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Distillers ask Carroll County to consider state-level permit changes to allow food and private-event BYOB
Summary
Representatives of local distilleries asked Carroll County—s liquor board to consider permit changes modeled on recent Frederick County law that would allow on-premise distilleries to serve food and permit limited private-event BYOB arrangements.
Representatives of two Carroll County distilleries asked the Board of License Commissioners on Tuesday to consider changes to local permitting that would allow on-premise distilleries to serve food and loosen restrictions on private-event alcohol at tasting rooms.
The request, presented as an informational briefing rather than a formal application, cited a package of changes passed in Frederick County this summer. The presenter said the changes Carroll County distillers want fall into two primary areas: (1) allowing county on‑premise distillery permits to include the service of food, and (2) permitting tasting rooms to be used for private events where, under defined conditions, a host or caterer could bring beer or wine purchased from a retailer rather than requiring all alcohol used at…
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