List of breweries in Tennessee

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

Active breweries

Chattanooga area

• Tanasi Brewing & Supplies – Chattanooga
• Chattanooga Brewing Company – Chattanooga
• Five Wits Brewing Company - Chattanooga
• Hutton & Smith Brewing Company – Chattanooga
• Mad Knight Brewing Company – Chattanooga
• Monkey Town Brewing Company - Chattanooga
• OddStory Brewing Company – Chattanooga
• Empyreal Brewing - Chattanooga
• Dynamo Brewing - Chattanooga
• TailGate Brewery - Chattanooga
• Wanderlinger Brewing Company - Chattanooga
• Cherry Street Brewpub - Chattanooga

Clarksville area

• Blackhorse Pub & Brewery - Clarksville
• Old Abe’s Brew House - Clarksville
• Strawberry Alley Ale Works - Clarksville
• The Fallen Brewery - Clarksville 2/19/2022 - 11/1/2025
• The Star Spangled Brewing Co - Clarksville

Cookeville area

• Hix Farm Brewery – Cookeville closed
• Jig Head Brewing Company – Cookeville closed
• Red Silo Brewing Company – Cookeville

Knoxville area

• Alliance Brewing Company – Knoxville
• Balter Beerworks – Knoxville
• Blackhorse Pub & Brewery - Knoxville
• Chisholm Tavern Brewery – Knoxville
• Clinch River Brewing – Knoxville, Norris
• Crafty Bastard Brewing – Knoxville
• Elst Brewing Company – Knoxville
• Fanatic Brewing – Knoxville
• Geezers Brewery – Knoxville
• Hexagon Brewing Company – Knoxville
• Last Days of Autumn Brewery – Knoxville
• Pretentious Beer Company – Knoxville
• Printshop Beer Company – Knoxville
• Schulz Bräu Brewing – Knoxville
• Smoky Mountain Brewery – Knoxville
• Woodruff Brewing Company – Knoxville

Memphis area

• Bosco's Restaurant and Brewing Company – Memphis
• Crosstown Brewing Company – Memphis
• Ghost River Brewing – Memphis
• High Cotton Brewing Company– Memphis
• Memphis Made Brewing Company – Memphis
• Rock’n Dough Pizza & Brew Company Company – Memphis
• Soul and Spirit Brewing Company
• Wiseacre Brewing Company [also purchased and brews the Bearded Iris brand] – Memphis

Murfreesboro area

• Cedar Glade Brews – Murfreesboro
• Middle Ground Brewing Co – Murfreesboro

Nashville area

• Barrique Brewing & Blending - Nashville
• Bassline Brewing Co - Nashville
• Black Abbey Brewing Company – Nashville
• Blackstone Brewing Company- Nashville
• Broadcast Brewing – Nashville [soft opening 4/13/2024]
• Crazy Gnome Brewery – Nashville [moved/opened in new location 4/26/2025]
• East Nashville Beer Works – Nashville
• Fait La Force Brewing - Nashville
• Fat Bottom Brewing Company – Nashville
• Jackalope Brewing Company – Nashville [acquired 10/9/2024 by Tacoma and Hoyt LLC investment firm]
• Living Waters Brewing Company - Nashville
• Marble Fox Brewing Company – Nashville
• New Heights Brewing Company – Nashville
• Smith & Lentz Brewing – Nashville
• Southern Grist Brewing Company – Nashville [to be taken over by XUL Beer Company by year end]
• Stoke Haus Brewing & Barbecue - Nashville [opened 8/6/2025, in former Crazy Gnome location]
• TailGate Brewing – Nashville
• Tennessee Brew Works – Nashville
• Tennfold Brewing – Donelson

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

• Bristol Station Brews & Taproom – Bristol, VA
• Elder Brew – Bristol, TN
• Great Oak Brewing – Johnson City
• Gypsy Circus Cider Company – Kingsport
• Holston River Brewing Company – Bristol, TN
• Johnson City Brewing Company – Johnson City
• JRH Brewing – Johnson City
• Little Animals Brewery – Johnson City
• State Street Brewing – Bristol, VA
• Watauga Brewing Company - Johnson City
• Yee-Haw Brewing Company – Johnson City

Other areas

East Tennessee

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

Middle Tennessee

• Bad Idea Brewing - Columbia
• 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 – Hendersonville
• Happy Trails Brewing Co. – Sparta
• Granite City Food & Brewery - Franklin
• Mill Creek Brewing Company – Nolensville [Closed 11/11/2019. Reopened under new ownership 5/15/2020]
• Ole Shed Brewing Company – Tullahoma
• One19 Craft Kitchen & Brewery (beer branded Furnace Brewing) - Dickson
• Tenn Lakes Brewing Company - Lebanon
• Twisted Copper Brewing Company - Mt Pleasant
• Yazoo Brewing Company – Madison

West Tennessee

• Meddlesome Brewing Company – Cordova
• Hub City Brewing – Jackson
• Reelfoot Brewing Company - Trimble

Former breweries

• 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 - 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) - 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 – Murfreesboro 12/20/2018 (Mantra 9/1/2019) - 03/2020
• Depot Bottom Brewery - McMinnville 2018-2020
• Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery – Nashville 2013-2021
• Various Artists Brewing – Nashville 2018-2021
• Cool Springs Brewery – Franklin 10/2009 - 1/11/2022
• Terminal Brewhouse – 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)]
• Honky Tonk Brewing Company – Nashville 10/2014 (taproom 1/2015) - 7/2/2022
• Gladiator Brewing Co. - Clarksville opened 2018(?) (closed 9/2019, reopened in new location w/ taproom(?) 8/7/2020) - 9/11/2022
• Perrylodgic Brewing Company – 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 - Nashville 5/30/2020 - 9/2023
• Kings Bluff Brewery - Clarksville 2/2/2019 - 9/2/2023
• Big River Grille & Brewing Works – 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
• Big Trouble Brewing Company - Gallatin 8/16/2021 - 8/3/2024
• Asgard Brewing Company – Columbia 10/1/2016 - 8/16/2024
• Panther Creek Brews - Murfreesboro 6/20/2020 - 10/5/2024
• Mayday Brewery – Murfreesboro 11/30/2012 - 11/16/2024
• Czann's Brewing Company – Nashville 03/2013 (production) / 6/19/2014 (taproom) - 11/24/2024
• Hi-Wire Brewing – Nashville 8/18/2023 - 12/29/2024
• Naked River Brewing Company – Chattanooga 11/5/2018 - 7/22/2025
• Bearded Iris Brewing Company – Nashville 2/7/2016 - ~8/1/2025 [see Wiseacre Brewing Company]

See also

• Beer in the United States
• List of breweries in the United States
• List of microbreweries

References