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BUSINESS, Page 47Business NotesPACKAGINGBrouhaha in A Beer Can
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.
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.
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."