National Bohemian Beer, colloquially Natty Boh, is an American lager originating from Baltimore, Maryland. It was first brewed in 1885 by the National Brewing Company, but was eventually purchased by Pabst Brewing Company. Nearly 90 percent of National Bohemian sales are in Baltimore. The beer is currently brewed under contract at the Molson Coors brewing facilities in Albany, Georgia and Trenton, Ohio. History For a time, National's president Jerold Hoffberger also owned the Baltimore Orioles; Natty Boh was served at Memorial Stadium and became the "official" beer of Baltimore in the late 1960s. The "Land of Pleasant Living" slogan reached its peak during the mid-late 1960s when National acquired a Chesapeake Bay skipjack (local sailing vessel) and named it the "Chesterpeake" after a pelican who appeared in their ads. The Chesterpeake traveled throughout the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake Bay visiting various local festivals, regattas, yacht clubs, etc. and was also seen in television commercials. After a 1975 merger with Canadian brewer Carling, the Baltimore brewery located at the intersection of O'Donnell and Conkling streets was closed in 1978 and production moved to the company's more modern brewery in nearby Halethorpe. Carling-National was purchased by the G. Heileman Brewing Company in 1979. Heileman added Tuborg to the list of beers brewed in Halethorpe. In July 1996, G. Heileman was sold to the Stroh Brewery Company. In October 1996 Stroh announced that it would close the Halethorpe brewery in two months and shift production to its other facilities. The Halethorpe brewery made its last can of Natty Boh on November 11, 1996. Over 400 workers lost their jobs when the Halethorpe plant closed. The Halethorpe plant was sold to a local interest. The Halethorpe brewing facility was demolished by 2006, while the original Baltimore brewing facility was redeveloped as the Brewers Hill complex by Obrecht Commercial Real Estate, Inc. In 2000 Stroh Brewery Company went out of business and most of its brands, including National Bohemian, were sold to the Pabst Brewing Company. Pabst has brewed Natty Boh since that time. Apparently Pabst changed National Bohemian's recipe for a time because by 2009 its website was announcing that "Today, Natty Boh has returned to the traditional recipe that made it the beer of choice in Baltimore and across the mid-Atlantic." For over 15 years, the famous Baltimore beer was not available on draft, only bottles and cans, but in February 2011,