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- BUSINESS, Page 47Business NotesPACKAGINGBrouhaha in A Beer Can
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- Unlike Coca-Cola, which should have known better than to
- mess with its basic product, the Adolph Coors brewery fiddled
- only with its packaging. But even that has been enough to shake
- up some loyal drinkers of its flagship brand, Coors Banquet
- Beer.
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- The brewery made the change partly in response to the
- success of the new Miller Genuine Draft, which is touted as
- better tasting than conventional, heat-pasteurized beer. Since
- Coors has been selling draft since 1959, the brewery decided to
- scrap its pale yellow can last summer in favor of an
- almond-colored one bearing the name Original Draft.
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- The new label prompted hundreds of complaints, some from
- drinkers who believed Coors had tampered with the recipe as
- well. Now the brewery has revived the old label for two of its
- strongholds: Southern California and west Texas. Said a
- spokesman: "They wanted it back."
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