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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
           I, John E. Cleghorn, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and
appoint SAMUEL D.
WALKER, SHERRI HECKEL KUHLMANN, PARTH S. MUNSHI and MARGARET (MEG) A.
BECK, each acting individually, as my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with
full power and
authority as described herein, on behalf of and in my name, place and stead to:
           (1)  prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and
5 (including any
amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Molson Coors Brewing
Company, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), or as such company may be domesticated
hereafter, with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities
exchanges and the
Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended
from time to time
(the "Exchange Act");
           (2)  seek or obtain, as my representative and on my behalf,
information on transactions in the
Company's securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit
plan administrators
and trustees, and I hereby authorize any such person to release any such
information to the attorney-
in-fact and approve and ratify any such release of information; and
           (3)  perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are
necessary or desirable for me and on my behalf in connection with the foregoing.
          I further acknowledge that:
           (1)  this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the
attorney-in-fact to act in
his/her discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without
independent
verification of such information;
           (2)  any documents prepared and/or executed by the attorney-in-fact
on my behalf pursuant to
this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information
and disclosure as
such attorney-in-fact, in his/her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
           (3)  neither the Company nor the attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any
liability for my
responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, or (ii) any
obligation or
liability of mine for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
Act; and
           (4)  this Power of Attorney does not relieve me from responsibility
for compliance with my
obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting
requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
           I, the undersigned, do hereby give and grant the foregoing
attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or
appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all
intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that the
attorney-in-fact of, for me and
on my behalf, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited
Power of Attorney.
           This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
revoked by me in a signed
writing delivered to the attorney-in-fact.
           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this
16th day of August, 2010.
/s/ John E. Cleghorn
John E. Cleghorn

          On this 16th day of August, 2010, John E. Cleghorn personally appeared
  before me, Margaret
A. Beck, a notary public in and for the City and County of Denver, State of
Colorado, and
acknowledged that he executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein
contained.
          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.

/s/ Margaret A. Beck
Notary Public

My Commission Expires:  5/6/13
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