Leadership at Nashville Beer Board Takes Charge

The Metro Beer Board officially coronated Benton McDonough as Executive Director at its November 2, 2017 meeting.  Could Sainthood be next?

Director McDonough and Board Chair Brian Taylor have certainly been busy rocking the boat with new changes at the Metro Beer Board.

Hold on to your pacemaker for this one: the Metro Beer Board now accepts personal checks and business checks.  This is in addition to authorizing credit cards, which was a huge change earlier this year.

For over two decades, we have been advising folks to take exact change or cashier’s checks to pay application fees, the $100 privilege tax and fines.  No more for brew-slinging Music City businesses.

Check this one out.  The Beer Board Staff now has the authority to issue a temporary beer permit – without Beer Board approval.  Once your beer permit application is complete, you automatically qualify for a temporary beer permit.  No more timing final inspections with Metro Beer Board meeting dates.

If that’s not enough, yesterday the Beer Board announced that staff will expand the hours for taking calls to answer general questions regarding beer permits applications, from 7:30 a.m. until Noon Central Time, Monday through Friday.  The Beer Board can be reached at 615.862.6751.

Nashville favorite Luke Bryan captures the mood in his hit “Drink a Beer”

So I’m gonna sit right here

On the edge of this pier

Watch the sunset disappear

And drink a beer.

In case you have not gotten the message, the Metro Beer Board ditched the daily proration of privilege taxes and now accepts monthly proration of privilege tax.  See the chart to calculate the amount for your new beer permit fee:

Please note that the fee is not due when a temporary beer permit issues. You only pay the fee after the Metro Beer Board has issued you a final beer permit.

Keep in mind that the fee for a renewed beer permit, also known as the annual privilege tax, remains $100.

Source: LastCall