Coors to stop licensing to model train companies

Odd that Miller Engineering was able to do Miller beer signs fairly recently, yet Coors says "no." Coors may very well have a separate say in their marketing. Or perhaps it would be "no" from Miller, too, if they were approached today.

I'm with you, Allan.

Oh, I think it's more complicated than that.  Companies have gotten very cautious and protective about the use of their tradenames and trademarks, for various reasons.

It's not just Coors, by any means. Many other companies take the same position. As another example, Lionel has had to cancel quite a few cars over the years due to problems getting permission from manufacturers. Even railroads can present problems. Let's remember the fairly recent issue involving Union Pacific's initial refusal to allow use of their names in conjunction with model trains.

beer has natural preservatives like alcohol, hops and SO2; are you sure it was not because it was not homogenized?

Shot this photo at the brewery at Golden, CO in Nov. 2010.

It is not homogenized, but also has no preservatives added, unlike almost all other breweries. Doesn't necessarily mean Coors is better, of course. Here's a brief article:

"Unlike most U.S. beers, Coors contains no preservatives or stabilizers and is not pasteurized; if left unrefrigerated and allowed to get warm, it will spoil in a week. It is probably the only beer that is kept cold from the brewery to the customer."

Now a set of cars for these "Bad Boys" would be good !

.....kinda' on a par with Billy Beer or worse yet, Old Vienna.

First case I ever got was Yueng Ling!  But being from Philly, I am modeling Schmidts,

But for drinking, I either like a nice Belgian ale, or Sam Adams!

Here you go -

Don't the Rockies baseball team play in COORS FIELD?

Do they ban children from watching baseball teams!

You are one very, very lucky guy!

Now ain't that the truth.

American Beer, according to Monty Python:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?f...ge&v=JbxfFOdp-bY

But Dave - you didn't chime it with what is important from down under.  Where was the President of Fosters?

Glad the PBR delivery truck got through to you lucky guys....

who cares , they are all anti 2nd amendment at coors. 

Once word got out about Lee and PBR, everyone started drinking it.

It's what John Denver called the Rocky Mountain 'High'....(wheeeeeeee!)...now complemented, supplemented, augmented, and fermented with copious clouds of legal cannabis.  It makes everything seem really good, man!....even when it isn't.  

I mean, who cares??

KD    

Just a few beer facts about a couple of companies mentioned here

Rolling Rock is now owned by Anheiser Busch and is brewed in Newark NJ

Pabst Blue Ribbon owns Schlitz, Old Milwaukee, Colt 45, Lone Star, Old Style, Ranier, Natty Bo, Olympia, Primo, Stroh's, Stag, Blatz, Pearl, Schmidts, Schaefer, Mc Sorleys, Special Export, Champale, St Ides, and Ballantine.  YET Pabst does not have an operating brewery   All of the brewing for all these regional beers is done under license by Miller in Milwaukee

The Pabst Brewing Metropoulus family just reintroduced the Twinkie

Oh, yes...almost forgot, it's been so long ago!!!....

Those of you who may have frequented Sarge's and the Oak Bar in Lafayette, Indiana...across the river from W. Lafayette and The Boilermakers of Purdue University...may recall their one-and-only draft brew served....Watney's. 

Sarge's raised and aged their own beef....the steaks were forking tender.  They also made their own belly-busting cheesecake.

It was all to drive for, believe me!

Now....all gone, I'm told.  

...But not forgotten by the lucky alums, families, and area Hoosiers.

KD

Ben

Thank you for the update. I am very familiar with a few of those.

Do you know if Ortlieb  is still brewed somewhere?

An O scale Samuel Adams beer car like my dad's G scale refrigerator car would be nice too.

Dan 

When I drank more beer, it was usually Molsens Golden, Rolling Rock, Spaten, or Bass Ale.

I rarely drink beer these days. When I do, it is usually Blue Moon.

Just as an FYI  I will drink any beer as long as its cold.

That's great.  Exactly how I feel about it.

I think it's funny that "PBR" is so cool now.  When I was a younger man (not that long ago ) Pabst Blue Ribbon was joke.   We drank it if we had no money for something better like Balentine Ale or Rheingold.  Now it has a cool moniker and voila....it's a find beer.  Wow!

And Ben...any beer...really!?!?!?!

Me too, and lots of it!

Has anyone made a reefer in the livery of those great Cincinnati beers, like Schoenling or Hudepohl?

Get something that's worth drinking, lads.

For breakfast..

For anytime....a tad weak being just over 11% alcohol

None of that twaddle that you can see though - get a good black ale....

otherwise you're just drinking.....

Does Miller make them right?

Yummmmm.

Beer has no social redeeming value as it looks the same going in and coming out! The only beer I rarely drink is so dark, no light passes through it. However, I do think the MTH Coors Train is a fantastic model, and I also think that Coors shot itself in the foot with their decision to abandon toy trains.

Here's one Miller signs should make a billboard for

Why would a company choose not to have their name out there? I don't understand.

My Miller Engineering Budweiser billboard and my MTH Rolling Rock operating reefer sure get a lot of attention from visitors.

Anyway, Miller Engineering should make the eagle from Kid Rock's beer company into a billboard .....

My favourite beer, which I only drink when on holiday, is Zillertal Bier from Austria.

I've ridden (& drunk beer,) in the special Beer-wagon on the Zillertalbahn, and have the LGB model on my garden railway. 

Not a PBR guy because I came from Saint Louis, but I do love this sign.

When I lived in Colorado in the '70's, most of the natives I knew drank Budweiser.

When I'm in Colorado these days, I always pick up a few cases of Steam Engine Lager.  Beer's good, graphics great!

Hi Nicole, sounds like a barrel of fun.