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October 8, 2007

No Boh

How blasphemous is it when a Baltimore bar doesn't have Natty Boh?

We were out at Clayton's Tavern last weekend, and they didn't have Boh bottles or drafts.

I'm not a big Boh drinker myself (I like my beer to taste good), and I know Boh is no longer brewed here, but it's still the de facto Baltimore beer. I'm sure that's much to the chagrin of Clipper City.

So do you care if a Baltimore bar doesn't serve Boh?

(Gene Sweeney Jr./Sun Photographer) 

Posted by Sam Sessa at 2:10 PM | | Comments (12)
        

Comments

It doesn't particularly upset me. But if a bar DOES carry it, I force any non-native drinking companions to have one. It's usually their last.

I've always found it ironic that the rich yuppies swilling Natty Boh in Canton,Fells,or South Baltimore are the ones gentrifying out the locals who made the beer popular! And no,it doesn't taste nearly as good as when it was brewed with that delicious Baltimore tap water.

Don,

While I drink Baltimore tap water -- and rarely bottled water -- I don't think I'd ever use the word delicious.

Now, Eastern Shore water, that's a different story. Tasty and thirst-quenching.

Sam-I remember a few years back when the Baltimore City Council was trying to bottle the city's tap water to raise revenue.I'll agree with you about the taste more than i'd agree with selling it for profit!

I know Clayton's carries Boh in a can, and if you're drinking Boh, are you really all that particular about how it gets to you?

Which doesn't answer the question of whether bars in Baltimore should carry it. I feel that if the bar isn't already carrying it, they'd be picking up Boh as a novelty. Not much of a reason, but then there aren't a lot of reasons to have Boh around in the first place.

I don't particularly care. I usually drink it just for the novelty, which is a rare instance indeed. Most of my friends that drink National Boh regularly drink it b/c it's the cheapest beer at the bar not for the taste or to look cool.

I find the city's water to actually be very good. I challenge one of you snobs to actually be able to identify the difference between it and a bottled water, say 5 times in a row.

Can you even get Natty Boh on tap anymore?

I remember a friend telling me that Nacho Mama's was the last place with Boh on tap. As for whether or not places should carry it? Definitely. It's our Iron City or Lonestar - you only get one local macro brew and that's our. If youre gonna play in Texas, you better have a fiddle and if youre gonna drink in Baltimore you better have a Boh.

bryanintimonium - you must never have had an Iron City to compare that fine brew to Boh. At least Iron City is the beer of choice in their stadium, we get 12 bud lights and Clipper City.

But Boh should be celebrated if only for the righteous logo and marketing. We should own it and celebrate it. Plus only beer snobs would turn their nose up at Boh. When served cold, it's no different that a Coors Light or Miller Light.

National Beer - "From the Land of Pleasant Living"... if you happen to live in Eden, North Carolina where it's brewed by Pabst under contract with the Miller brewery located there.

Don mentions above that the National today doesn't taste like the Boh of old. As I like to say, what you're drinking now is "Faux Boh", or is that "Foh Boh"?

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Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "simulated sex with a potted palm tree." Before The Sun, he was a reporter at the Miami New Times. He's also written for Miami magazine, the Orlando Sentinel, the Sarasota Herald Tribune and the Gainesville Sun. Got tips? Gripes? Pitches? He's reachable at erik.maza@baltsun.com. Click here to keep up with the dumb music he's listening to.

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