List of breweries in Tennessee


This is a list of active and former breweries in Tennessee.

Active breweries

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Chattanooga area

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  • Tanasi Brewing & Supplies[1] – Chattanooga
  • Chattanooga Brewing Company[2] – Chattanooga
  • Five Wits Brewing Company[3] - Chattanooga
  • Hutton & Smith Brewing Company[4] – Chattanooga
  • Mad Knight Brewing Company[5] – Chattanooga
  • Monkey Town Brewing Company - Chattanooga
  • Naked River Brewing Company[6] – Chattanooga
  • OddStory Brewing Company[7] – Chattanooga
  • Empyreal Brewing - Chattanooga
  • Dynamo Brewing - Chattanooga
  • TailGate Brewery - Chattanooga
  • Wanderlinger Brewing Company - Chattanooga
  • Cherry Street Brewpub - Chattanooga

Clarksville area

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  • Blackhorse Pub & Brewery[8] - Clarksville
  • Old Abe’s Brew House - Clarksville
  • Strawberry Alley Ale Works - Clarksville
  • The Fallen Brewery - Clarksville
  • The Star Spangled Brewing Co - Clarksville

Cookeville area

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  • Hix Farm Brewery[9] – Cookeville closed
  • Jig Head Brewing Company[10] – Cookeville closed
  • Red Silo Brewing Company[11] – Cookeville

Knoxville area

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  • Alliance Brewing Company[12] – Knoxville
  • Balter Beerworks[13] – Knoxville
  • Blackhorse Pub & Brewery[14] - Knoxville
  • Chisholm Tavern Brewery[15] – Knoxville
  • Clinch River Brewing[16] – Knoxville, Norris
  • Crafty Bastard Brewing[17] – Knoxville
  • Elst Brewing Company[18] – Knoxville
  • Fanatic Brewing[19] – Knoxville
  • Geezers Brewery[20] – Knoxville
  • Hexagon Brewing Company[21] – Knoxville
  • Last Days of Autumn Brewery[22] – Knoxville
  • Pretentious Beer Company[23] – Knoxville
  • Printshop Beer Company[24] – Knoxville
  • Schulz Bräu Brewing[25] – Knoxville
  • Smoky Mountain Brewery[26] – Knoxville
  • Woodruff Brewing Company[27] – Knoxville

Memphis area

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  • Bosco's Restaurant and Brewing Company[28] – Memphis
  • Crosstown Brewing Company[29] – Memphis
  • Ghost River Brewing[30] – Memphis
  • High Cotton Brewing Company[31]– Memphis
  • Memphis Made Brewing Company[32] – Memphis
  • Rock’n Dough Pizza & Brew Company Company[33] – Memphis
  • Wiseacre Brewing Company[34] – Memphis

Murfreesboro area

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  • Cedar Glade Brews – Murfreesboro
  • Mayday Brewery[35] – Murfreesboro (closing 11/16/2024)
  • Middle Ground Brewing Co – Murfreesboro

Nashville area

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  • Barrique Brewing & Blending - Nashville
  • Bassline Brewing Co - Nashville
  • Bearded Iris Brewing Company[36] – Nashville
  • Black Abbey Brewing Company[37] – Nashville
  • Blackstone Brewing Company[38]- Nashville
  • Broadcast Brewing – Nashville
  • Crazy Gnome Brewery – Nashville
  • Czann's Brewing Company[39] – Nashville
  • East Nashville Beer Works[40] – Nashville
  • Fait La Force Brewing - Nashville
  • Fat Bottom Brewing Company[41] – Nashville
  • Hi-Wire Brewing – Nashville
  • Honky Tonk Brewing Company[42] – Nashville
  • Jackalope Brewing Company[43] – Nashville
  • Living Waters Brewing Company - Nashville
  • Marble Fox Brewing Company – Nashville
  • New Heights Brewing Company[44] – Nashville
  • Smith & Lentz Brewing[45] – Nashville
  • Southern Grist Brewing Company[46] – Nashville
  • TailGate Brewing[47] – Nashville
  • Tennessee Brew Works[48] – Nashville
  • Tennfold Brewing – Donelson

Tri-Cities area (Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport)

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  • Bristol Station Brews & Taproom[49] – Bristol, VA
  • Elder Brew[50] – Bristol, TN
  • Great Oak Brewing[51] – Johnson City
  • Gypsy Circus Cider Company [52] – Kingsport
  • Holston River Brewing Company[53] – Bristol, TN
  • Johnson City Brewing Company[54] – Johnson City
  • JRH Brewing[55] – Johnson City
  • Little Animals Brewery[56] – Johnson City
  • State Street Brewing[57] – Bristol, VA
  • Watauga Brewing Company[58] - Johnson City
  • Yee-Haw Brewing Company[59] – Johnson City


Other areas

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East Tennessee

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  • Bankwalker Brewing Co - Pikeville
  • Clinch River Brewing[60] – Norris, Knoxville
  • Creekside Brewing Company - Crossville
  • Depot Street Brewing[61] – Jonesborough
  • Lilly Pad Hopyard Brewery[62] – Lancing
  • MoCo Brewing Project - Wartburg
  • Monkey Town Brewing Company[63] – Dayton, Loudon
  • Peaceful Side Brewery - Maryville
  • Round 6 Brewing[64] – Maryville
  • Sawbriar Brewing - Jamestown
  • Sequatchie Valley Brewing Company - Dunlap
  • Smoky Mountain Brewery[65] – Gatlinburg, Maryville, Oak Ridge, Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, Knoxville
  • Swing On Brewing Company - Crossville
  • Tri-Hop Brewery[66] – Maryville

Middle Tennessee

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  • Bad Idea Brewing[67] - Columbia
  • Big Trouble Brewing Company - Gallatin
  • BS Brew Works - Springfield
  • Calfkiller Brewing Company - Sparta
  • Cedar City Brewing Company - Lebanon
  • Common Law Brewing Co - Spring Hill
  • Common John Brewing Co - Manchester
  • Curio Brewing Company - Franklin
  • Flytes Brewhouse - Pleasant View
  • Half Batch Brewing Company [68] – Hendersonville
  • Happy Trails Brewing Co.[69] – Sparta
  • Granite City Food & Brewery - Franklin
  • Mill Creek Brewing Company[70] – Nolensville [Closed 11/11/2019. Reopened under new ownership 5/15/2020[71]]
  • Ole Shed Brewing Company[72] – Tullahoma
  • One19 Craft Kitchen & Brewery (beer branded Furnace Brewing) - Dickson
  • Tenn Lakes Brewing Company - Lebanon
  • Twisted Copper Brewing Company - Mt Pleasant
  • Yazoo Brewing Company[73] – Madison

West Tennessee

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  • Meddlesome Brewing Company[74] – Cordova
  • Hub City Brewing[75] – Jackson
  • Reelfoot Brewing Company - Trimble


Former breweries

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  • Nashville Brewing Company - Nashville 1859-1890
  • Tennessee Brewery - Memphis 1887-1954
  • Big River Grille & Brewing Works - Nashville 1996-2013
  • Boscos Restaurant & Brewing Co - Nashville 1994-2014
  • O'Possum's Irish Pub - Murfreesboro 2012 - 3/27/2017
  • Green Dragon Pub and Brewery [76] - Murfreesboro 9/23/2017 (brewery) - 7/13/2019
  • Mantra Artisan Ales - Franklin 11/13/2015 - 9/1/2019 [former location of Turtle Anarchy Brewing Co.]
  • Mill Creek Brewing Company (experimental and specialty brewing only[77]) - Franklin 9/18/2019 - 11/11/2019 [former location of Mantra Artisan Ales]
  • Steel Barrel Brewery / Mantra Artisan Ales / Humulus Project (parent company Life is Brewing) at Hop Springs Beer Park [78] – Murfreesboro 12/20/2018 (Mantra 9/1/2019) - 03/2020
  • Depot Bottom Brewery - McMinnville 2018-2020
  • Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery [79] – Nashville 2013-2021
  • Various Artists Brewing – Nashville 2018-2021
  • Cool Springs Brewery – Franklin 10/2009 - 1/11/2002
  • Terminal Brewhouse [80] – Chattanooga 2009 - 4/21/2022
  • Furnace Brewing - Dickson 9/1/2019 - 6/21/2022 [New owners 12/2021. 6/21/2022 name changed to One19 Craft Kitchen & Brewery (beer still named Furnace)]
  • Perrylodgic Brewing Company [81] – Paris 4/2015 - 12/7/2022
  • Tennessee Valley Brewing Company - Clarksville 7/14/2017 - 10/14/2023 [reopened with new owner as Old Abe’s Brew House 12/31/2023]
  • Huckleberry Brewing Co – Franklin 4/2022 - 9/2023
  • Bold Patriot Brewing Company [82] - Nashville 5/30/2020 - 9/2023
  • Kings Bluff Brewery - Clarksville 2/2/2019 - 9/2/2023
  • Big River Grille & Brewing Works [83] – Chattanooga 9/1993 - 10/29/2023
  • Marrowbone Creek Brewing Co - Ashland City 11/2020 - 11/18/2023
  • Harding House Brewing Company – Nashville 10/20/2018 - 3/2/2024
  • Asgard Brewing Company [84] – Columbia 10/1/2016 - 8/16/2024
  • Panther Creek Brews [85] - Murfreesboro 6/20/2020 - 10/5/2024


See also

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