Not the beer!!!

[PalmettoTiger 1]

The Associated Press
Golden, Colo., Aug. 26 — An employee of Coors Brewing Co. flipped the wrong switch and sent 77,500 gallons of beer into a creek, killing thousands of fish and prompting health warnings. The beer, which was in fermenting tanks, washed through a wastewater treatment plant before ending up in Clear Creek on Friday, said Coors spokeswoman Aimee St. Clair. The fish likely suffocated from the alcohol — among other things — produced in the tanks. “Somebody made a mistake,” she said. “We’re trying to track down how it happened so it doesn’t happen again.”
Don’t Drink the Water
The Colorado Department of Public Health advised residents to avoid contact with the creek south of the brewery because of a small bacterial risk. The water could cause illness if consumed, said J. David Holm, director of the Water Quality Division. Officials with the state Division of Wildlife could not give a precise number of fish killed, but estimated it was thousands up and down the river. “There are probably 200 to 300 fish right here in probably a 20-to 30-yard stretch,” said Scott Hoover of the wildlife division. State and federal investigators have not determined whether any fines will be levied against the company.
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Does it seem odd to anyone else that beer is okay to drink, and creek water is okay to drink, but the combination of the two carries a risk of bacterial infection? I think either the health department or Coors isn't being totally honest here....
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PTiger

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Well I think it also has to do with what stage the beer was in while it was brewing.. If it wasn't completely done I'm sure it wouldn't be so good to drink. But I don't know a lot about that.

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Well I think it also has to do with what stage the beer was in while it was brewing.. If it wasn't completely done I'm sure it wouldn't be so good to drink

Coors? Not fit for drinking at any stage.
Sounds to me like they were doing us a great service.
NO CHEAP BEER!

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AMEN....to the above. I hate coors!!!!
Marc
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[PalmettoTiger 1]

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Coors? Not fit for drinking at any stage.
Sounds to me like they were doing us a great service.
NO CHEAP BEER!

Right on brother!!
My best guess is that the "Dump Beer into Creek" lever is right beside the "Dump Creek into Beer" lever, and when it came time to cut the Coors with water it was an easy mistake to make.
Blues, squares,
PTiger

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Does it seem odd to anyone else that beer is okay to drink, and creek water is okay to drink, but the combination of the two carries a risk of bacterial infection? I think either the health department or Coors isn't being totally honest here....

Ummm.....I think you're missing one ingredient. The beer is ok (although crappy being Coors), the creek water is ok, the bacteria could possibly have something to do with the dead fish decomposing in the water.
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Coors? Not fit for drinking at any stage.
Sounds to me like they were doing us a great service.

I have to agree Coors taste just like the creek water even with the decomposing dead fish. I love Colorado but the brewery needs to be nuked and save all us beer drinkers from having to drink what they call beer..... ok enough flaming on Coors....
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Dont you see? It's all a government conspiracy against beer drinking! God NO! NOT THE BEER!!!!!!!
Can you see a bunch of people showing up with buckets to scoop it up. LMAO Kinda like Homer Simpson when the sugar truck flipped over. "But Dad, the sugar at the store is 20 cents per lb and it doesn't have broken glass in it."-Lisa
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