High Country Beverage Honored With MillerCoors President`s Award

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bryce Kopperud Director of Marketing bkopperud@hcbeer.com 970.622.8444 High Country Beverage Honored With MillerCoors President’s Award LOVELAND, COLO. – April 20, 2015 – MillerCoors President Tom Long recently awarded local beer distributor High Country Beverage with the "MillerCoors President’s Award" in front of some 2,000 fellow distributors from across the country. "I couldn't be more proud of our team for the effort on all fronts that our team put forth last year. Their attention to detail and speed to address opportunities with sales, distribution, quality, and operations was amazing," said High Country Beverage President Steve Nichols. The President’s Award was presented at the annual MillerCoors Distributor Convention held March 11-­‐12 in Charlotte. The President’s Award recognizes sales excellence by rewarding the top performing distributors from across the five MillerCoors sales regions with a special trip for two to Lausanne, Switzerland. “These distributors represent the best of the best in our business,” said Long. “These teams know how to move swiftly, decisively and with boldness to win.” Below is the full list of MillerCoors President’s Award winners: Central Region • High Country Beverage Corp. (Loveland, CO) • Central States Beverage Co. (Kansas City, MO) • Wright Distributing Co., Inc. (Bastrop, TX) • Glazer's Distributors of Texas, Inc. (Odessa, TX) • Price Distributing Company (Ennis, TX) • GG Distributing, LLC (Longview, TX) Great Lakes Region • Robert 'Chick' Fritz Inc. (Belleville, IL) • River City Distributing, Inc. (Louisville, KY) • John P. O'Sullivan Distributing, Inc. (Flint, MI) • D & D Beverage, LLC (Little Falls, MN) • Dahlheimer Beverage, LLC (Monticello, MN) • C.J.W., Inc. (Racine, WI) -­‐more-­‐ Page 2 of 3 Northeast Region • Amoskeag Beverages, LLC (Concord, NH) • Spirit & Sanzone Distributors Co., Inc. (East Syracuse, NY) • Warren Distributing Co. South (Hammonton, NJ) • Lobo Distributing Company (Montgomery, NY) • Banko North, Inc. (Allentown, PA) • Muller, Inc. (Philadelphia, PA) Pacific Region • Crescent Crown Distributing, LLC (Mesa, AZ) • Beauchamp Distributing Co., Inc. (Compton, CA) • New West Distributing, Inc. (Sparks, NV) • Columbia Distributing (Medford, OR) • Columbia Distributing (Everett, WA) Southeast Region • Champion Brands, Inc. (Jacksonville, FL) • Crescent Crown Distributing, L.L.C. (New Orleans, LA) • Beverage South of Aiken, LLC (West Columbia, SC) • Capitol Beverage Company (Charleston, WV) • Northeast Sales Distributing Inc. (Winder, GA) • Better Brands Distributing Company (West Point, MS) About High Country Beverage: High Country Beverage is an independent Colorado family owned and operated beer distributor known for product quality and outstanding customer service. They proudly represent over 250 brands of the finest local, craft, domestic and imported malt beverages from around the world. For more information about High Country Beverage, please call 1-­‐
800-­‐462-­‐3615, or visit us online at www.highcountrybeverage.com. About MillerCoors Through its diverse collection of storied breweries, MillerCoors brings American beer drinkers an unmatched selection of the highest quality beers steeped in centuries of brewing heritage. Miller Brewing Company and Coors Brewing Company offer domestic favorites such as Coors Light, Miller Lite, Miller High Life and Coors Banquet, as well as innovative new products such as Miller Fortune. Tenth and Blake Beer Company, our craft and import division, offers beers such as Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy from sixth-­‐
generation Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company and Blue Moon Belgian White from modern craft pioneer Blue Moon Brewing Company. Tenth and Blake also operates Crispin Cidery, an artisanal maker of pear and apple ciders using 100 percent fresh-­‐pressed American juice. The company imports world-­‐renowned beers such as Italy’s Peroni, the Czech Republic’s Pilsner Urquell and the Netherlands’ Grolsch. MillerCoors also offers pioneering new brands such as Redd’s Apple Ale, Batch 19 Pre-­‐Prohibition Lager, Third Shift Amber Ale and Smith & Forge Hard Cider. MillerCoors seeks to become America’s best beer company through an uncompromising promise of quality, a keen focus on innovation -­‐more-­‐ Page 3 of 3 and a deep commitment to sustainability. MillerCoors is a joint venture of SABMiller plc and Molson Coors Brewing Company. Learn more at MillerCoors.com, at facebook.com/MillerCoors or on Twitter through @MillerCoors. Pictured above from left to right: Pete Coors Matt Witherell Chris Reynolds Cody Carlson, General Sales Manager of High Country Beverage Nick Kelly, Operations Manager of High Country Beverage Steve Nichols, President of High Country Beverage Dave Nichols, CEO of High Country Beverage Bryce Kopperud, Director of High Country Beverage Jenn Schmid Ron Terrin Tom Nichols, Marketing Manager of High Country Beverage Ed McBrien ###