in 1885, the national brewing company created national bohemian beer. the first factory was in baltimore, maryland. the brewing stopped from 1920 to 1933 due to prohibition. this was the period when nobody could drink alcohol in the us. in 1933 under the ownership of jerold hoffberger the factory of natty boh opened again. during the 1940s the factory of national bohemian was the first in the us to adopt the six pack. in the 1970s, the hoffberger family sold the brand name. during the next three decades, the brand of this beer was bought and sold by different companies. the copyright of the beer was purchased first by stroh, then by g. heileman brewing, and then by pabst, in 1999. since the hoffberger family sold the beer it has been brewed in north carolina. from 1996 until 2011, national bohemian wasn’t available directly from the bar, but only by cans or bottles. in 2014, an american citizen born in russia, eugene kashper, bought the entire pabst company, so also national bohemian.