Coors: The Banquet Ethanol?

Molson Coors is brewing more than just beer out in the great Rocky Mountains.  In partnership with Merrick Co., Coors produces some two million gallons of ethanol per year using waste beer and spent yeast from their Golden, CO brewing operation.  The E85-ready ethanol needs no further refining, and is shipped directly to local refineries to be blended with gasoline.

Coors Brewing Co.’s production matches well with Colorado’s thirst for alternative fuels–the state uses about 100 million gallons of ethanol per year.  This is largely because their clean air laws mandate that ethanol be blended with gas during the winter to reduce vehicle emissions.
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