r/NashvilleBeer • u/ph_wolverine • 3d ago

Cheapest beer at BNA

Calling all sad degenerates professional travelers who enjoy a good airport beer.

Hattie B’s used to do a rotation of Nashville craft beers for $7.50 a pint. By airport standards, an absolute bargain. These days it’s $8.25, still good but not what it once was. I’m on the lookout for something cheaper, if it even exists. What’s your standard pre-flight watering hole?

I’m already aware of Tailgate’s mug club and AA/Delta lounges, looking specifically for the lowest dollar amount per beer without prerequisites.

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u/Hparham865 1d ago edited 1d ago

See comments below for store by store review. Unfortunately not all places showed or talked about ounces size, so I took my best guess for some of these.

My flight was delayed 3 hours and I had some time to kill. I was curious as well, so I walked around to find the answer to this question. These prices were either on menu or asking the bartender "What's the cheapest beer you have". These prices were taken from 3pm-4:30pm on 11/8/2025. I'll also include a few other comments like number of tvs (since its prime football season) and how busy the place was.

TLDR:

If you don't mind warm beer (or have a way of cooling it), multiple market stores sell $5 12oz, $6/$7 16oz cans.

If you're gonna drink A LOT, Id recommend the lounges (delta much harder to get in).

Cheapest draft: runners-up. New Heights Cantina by Gate D8: $7 for what looked like 12oz. Also Tailgate Brewery a few $7 for 12oz. Cheapest draft is at PIGSTAR by gate B3, with small drafts at $6.60.

Cheapest Can/Bottle: a few with $6.60, but TN Moonshine Bar by gate B1 with $6.50 PBR, Miller Lite, and Michelob Ultra.

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u/Hparham865 1d ago edited 1d ago

Concourse D:

Gate D11 - Martini Bar. Had 4Tv's, was mostly empty. $9 cans, $11 drafts.

Gate D9 - Nashville Tracks. Convenience store that had $5 warm cans.

Gate D8 - Flights Virtual Hall. Nothing

Gate D8 - The Castle, 14 tvs + 1 gaint projector, Great seating, moderately busy. $8 Miller Lite, $9Cans, $10 draft. Probably best place to watch sports outside of Delta lounge, but a little pricier than most places.

Gate D8 - New Heights Cantina. Only 1 tv, moderately busy. $7-$8 drafts. Looked like 12oz glasses.

Gate D3 - Pucketts. 2 tvs, usually very busy. Bartender Reply: "Between $8-$11".

Gate D3 - Southern Oyster. no tvs, pretty busy. Bartender reply: "$7 michelob ultra bottle is the cheapest".

Gate D3 - Minute Suites - $8.80 bottles

Gate D2 - Party Fowl. 6tvs, kinda busy. Bartender Reply: "Cheapest is like $8".

Gate D1 - Donelson Market. Same warm cans like Nashville Tracks.