Adolph Coors stowed away to America at the age of 21 with a dream of brewing great beers. He realized that dream in 1873 on the banks of Clear Creek in Golden, Colorado. Today, Coors Banquet is an American classic, and Coors Light is the second-most-popular beer in the country. Coors is now on its fifth generation of family leadership, and members of the Coors family still regularly sample the beers that bear Adolph’s name.

Pete Coors gives a quick history of his pioneering family brewery — starting with the founder, his great-grandfather Adolph Coors