The future of Natty Boh may be decided in a Milwaukee courtroom.
While originally brewed here in Baltimore, the ever-popular National Bohemian is among roughly two dozen brands of mostly cheap beer owned by Los Angeles-based Pabst Brewing Company that are brewed at plants scattered across the country.
Since 1999, Pabst has had a contract with beer giant MillerCoors to brew its stable of beer labels. (Boh has been produced in Albany, Georgia, Trenton, Ohio, and, up until 2016, in Eden, North Carolina.)
But the deal, which has options for two further extensions, is set to run out at the end of 2020, and MillerCoors has said it does not want to extend any further because its plants cannot produce as much beer as Pabst needs—at least not at the rate laid out in their contract. Pabst has said MillerCoors is asking for the new rate to be set at $45 per barrel, “nearly triple” the present one, the AP reportedearlier this week.
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