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EXHIBIT 99.1

WRITTEN STATEMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
FURNISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 (18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350)

        The undersigned, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of Adolph Coors Company (the "Company") respectively, each hereby certifies that to his knowledge on the date hereof:

(a)

the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 29, 2002 filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and



(b)

information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/  W. LEO KIELY III W. Leo Kiely III
Chief Executive Officer
March 26, 2003

/s/  TIMOTHY V. WOLF Timothy V. Wolf
Chief Financial Officer
March 26, 2003

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