That Time Coors Tried to Sell Non-Alcoholic Water (And Failed)

Spiked seltzers have been the trendy alcoholic beverage of choice for the past few years now. There is no shortage of companies that have made a name off “La Croix, but with alcohol,” and some of the most recognizable names in beer, like Bud Light, have entered the Seltzer Arms Race as well. One brewery was way ahead of the curve in monetizing water, though. In 1990, Coors introduced the market to Rocky Mountain Sparkling Water.

Yeah, just sparkling water; no alcohol involved. It did come in flavors, though, including original (which is by far the strangest way to describe the taste of water), lemon-lime, and cherry.

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Finally! Water that requires a bottle opener!

It shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise to learn that it only lasted a few years. Coors called it quits, and it has an impressively small legacy online. Sorry to spoil the ending here, but I mean, come on. It obviously wasn’t going to succeed, right?

Or, was it? When people do talk about Coors Rocky Mountain Sparkling Water (like two people have ever talked about it), it’s usually in the conversation about the worst product ideas of all time. It wasn’t that bad of an idea if you think about it, though. 

Firstly, bottled water was popular in the 1990s. Like, weirdly popular. A lot of the ideas that tap water is bad for you came from this time, and instead, all the cool kids were showing off their fancy bottled H20. 

That Time Coors Tried to Sell Non-Alcoholic Water (And Failed)
Source: Pinoy Daily News