

UCLABrewN84

California

2.68/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5

Pours a clear yellow with a foamy khaki head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Small dots of lace slowly drip into the remaining beer on the drink down. Smell is of malt, grain, and a distinct popcorn aroma. Taste is much the same with a sweet finish. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty poor beer that is only drinkable when it’s super cold.

Serving type: can

10-29-2012 19:12:01 | More by UCLABrewN84

michiganminer

Michigan

2.53/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Picked some up because I have never had it. the skinny can is nice. the gimmick cold activated can doesnt work well I couldnt tell if it was blue or not. fizzy, pale. Tastes alright but has a unique aftertaste that all coors products seem to have at $20 a 30 its not worth it to me

Note: I review for the style. I refuse to let my prejudices slant any review. Nothing worse than the typical beer snob reviewing an AAL, same for your AAL drinker reviewing a craft brew.

Serving type: can

10-29-2012 03:05:06 | More by michiganminer

xnicknj

Pennsylvania

2.03/5  rDev -21%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5

12 ounce can fished out of a cooler after I ran out of Old Forge pale ale tall boys

Fizzy piss-yellow color with bubbly white head and a few wisps of lacing.

Crackers and corn with some metallic grass. Unpleasant with an immediate moment of "why am I about to drink this?"

Grassy with faint corny hops and barley malt. Cracker-biscuit tones with some soft malt. Offensive metallic undertone with an unnatural funk. This might be worse than the Light version since this contains more "flavor."

Light body, higher carbonation, crisp and bubbly on the tongue. This was a nice reminder of why I don't buy or drink beers like this.

Serving type: can

10-28-2012 17:27:43 | More by xnicknj

M_C_Hampton

Georgia

1.5/5  rDev -41.6%
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 1.75

A: poured from a 16 oz aluminum bottle with a widemouth screw top and blue mountains, light yellow colored with a tiny white head that vanishes immediately leaving no lacing, clear

S: slightly corn water smell, nothing else

T: sugary corn water, no hops

M: thin and watery

O: I don't think I've ever drank real Coors before, and I may never again.

Serving type: can

10-16-2012 02:48:06 | More by M_C_Hampton

GustoMan

Florida

3.83/5  rDev +49%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

A good clean not over carbonated lager. They don't use sugar and carbonation to cover up low end brewing techniques like the biggest American brewery does. Coors banquet has a real lager beer taste , very clean and balanced. As far as macro brews go I prefer Coors Banquet and Schiltz 60's formula. They taste like American beer should.

Serving type: can

10-07-2012 00:02:17 | More by GustoMan

ilovemacros

4.83/5  rDev +87.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

I don't know why Coors "Banquet" has such a low rating. i love this stuff. It's so easy drinking, tastes good. Perfect beer for a BBQ or hanging out. Coors has been a fixture for my NFL sundays for years. Go Seahawks...and go Coors!! Good Stuff!

Serving type: bottle

09-24-2012 18:13:45 | More by ilovemacros

SometimesIfart

Michigan

2.38/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

A - Pours a see through yellow with a three finger frothy white head. Leaves no lacing.

S - Smells of sweet adjunct, cream, and a soapy dove scent

T - Tastes of medium corn adjunct, sweet creamed corn, rice grain, and barley.

M - Stays the same as the taste with a heavily carbonated body

O - Overall, a pretty good, easy to drink adjunct. Would I have it again? Yes.

Serving type: bottle

09-05-2012 01:40:25 | More by SometimesIfart

nofalltoofar

Pennsylvania

3.43/5  rDev +33.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

A: Extremely pale yellow reminiscent of squeezed lemons. Head rapidly fades. Bubbles race up to the top due to heavy carbonation.

S: On the sharper side with a strong wheat grain presence and a musty cellar scent behind it

T: Tangy and round. It is a relatively sweet beer and tastes like the average blue collar lager: lots of grain and not much else. Some floral and fruit notes come to mind, however they are blisteringly overpowered by a pure wheat taste.

M: Heavily carbonated and bubbly, but not excessively so. Not oily or stick. Not thin or runny. Admirable consistency and goes down well.

Let's get one thing straight: it's cool to hate Coors. With Miller-Coors being one of the three most visible front-runners in the macro lineup, it's easy to hate the guys at the front of the pack. I grew up in Pennsylvania where Yuengling is cheap and plentiful. That said, Coors (Original, Banquet, whatever you choose to call it) is a great beer for when you just want a beer. Like PBR, it has this strange peanut-butter-and-jelly aura to it. Is it the most complex and desirable thing you've ever poured? Hell no. Is it simple, enjoyable, and hit the spot? You bet.

Along with that, Coors has a great American history from beginning as the dream of young Prussian immigrant Adolph Coors to establishing the American Heritage Foundation by Joseph Coors.

Serving type: can

08-20-2012 20:08:54 | More by nofalltoofar

kangarooAdam59

Connecticut

3/5  rDev +16.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Into a pilsener:

A: super light golden body with a small white head that lasted less than five seconds, some carbonation is seen rising, barely any lacing is left

S: mix of barley and some sort of cooked vegetable

T: cooked vegetable along with rice, but that's about it

M: light, sweet aftertaste and finish, very sessionable, carbonation was definitely felt

O: For the cheaper beers, I would say this would have the advantage over the Miller's and the Buds. I didn't taste any of that metallic feel in it. I would have this again preferably with food. Just a typical average non-offensive AAL that can't compete with non BMC stuff (good for what it is).

Serving type: bottle

08-06-2012 21:22:27 | More by kangarooAdam59

Converge

Alberta (Canada)

2.73/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

355ml bottle poured into a 16oz pint glass. First off I want to say that while this may be a routine lager for most Americans, as a Canadian, I've never seen a Coors that wasn't of the light variety, as we don't get standard Coors up here.

A - Pours with an absurd amount of fizzy carbonation. Big bubbles clinging to the side of the glass, and a head that vanishes 3-5 seconds after pouring. Lager yellow.

S - Now this is strange, as this really doesn't smell like a normal lager to me. A slight weird skunky twang is present, as well as a distinct fruitiness, namely banana. There's also an unmistakable aroma of peanut butter in here... This reminds me of toasted peanut butter banana sandwiches I made as a kid. This is just strange.

T - As expected, the taste mellows out compared to the aroma. An average lager profile, with corn, a touch of barley, and lots of water. This is actually rather flavorful for a lager however, with almost no off notes. This seems to have a focus on the sweet cereal grains, which I enjoy.

M - Like most lagers, the overbearing carbonation and fizzy feel to this really hurts it. Light, watery body.

D - For an AAL this isn't half bad. The profile seemed to provide something interesting that most other don't, and I'd rather this over Bud. But even then, I don't see myself revisiting this ever again, especially due to its availability.

Serving type: bottle

08-06-2012 14:02:19 | More by Converge

DewTheBrew

3.15/5  rDev +22.6%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

This was the bottle of the month at a local bar near my house. I bought so many that I lost count! It really grew on me. I like it better than Coor's light for sure. It actually has a pretty distinct taste that I like and the price for a case isn't terrible either. Being pretty new to the beer scene I was unaware of this beer because I've always been so inundated with commercials for the light, but this is certainly a superior brew. Give it a try!

Serving type: bottle

07-26-2012 14:10:44 | More by DewTheBrew

vkv822

Oregon

2.05/5  rDev -20.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

on-tap at my grandparent's.

Clear yellow, thin fizzy white head.

Sweet, malty grain. Grassy, cereal notes as well.

Sweet, grainy cereal notes.

Medium-light body with fizzy carbonation.

Not the worst AAL, but still nothing truly enjoyable about it.

Serving type: on-tap

07-02-2012 05:50:41 | More by vkv822

hoosiersapper27

Indiana

1.73/5  rDev -32.7%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5

Appearance: Pale yellow with a modest white head. Fizzles away to nothing.

Smell: Straw, corn and some light pale malts. No hop aromas.

Taste: Airy malts with some corn and grain. The finish is sweet and crisp.

Mouthfeel: Light bodied, good amount of carbonation, crisp and refreshing like water.

Overall: Better to me than the other adjuncts, but not by much. If im drinking to get drunk a Bud or Miller or Coors all to the same for me.

Serving type: bottle

06-24-2012 02:22:07 | More by hoosiersapper27

soju6

Missouri

3/5  rDev +16.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

A: Pours a clear golden color with a big head that fades to no real lacing.

S: Mild aroma of malt sweetness, grain and bit of hops.

T: Taste is similar to the aroma, mild malt sweetness and grain. has an easy bitterness and a clean finish.

F: Light body, crisp, smooth and refreshing.

O: Not a bad as people make it out to be. Way ahead of the BMC light beers. Goes best, ice cold with outdoor activities.

Serving type: can

06-16-2012 12:50:45 | More by soju6

FlemingVSKing

Florida

2.55/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

In the realm of generic American lagers Coors is probably the most refreshing.

Still it holds the same history of the brews whose goal following prohibition was to expand as quickly as possible by being as generic as possible and that's exactly how it tastes.

Its a very basic brew and that's ok. I would recommend it as one of the best starter beers for any new beer drinker.

Serving type: on-tap

05-26-2012 20:08:25 | More by FlemingVSKing

phishsihq

Colorado

3.48/5  rDev +35.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

The Banquet Beer pours a clear golden color that is capped by a very quickly disappearing head of white. Aromas of grain, corn, and slightly sweet malt work to poke out of the glass, very light. Bready favors dominate, with hints of grain, grass, and corn also detected, the slightest hint of hops as well. Moderately high levels of carbonation dance on the tongue in this lighter body American Adjunct Lager. Our go to when we step away from crafts and imports, and always a great beer to tailgate and grill with.

Cheers!

Serving type: can

05-15-2012 01:57:49 | More by phishsihq

startreker

North Carolina

3.68/5  rDev +43.2%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

A. Why bother pouring from a can into a glass is how I see it. There are even some craft beers that are now going with cans, although they are more expensive then there bottled versions, go figure! Cans are certainly more portable. When you pack a cooler full of canned beer, its a heck of a lot easier to tote around versus heavy bottles. Not to mention, that cans protect the beer from light much better then bottles do.

S. Smells just like a typical macro which is to be expected, but certainly nothing offensive. If you open up a beer, and its skunked, wich many beers that come in a clear bottle are, then Im put off right from the onset. I know that's whats going to be present in the flavor profile as well. So no worries here with that.

T. Very crisp and refreshing. I get some malt, and just a bit of hops to balance this one out. Nothing is predominant between the two. For a macro beer, I think this beats out Budweiser in taste because, it has a cleaner finish to it. Where as Budweiser has more malt upfront, it seems to finish with a lousy bitter aftertaste. A clean finish is very important to me, as I do not like a bitter blech taste punching me in the nose afterwards.

M. Not to watery, and not to heavy. Not overly carbonated either, but just right.

O. In the macro category, and I've tried quite a few of them, I'm going to give the nod to Coors. This macro brew doesn't make you want to pour it down the sink after it warms up. I cant say that for the other macros I've tried. If I'm going to a backyard barbeque, I would have no problem bringing Coors along with me. I find Coors a very satisfying brew for its class. My go to beers for a macro brew have been Old Milwaukee, and Genesee. Not anymore, Its going to be Coors :)

Footnote: There have been some posters that have wondered how Coors came up with the name "Banquet Beer" Heres how it happened .. IN 1936, COORS ADDS “BANQUET BEER” TO ITS NAME. AS LEGENDS GO, AREA MINERS WOULD THROW PARTIES DURING THE 1800S CALLED “BANQUETS”—STOCKED WITH REQUISITE COORS. THE "BANQUET BEER" BECAME A PART OF THE COORS’ NAME AS HOMAGE TO LIVELY GATHERINGS AND A WESTERN LEGACY.

Serving type: can

05-09-2012 21:05:43 | More by startreker

BostonHops

Massachusetts

2.33/5  rDev -9.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5

pours a clear, pale yellow with big head both spritzy and short-lived; no lacing. smell is, i dunno, like coors? grains... corn. taste is ok... blah and highly uninspired but not revolting. mild flavor, primarily grainy. let's be honest, it's a macro, mass produced and generally intended for consumption in large amounts by individuals with no real regard for quality or depth (just trying to keep style in mind here). mouthfeel is light and highly carbonated. between coors and nothing... i'll take coors. i guess. (it is beer, after all).

original review on: 07-09-2010

Serving type: can

05-09-2012 17:43:31 | More by BostonHops

RyanBelle

Ontario (Canada)

3.35/5  rDev +30.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

This is a very good beer to use as a "benchmark standard" when referring to the long list of macro-lagers that are out there. Since this beer is only available in the USA for me, I decided to try out a 12-pack of brown bottle Coors Banquet while I was in Tennessee. It did not disappoint, and I can very much see how this is simply the full-strength version of Coors light.

A - Golden straw yellow.
S - Cooked corn, grains.
T - Cooked corn, grains, hops, slight bit more bitterness than Coors light because of the increase in ABV but still very round and balanced in flavor. Not a bad beer to throw back a few at a time. It is drinkable for sure.
M - Dry, but much light Coors light.

Overall: 3.5/5 and glad I got to try it. It is good.

Serving type: bottle

05-06-2012 03:57:04 | More by RyanBelle

acevenom

Louisiana

3.48/5  rDev +35.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured into a pint glass. Pours the color of pale straw with a quickly dissipating two-finger length white head. The head dissipates into a cap of lacing atop the beer. Not much lacing gets left on the glass during consumption and it remains along the edge of the beer. Some bubbles can be seen rising from the bottom of the glass. It appears to be well carbonated. There are aromas of pale roasted malts and corn. I can also pick up some hops. It has that typical American adjunct lager smell.

The beer tastes bready and slightly sweet from the corn. There is some hop bitterness on the back end, but it's a mild flavor. It's a clean tasting lager. The body is light with adequate carbonation. The finish is crisp and dry. The drinkability is high and this is refreshing. Overall, this is a good beer that does what it is supposed to do. It's a refreshing lager that has its place on a hot summer day, tailgates, or as a cheaper beer option while watching a game.

Serving type: bottle

05-05-2012 17:18:34 | More by acevenom

CowsCanBark

Pennsylvania

2.75/5  rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Poured from a 16 oz. can into a Samuel Adam's pint glass.

Appearance: Pours a straw-yellow with a three-finger fluffy head that quickly fizzes down. Mild lacing left on the glass.

Smell: Adjuncty-corn-like smell, metal, mustiness

Taste: Sweet and corny, moderate barley, mild hops, no bitterness

Mouthfeel: Light body and high carbonation, an easy drinker, as expected

Overall: Meh, it's nothing more than an average AAL. Low taste, easy to drink. Very similar to the other big names, Miller and Budweiser, albeit a bit more sweet.

Serving type: can

04-27-2012 23:56:51 | More by CowsCanBark

jojoluvsbeer

2.53/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Pours a pale straw yellow with a big white head that goes down rather quickly. Not much lacing on the glass. Aroma is of adjunct, corn and possibly some pungent hops. Taste is watered down with some corn sweetness followed by bittering hops. Mouthfeel is light. As the beer warmed up, the flavoring became worse. Drinkability is Ok if served cold.

Serving type: can

04-19-2012 12:22:01 | More by jojoluvsbeer