Best Breweries in Nashville, TN Local Craft Beer Guide

Updated November 11, 2025

So, you want to explore the best breweries in Nashville? 🍻 You’re in for a treat! Music City’s craft beer scene is buzzing with flavor, offering everything from bold IPAs to smooth, easy-drinking lagers.Whether you’re touring taprooms, sampling flights, or simply kicking back with a pint, Nashville’s brewery scene is an experience worth raising a glass to! 🍺

NOTE: Greg is the moderator for the Nashville Beer subreddit.

The Fermatories

To help you explore, these maps are keyed to the listings (numbers for breweries, letters for others), offering two perspectives:

🗺️ County-Wide View: The first map provides a broad look at the county, ensuring you can pinpoint breweries across the area.

📍 Downtown-Focused Inset: The second map zooms in on East, West, and South Nashville, highlighting the heart of the brewery scene. Look for the black box on the first map—it outlines the area covered in the inset.

Brewery Listing

Below is a complete list of Nashville’s breweries—use the accompanying maps to pinpoint their exact locations. I have an asterisks (*) by the ones routinely consider the best breweries by Nashville beer geeks. There are currently 24 breweries with beers in taprooms and 32 taprooms.

🍺 Want to keep it local? Any brewery name marked in bold and italics is headquartered outside of Nashville, helping you focus on homegrown favorites.

1. Barrique Brewing & Blending – East Bank; specializes in wild & mixed-fermentation sours and lagers; taproom is not climate-controlled.Bassline – West Nashville; pub food, cocktails, live music, happy hour Tue-Fri (2-4-1).
2. Bassline – West Nashville; pub food, cocktails, live music, happy hour Tue-Fri (2-4-1).
3. Black Abbey – South Nashville; Abbey-style brews, cask ales, limited food menu with food trucks on weekends.
4. Blackstone – West Nashville; oldest brewery in Nashville, taproom since 2016. Strong in classical type brews, with one hazy IPA.
5. Broadcast Brewing – South Nashville; smallest craft brewery, great for pre-game before Nashville Soccer matches. Nashville Brewing Company also brews here and their beers are available in the taproom.
6. Crazy Gnome – East Nashville; Grayson Miller, also owns Cyanide Cider, PUB Pizza on-site.
7. East Nashville Beer Works – East Nashville. Multiple beer types. Food on site.
8. Fait La Force* – South Nashville; Belgian-focused beers, food from Jam Box Sandwiches & Il Forno.
9. Fat Bottom – West Nashville; large event space, full food menu.
10. Jackalope – South Nashville; moved to its current location in 2018.
11. Living Waters* – East Nashville & West Nashville; craft beer & coffee, known for barrel-aged stouts, early morning beer spot.
12. Marble Fox* – Downtown; opened in 2023, cozy taproom near Arnold’s Country Kitchen.
13. Monday Night – East Germantown; Atlanta-based brewery, Tuesday token special, great outdoor seating. HQ in Atlanta, GA.
14. New Heights – South Nashville; known for Navel Gazer stouts, food truck & 312 Pizza available.
15. Rock N’ Dough – North Nashville; brewery & pizza joint, extensive whiskey selection. HQ in Jackson, TN.
16. Smith & Lentz* – East Nashville; beer & pizza focus, specializing in lagers & IPAs.
17. Southern Grist* (soon to be Xul) – East Nashville & West Nashville; flagship in East Nashville, production facility in Nations.
18. Stokehaus – New Kid on the block. Limited selection, but one of the better BBQ joints in this area of East Nashville.
19. Tailgate – Multiple locations; hazy IPAs, barrel-aged releases, half-price pizza on Wednesdays.
20. Tenn Fold – East Nashville; similar to Tailgate, serves pizza, sandwiches, & salads.
21. Tennessee Brew Works – Downtown; live music, full food menu, half-price premium pours Tuesdays.
22. Wise Acre (Bearded Iris) – Germantown; Wiseacre acquired Bearded Iris in July 2025 and their Sylvan Supply location shut down in August 2025. Flagship beers like Homestyle still available. HQ in Memphis, TN.
23. Yazoo – Madison; historic brewery, offers Embrace the Funk series, Grillshack burgers.
24. Yee-Haw is headquartered in Johnson City, TN and pairs with Old Smokey at 6th & Peabody.

Breakdown

Below, you’ll find a full breakdown of their location, rating, main beer styles, and whether they serve food—plus a special column for those offering cask ales. Because every airport visit is better with a great local pour. ✈️🍺

Brewery	Area	Rating	Known For	Food	Cask?
Barrique	1	4.13	Sours, Lagers	Sometimes	X
Bassline	6	3.68		Yes
Wiseacre (Bearded Iris)	1	4.07	Hazy IPAs	Yes
Black Abbey	5	3.69	Belgian	Yes	X
Blackstone	4	3.67	Lagers	No
Broadcast	5	3.81		Yes
Crazy Gnome	4	3.7		Yes
East Nashville Beer Works	4	3.64		Yes
Fait La Force	5	3.9	Belgians	Yes
Fat Bottom	6	3.53		Yes
Jackalope	5	3.65		Yes
Living Waters, East	3	4.02	Darks	Yes
Living Waters, West	4	4.02	Darks	Yes
Marble Fox	1	4.02		Limited
Monday Night	1	3.86		Limited
New Heights	5	3.8	Darks	Liimited, Food Trucks
Rock ‘N Dough	12	3.77		Yes
Smith & Lentz	4	3.8	Lagers	Yes
Southern Grist, East	4	4.07	Fruited Sours	Yes
Southern Grist, Nations	6	4.07	Fruited Sours	Weekends
Tailgate	8	3.73	Hazy IPAs	Yes
Tailgate Tangers	9	3.73	Hazy IPAs	Yes
Tailgate, East	4	3.73	Funk	Yes
Tailgate, Germantown	1	3.73	Seltzers	Yes
Tailgate, Music Row	3	3.73	Cider	Yes
Tenn Fold	2	3.73		Yes
Tennessee Brew Works	1	3.61		Yes
Yazoo	11	3.66		Yes	X
Yee-Haw	1	3.66		Yes

If you want things broken down by styles, check the Brewery Guide online.

Nashville Airport Breweriess

Flying in or out of Nashville International Airport? You don’t have to wait until you hit the city to enjoy local craft beer! Little Harpeth (23) has a taproom in Concourse B near gate B7, bringing their signature lagers straight to travelers. Fun fact—this brewery used to operate where Barrique Brewing & Blending now stands, though they don’t have additional locations outside the airport.

Other Nashville craft staples you can grab during your layover: 🍻 Tailgate Brewery – Food court, Concourse C 🍻 Tennessee Brew Works – Concourse A/B rotunda (food court) 🍻 Yazoo Brewing – Concourse C near C25

Cideries

• Cyanide Cider (A) brews dry English style ciders. Grayson does keep some other local beers on tap, primarily from Crazy Gnome, which he also owns. Birria Babe has a permanent pop up in their kitchen.
• Tailgate Cider (19) runs out of their Music Row Location, but you can get their flagship cider at any of their locations. Has a full food menu.
• Diskins Cider is still producing, but the WeHo taproom has shut down. They will be closed until they can procur another spot.

Meadery

Nestled in East Nashville, Honeytree Meadery (B) isn’t just the city’s only meadery—it’s a hive of creativity and community. While their honey isn’t produced on-site, their very own apiaries ensure each sip of their mead is infused with locally sourced sweetness.

Beyond crafting exceptional meads, Honeytree doubles as a gathering place, hosting unique events like clothing and book swaps, making it one of Nashville’s most intriguing fermentation hubs. Whether you’re a mead enthusiast or simply looking for a fresh and flavorful experience, this spot is buzzing with charm.

Best Breweries in Nashville

I recently compiled a list of my top 6 breweries in Nashville for a YouTube video. It is 6, as I know which is number 1, but could not easily drop any of the next 5 to make this a convenient top 5 and I did not want to mull through for a top 10. Here are the top 6 and my reasoning.

1. Barrique – Spencer Longhurst is one of the top brewers in state of Tennessee, if not the nation. He has mastered the art of brewing excellent lagers, but shows chops in ales as well. Joel Stickrod is excellent in his niche, which is wild & mixed-ferm sours.

The rest of the top 6 are unordered, as which is above the others changes. I have these in alphabetical order:

• Fait la Force – Originally focusing on Belgian styles, Zach Sowada has created an impressive line across the board. Their IPA game, clean and hazy, is top knotch and they make one of the best Baltic porters I have ever had.
• Living Waters – Originally known for Ryan McCay’s darks, especially vanilla and coffee laden stouts, Living Waters now has an impressive line of stouts and IPAs.
• Marble Fox – Will soon have to move due to a hotel taking over their location, Marble Fox was one of two that came out in 2023. They do IPAs, lagers, and sours primarily, but you will find them brewing darks from time to time.
• Smith & Lentz – A bit narrower than some, fixing in on lagers and IPAs. They also have one of the best pizzas in the city.
• Southern Grist – Soon to be taken over by Xul, Southern Grist is known for their sours, normally fruited or pastry, but has an impressive line of IPAs and the Batch One pastry stout series. Started doing crisp IPAs a few years ago and this series is impressive as well.

Others to mention:

Note: These are breweries I am likely to frequent more often and in no way suggests other breweries in the city are not worth visitng.

• Black Abbey – Decked out like a monastery, this spot is one of two that has cask beers. Carl has some traditional brews, but also some does some interesting barrel aged beers.
• Blackstone – This is a community spot on Sunday, when beer is half price, and $6 pints all the time. Traditional beer with a nice taproom that feels a lot like an English pub. Ample outdoor space and dog friendly inside and out (no hot food – can bring in your own).
• Broadcast – Mike Causy is dialing in his beers and has told me he will be on my top list at some point. Atmosphere more like Cheers than any in the city. Currently 3 to 4 of his own on tap. Also has an impressive taplist with a well curated list of guest taps, including his favorite: Belgians. Also impressed in this age where most breweries are starting at $7 a pint, Mike has his own brews at $6.
• Monday Night – Between being the best taproom from a decoration standpoint, they also have one of the most extensive lists of beer in town. I normally get in on Token Tuesdays with Buy-1-Get-1 deals (token for each beer purchase, good for another).
• New Heights – Best known for Navel Gazer, this is a well situated spot for downtown visitors who don’t mind a short Uber or a longer walk.
• Tailgate – Wes Keegan has built a empire of taprooms. For this reason, many beer geeks have him listed in their top 10. I would like to see the beer the way it was when Spencer was there at some time, but I still have a mug club membership.

For my post on best breweries, click here.

How to Visit the Best Breweries

Hop on board the ultimate brewery adventure! The Music City Brew Hop Trolley makes brewery-hopping a breeze with its two distinct routes—but if you ask me, the East Route is the way to go. While the West Route covers downtown spots that you can easily stroll to, the East Route takes you on a craft beer journey you won’t want to miss. It also hits some of the best breweries in Nashville.

Here’s my game plan for maximizing the East Route’s best stops—each number corresponds to a trolley stop:

🚏 Downtown’s Quick Picks: Kick things off with Yee-Haw Brewing (22) in SoBro, grab a pint at Marble Fox (13) in the Lower Gulch, and don’t miss Tennessee Brew Works (21) in Pie Town. Oh, and if you’re near midtown, swing by Tailgate, Music Row (19) for a brew with a view. These are on the west tour, but you can easily walk over.

This lineup is exactly why I’m an East Route advocate—it hits all the right spots while letting you sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. Ready to roll? Grab your tickets on their site and let the brew tour begin!

The Music City Brew Hop Trolley kicks off its journey at The Omni at 11:50 AM, rolling through Nashville’s best brewery spots until 6 PM. You can also snag a spot at any spot on the journey with your tickets.

NOTE: If you are not wasted after the trolley, you can walk down to Tailgate near the baseball stadium or cross the Jefferson Street Bridge and go to Barrique. Note also that Bearded Iris is now owned by Wiseacre.

Hope you enjoyed hearing about the Nashville beer scene and Nashville’s best breweries.

If you are also seeking an intinerary to quickly explore Nashville, check out the aritcle The Short Trip Nashville Itinerary: How to Explore Music City in a Day or a Weekend .

Peace and Grace,