Beer #10- Coors Banquet Beer

I had a dream last night. A wonderful dream. In this dream, I was in a log cabin on top of a mountain. It was an unfamiliar place, yet a lot of my family was there. It was a strange group of my family, most of them I was not close to, some have even died, yet there were alive in my dream.

The wonderful part of this dream was that there was a celebration. I don’t know what this celebration was for, but everyone was laughing and eating and there was festive music. Then a man grabbed my shoulder, turned me around and asked if I liked beer. “Of course!” I exclaimed, now noticing that no one was drinking anything around me. He took me back to a room was there was a tap, handed me a mug and I filled me glass. The dark, cold, brown liquid swirled around my glass and I immediately took a drink down.

Amazement. In my dream I had tasted the most wonderful thing in the world. Throughout the rest of my dream I snuck back to get pint after pint, trying to hide what I was doing from those who didn’t like the fact I was drinking. But I loved this beer so much in my dream. It was a little bit of heaven. The last thing I remember is that I asked the man the name of this beer. “The Springs,” he declared. And with one last sip I was awake.

I’ve never had a beer like that on this side of my dreams, and I doubt I ever will experience that feeling, but sometimes, different things can make us appreciate even the most average, everyday beers.

The Banquet. It’s shimmering gold can. The patented Coors name. How can you go wrong? In the true spirit of Memorial Day, I bought some of the Banquet beer. I didn’t pour it into a glass, and I didn’t smell it. But I did appreciate it all day.

The familiar hiss and spray of the can on a hot day is unforgettable. I hunkered lower into the pool and let the cool water fold over my hot shoulders as I inhaled the beer. Creamy, smooth, cold. Ahhhh Banquet.

I tasted clarity. I didn’t taste a lot of funk. Like most commercialized beer this price, you always get a funk. But with Banquet beer, I didn’t. I never will.

The Rockies, Golden- all of Colorado is a wonder to behold, and so is the water from those hills. Banquet, you are a respectful and glorified inspiration to those peaks. Who knows, maybe even the secret of the Banquet is in the springs?


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I give Coors Banquet Beer a simple, yet bold 84.


Taste: Smooth, Creamy, Pristine


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Brett's ratings are out of 100.

As with all connoisseurs, personal taste affects all ratings. The best ratings tend to lean towards his two different biases; 1) Well-crafted heavy Stouts and 2) Lagers made with a simple perfection.

Please understand that just because Brett gives a beer a high rating doesn't mean you may think it is good. Only understand that if he gives it a high rating it is because most people who have a good taste in beer would do the same.