Way to set a great example!: When you look at Coors' website, the homepage says "Coors Brewers is a member of The Portman Group - promoting responsible drinking." So it doesn't exactly look very good when someone closely associated with the company blows through a stop sign, gets arrested for drunk driving, and then gets his license revoked. Peter Coors, a member of the Coors brewing family and the Molson Coors board of directors, driving a 2004 green Jaguar, was stopped in his driveway and busted after a state trooper smelled alcohol. Failing a sobriety test, he was cuffed and taken to the Golden Police Department jail in Colorado....
Beer baron Peter Coors' driver's license has been revoked after his arrest for drunken driving following a wedding celebration. Hearing officer Scott Garber ruled Friday that Coors did not stop at a stop sign and was driving impaired on May 28. Coors, 59, said he had consumed a beer about 30 minutes before leaving the wedding, the Rocky Mountain News reported Saturday. He faces a July 20 arraignment and has 30 days to appeal the revocation.
"I should have planned ahead for a ride," Coors said Thursday in a written statement. "For years, I've advocated the responsible use of our company's products. That's still my message, and our company's message. I am sorry that I didn't follow it myself."
Company spokeswoman Kabira Hatland said that Coors rolled through a stop sign a block from his home in Golden and that an officer stopped him in his driveway.
In one breath test, he registered a blood alcohol level of 0.073%. In a second, 20 minutes later, he registered 0.088. The legal limit in Colorado is 0.05%.
Coors took over as president of his family's company in 1987 and in 2000 was named chief executive of the brewer, with 8,500 employees and $4 billion in sales in 2003. Following a 2005 merger, it is now the Molson Coors Brewing Co.
Beer baron loses license after DUI arrest - USA Today
Pete Coors apologizes in drunk driving case - Denver Post
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