<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001225208-11-009201.txt : 20110308
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20110308201457
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001225208-11-009201
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110304
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110308
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110308

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PERKINS DAVID
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001336914

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14829
		FILM NUMBER:		11673449

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		311 10TH STREET, NH311
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 4030
		CITY:			GOLDEN
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80401

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MOLSON COORS BREWING CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000024545
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MALT BEVERAGES [2082]
		IRS NUMBER:				840178360
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1225

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1225 17TH STREET, SUITE 3200
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80123
		BUSINESS PHONE:		303-927-2312

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1225 17TH STREET, SUITE 3200
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	COORS ADOLPH CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>80202</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>CEO, Molson Coors Canada</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reporting person received a restricted stock unit grant under the Company's Incentive Compensation Program, which will vest in full on March 4, 2014.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit 24 -- Power of Attorney attached as perkins.txt</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>David Perkins</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-03-08</signatureDate>
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<TEXT>
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

     I, David Perkins, the undersigned, do hereby make, constitute and appoint
SAMUEL D. WALKER, 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
the 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 8th day of March, 2011.

/s/ David Perkins
_____________________________________
David Perkins

STATE OF COLORADO     )
                                              ) ss
COUNTY OF DENVER       )
      On this 8th day of March, 2011, David Perkins personally appeared before
me, 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/ Mary B. Haus
____________________________________
Notary Public

My Commission Expires:  01/08/2015
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