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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

Form 8-K

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 28, 2010

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File Number: 1-14829

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)		   84-0178360
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

1225 17th Street, Suite 3200, Denver, Colorado 80202
1555 Notre Dame Street East, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H2L 2R5
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(303) 927-2337 / (514) 521-1786
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01    Other Events.

        Attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto is a revised Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 26, 2009. The revised consolidated financial statements reflect changes in classification in our presentation of the supplemental guarantor information to separately present the impact of intercompany activity for the 2002 Issuer, the 2005 Issuer and the 2007 Issuer, Subsidiary Guarantor and Subsidiary Non Guarantor categories. Further detail regarding the revised presentation is set forth in Note 22 to the revised consolidated financial statements.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibits.

23   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

99.1
 
Revised Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of Molson Coors Brewing Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 26, 2009.

101.INS*
 
XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH*
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL*
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.LAB*
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE*
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

101.DEF*
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
*
XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) information is furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Section 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and otherwise is not subject to a liability under these sections.

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 SIGNATURE

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

    MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY

Date: September 28, 2010
 
By:
 
/s/ WILLIAM G. WATERS
 William G. Waters
 Vice President and Global Controller
(Chief Accounting Officer)

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 EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
No. 		  Description
23   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

99.1
 
Revised Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data of Molson Coors Brewing Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 26, 2009.

101.INS*
 
XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH*
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL*
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.LAB*
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE*
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

101.DEF*
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
*
XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) information is furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Section 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and otherwise is not subject to a liability under these sections.

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