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Old 07-22-2016, 06:01 PM
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Baltimoreans have claimed 'hon' as their own for as long as I can remember. I don't know how legitimate the claim is but you do hear it a lot.

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It certainly is used quite frequently here.
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Old 07-23-2016, 10:25 AM
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Yeah, in Hampden.

One Baltimorism that raises questions for me is the National Bohemian nickname currently in circulation. When it was a local Baltimore beer, we just called it "Boh" or "Bo" but now that it's owned by Pabst, makers of the worst beer in America (which is really saying something), we're supposed to call it "Natty Boh". I suppose Natty Boh is supposed to be the name of the little one eyed logo character but he used to be "Mr. Boh".

Parenthetically, the don't even sell this swill at Camden Yards any more and the used to "own" the scoreboard at Baltimore's earlier stadium.



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Old 07-23-2016, 10:48 AM
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Spent many a day watching the O's from Memorial Stadium's upper deck. "Ain't the beer cold!"

Natty is his first name and is derived from National, like Boh was derived from Bohemian. Back in the day National Premium was a pretty good beer as was the annual Oktoberfest brew.
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Spent many a day watching the O's from Memorial Stadium's upper deck. "Ain't the beer cold!"

Natty is his first name and is derived from National, like Boh was derived from Bohemian. Back in the day National Premium was a pretty good beer as was the annual Oktoberfest brew.
Yes, National Premium was good as was the bock beer. Then there was Colt 45 Malt Liquor which wasn't so good. And I do understand where ?the Natty comes from. I just don't like it.

Do you remember the other Baltimore beers, Arrow 77 and American?

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Old 07-23-2016, 11:41 AM
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Not really, although the American can looks vaguely familiar.
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Yes, National Premium was good as was the bock beer. Then there was Colt 45 Malt Liquor which wasn't so good. And I do understand where ?the Natty comes from. I just don't like it.

Do you remember the other Baltimore beers, Arrow 77 and American?

Plagiarism?

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Yes, National Premium was good as was the bock beer. Then there was Colt 45 Malt Liquor which wasn't so good. And I do understand where ?the Natty comes from. I just don't like it.

Do you remember the other Baltimore beers, Arrow 77 and American?
Carling also had a big presence in Bawlmer, with a large brewery right off of I-695. Thankfully, there's good beer in Bawlmer nowadays, with Heavy Seas being the best known of their craft breweries.
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Carling was a national brand with a brewery in Baltimore County. Can't count the number of times we drove by it on visits to my cousins on the Magothy. Not a Baltimore beer from this native's perspective. Baltimore's local brew scene has been excellent since the early 90s, if not earlier.
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Carling also had a big presence in Bawlmer, with a large brewery right off of I-695. Thankfully, there's good beer in Bawlmer nowadays, with Heavy Seas being the best known of their craft breweries.
Yeah, in Halethorpe. That brewery ended up making Tuborg and, eventually, National but, if I remember, they stopped making Boh and brewed only Colt 45 there.

Another old Baltimore beer that I forgot about, but which was probably Boh's biggest competitor, was Gunther.



So, in my adult lifetime, Baltimore had 4 locally brewed and locally owned breweries. Three are gone and National, the only remaining one, is brewed in NC and GA and owned by Pabst, a Milwaukee brewer located in Los Angeles.
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