needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message ac golden brewing company industry alcoholic beverage founded 2007 headquarters golden colorado usa key people glenn knippenberg products beer owner millercoors website http www.acgolden.com the ac golden brewing company is a subsidiary of millercoors a joint venture between sabmiller and molson coors brewing company . its purpose is to serve as a specialty brewing arm of millercoors in the words of president glenn knippenberg our mission for ac golden is to be a brand incubator for what is now millercoors . 1 the ac golden brewery operates in the former pilot brewery of the coors brewery . it debuted its first beer herman joseph s private reserve in 2008 . citation needed the company began brewing its seasonal beer a vienna style lager called winterfest in 2009 . in april 2010 ac golden introduced colorado native lager in colorado an amber lager made with 100 % colorado ingredients . contents 1 history 2 product lines 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the ac golden brewing company operates at the historic coors brewery in golden colorado established in 1873 by german immigrants adolph coors and jacob schueler itself originally called the golden brewery . with the advent of the coors field baseball stadium in 1995 coors started the sandlot brewery in a historic warehouse citation needed incorporated into the stadium . this craft style brewery began brewing blue moon a belgian style witbier . noting the changing american beer market parent molson coors decided to pursue blue moon s blueprint by creating the ac golden brewing company and slowly developing new brews with it . 2 this was placed into the realm of millercoors when this joint venture took effect in 2008 . in 2008 ac golden debuted its first beer to the public herman joseph s private reserve now brewed as a german style lager . it is sold only at restaurants in the denver golden metropolitan area . coors brewery in golden colorado home of ac coors brewing company coors brewery in golden colorado home of ac coors brewing company product lines edit colorado native lager 2010 herman joseph s private reserve 2008 colorado native india pale lager 2014 colorado native golden lager 2015 colorado native double ipl 2015 colorado native saison 2015 colorado native olathe lager 2015 colorado native oktoberfest 2015 colorado native winterfest 2015 ctayt russian imperial stout 2015 see also edit coors brewing company molson coors brewing company millercoors references edit 1 archived copy . archived from the original on 2011 06 13 . retrieved 2008 08 14 . external links edit ac golden brewing company millercoors coors brewing company usa . coordinates 39 45 20 n 105 13 16 w 39.755543 n 105.2211 w 39.755543 ; 105.2211 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ac golden brewing company & oldid 742002179 categories american companies established in 2007beer brewing companies based in coloradocompanies based in golden coloradogolden coloradohidden categories articles needing additional references from november 2009all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2009coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 01 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view