The Coors Brewing Company is a regional division of the world's fifth-largest brewing company, the Molson Coors Brewing Company. According to the Molson-Coors website, the division is the third-largest brewer in the U.S. The brewery in Golden, Colorado is the world's largest on a single site. In 1873, German immigrants Adolph Coors and Jacob Schueler, a successful Denver businessman, established a brewery in Golden, Colorado.
Coors invested $2,000 in the operation to Schueler's investment of $18,000. In 1880, Coors bought out his partner in "The Golden Brewery". It is said to take its flavor from the pure water of the Rocky Mountains.