In fact, it was only available west of the Mississippi before 1981. Unlike party supplies on a Stones tour, Coors Original (now Banquet) was very hard to find in their heyday. While the Rolling Stones were big fans of Yellow Jackets (yes, Banquet Beer has more than one cool nickname), their 1969 hit single, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” wasn’t about the scarcity of their favorite beer. Coors decided to pay homage to the Colorado miners, who had coined the nickname, “The Banquet Beer.” And let’s be honest, if Coors Banquet is good enough to wash down a little black lung, it’s good enough to wash down a black bean burrito. Years later, after Prohibition (special thanks to Minnesota Congressman Andrew Volstead for drafting this anti-drinking legislation and quite possibly cursing our Minnesota sports teams in the process), Coors changed the name of Coors Golden Beer. It was made readily available thanks to the Colorado Central Railroad, which did its own chugging all the way from Golden, Colorado-home of the Coors Brewery, of course. The miners’ beer of choice? Coors Golden Beer. They were probably playing popular 19th century drinking games like Flippy Mug, Beer Pebble, and Never Have I Dagnabbit Ever. Somewhere around 1873, Clear Creek Canyon miners packed work camps and banquet halls in Colorado. Many great brands have a great origin story, and Coors Banquet’s beginnings are as rich and flavorful as its beer.
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