FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE DATED AS OF June 27, 2008 to INDENTURE dated as of June 15, 2007 among MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY, as Issuer THE GUARANTORS NAMED THEREIN, as Guarantors and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee

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Exhibit 4.8

FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

DATED AS OF June 27, 2008

INDENTURE

dated as of June 15, 2007

among

MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY,

as Issuer

THE GUARANTORS NAMED THEREIN,

as Guarantors

and

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Trustee

FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of June 27, 2008 (this "Fifth Supplemental Indenture"), to the Indenture dated as of June 15, 2007, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of June 15, 2007, the Second Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of January 31, 2008, the Third Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of February 1, 2008, and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 23, 2008 (the "Original Indenture" and, together with this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the "Indenture"), among Molson Coors Brewing Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Coors Brewing Company, a Colorado corporation, Molson Coors Capital Finance ULC, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company, Coors Distributing Company, a Colorado corporation, Coors International Market Development, L.L.L.P., a Colorado limited liability limited partnership, Coors Global Properties, Inc., a Colorado corporation, Molson Coors International LP, a Delaware limited partnership, CBC Holdco, Inc., a Colorado corporation, MCBC International Holdco, Inc., a Colorado corporation, Molson Coors International General, ULC, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company, Coors International Holdco, ULC, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company, Molson Coors Callco ULC, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company (collectively, the "Guarantors"), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (the "Trustee").

WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee are authorized to enter into this Fifth Supplemental Indenture pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture;

WHEREAS, Coors Distributing Company ("CDC"), a Guarantor, has merged with and into Coors Brewing Company ("CBC"), a Guarantor, with CBC being the surviving Person; and

WHEREAS, Section 5.01(b) of the Indenture requires that when a Guarantor merges with or into another Person, the surviving Person shall expressly assume all of the obligations of such Guarantor, if any, under its Guaranty.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

That the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Section 1 Defined Terms; Rules of Interpretation. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The rules of interpretation set forth in the Indenture shall be applied hereto as if set forth in full herein.

Section 2 Assumption of Obligations. CBC hereby expressly assumes all of the obligations of CDC under its Subsidiary Guaranty.

Section 3 Ratification of Original Indenture: Supplemental Indentures Part of Original Indenture. Except as expressly amended or supplemented hereby, the Original Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Original Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of any Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered pursuant thereto shall be bound hereby. Except only insofar as the Original Indenture may be inconsistent with the express provisions of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture, in which case the terms of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall govern and supersede those contained in the Original Indenture, this Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall henceforth have effect so far as practicable as if all the provisions of the Original Indenture were contained in one instrument.

Section 4 Counterparts. This Fifth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 5 Governing Law. This Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York but without giving effect to applicable principles of conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby.

Section 6 Concerning the Trustee. In carrying out the Trustee's responsibilities hereunder, the Trustee shall have all of the rights, protections, and immunities which the Trustee possesses under the Indenture. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Fifth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.


		MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY
		By:		/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXX
		Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
		Title:		Vice President
		GUARANTORS:
		MOLSON COORS CAPITAL FINANCE ULC
		By:		/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXX
		Name:		Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
		Title:		Assistant Secretary
		COORS BREWING COMPANY
		By:		/s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXXX
		Name:		Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
		Title:		President


COORS DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
By:	/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:	Vice President
CBC HOLDCO, INC.
By:	/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXX
Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title:	Secretary
MOLSON COORS INTERNATIONAL LP
By:	MOLSON COORS INTERNATIONAL GENERAL, ULC Its General Partner
	By:	/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
		Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer
MOLSON COORS INTERNATIONAL GENERAL, ULC
By:	/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:	Chief Financial Officer
COORS INTERNATIONAL HOLDCO, ULC
By:	/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:	Chief Financial Officer
MOLSON COORS CALLCO ULC
By:	/s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXX
Name:	Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:	Chief Financial Officer


		DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS by DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
		By:		/s/ XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX
		Name:		Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx
		Title:		Assistant Vice President
		By:		/s/ XXXXXX XXXXXXX
		Name:		Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
		Title:		Vice President