2023 TN Beer Adventure

Thank you for following us around Tennessee in 2023 as we enjoyed a beer from every brewer!
No big beer plans in 2024, but we’ll try to hit every new TN brewery that opens. That’ll be easier.
Check out pics from our year on Instagram!

Travel Log

  1. Jan 1 – New Heights Brewing, Nashville
  2. Jan 7 – Star Spangled Brewing Brewery, Clarksville
  3. Jan 7 – King Bluff Brewery, Clarksville (now closed)
  4. Jan 7 – Star Spangled Brewing Taproom, Clarksville
  5. Jan 12 – Hutton & Smith Brewing, Chattanooga
  6. Jan 14 – Bays Mountain Brewing, Kingsport
  7. Jan 14 – Depot Street Brewing, Jonesborough
  8. Jan 14 – Elderbrew, Bristol
  9. Jan 15 – Yew-Haw Brewing, Johnson City
  10. Jan 15 – Tennessee Hills Brewstillery, Johnson City
  11. Jan 15 – Johnson City Brewing, Johnson City
  12. Jan 15 – Little Animals Brewery, Johnson City
  13. Jan 15 – Great Oak Brewing, Johnson City
  14. Jan 21 – Marrowbone Creek Brewing, Ashland City (now closed)
  15. Jan 21 – Flytes Brewhouse, Pleasant View
  16. Jan 21 – BS Brew Works, Springfield
  17. Jan 26 – East Nashville Beer Works, Nashville
  18. Jan 28 – Curio Brewing, Franklin
  19. Feb 1 – Cedar Glade Brew, Murfreesboro
  20. Feb 4 – Common Law Brewing, Spring Hill
  21. Feb 4 – Asgard Brewing, Columbia
  22. Feb 4 – Twisted Copper Brewing, Mt Pleasant
  23. Feb 4 – Bad Idea Brewing, Columbia
  24. Feb 16 – Hook Point Brewing: The Ready Room taproom, Memphis
  25. Feb 16 – Hampline Brewing, Memphis
  26. Feb 16 – Wiseacre Brewing OG, Memphis
  27. Feb 16 – Crosstown Brewing, Memphis
  28. Feb 17 – Boscos Restaurant and Brewing, Memphis (TN’s first post-prohibition independent brewery, Est. 1992)
  29. Feb 17 – Wiseacre Brewing HQ, Memphis
  30. Feb 17 – Grind City Brewing, Memphis
  31. Feb 17 – Soul & Spirits Brewery, Memphis
  32. Feb 17 – Ghost River Brewing, Memphis
  33. Feb 17 –Memphis Made Brewing, Memphis
  34. Feb 17 – Cooper House Project, Memphis
  35. Feb 18 – High Cotton Brewing, Memphis
  36. Feb 18 – Meddlesome Brewing, Cordova
  37. Feb 26 – Briarscratch Brewing at Prince St Pizza & Pub, Gallatin
  38. Feb 26 – Big Trouble Brewing, Gallatin
  39. Mar 4 – Panther Creek Brews, Murfreesboro
  40. Mar 4 – Mayday Brewery, Murfreesboro
  41. Mar 12 – Tailgate Brewery Hendersonville, Hendersonville
  42. Mar 14 – TennFold Brewing, Donelson
  43. Mar 18 – Half Batch Brewing, Hendersonville (original location)
  44. Mar 18 – Yazoo Brewing, Madison
  45. Mar 31 – Ole Shed Brewing, Tullahoma
  46. Mar 31 – Common John Brewing, Manchester
  47. Apr 13 – Smith & Lentz Brewing, Nashville
  48. Apr 15 – Czann’s Brewing, Nashville
  49. Apr 22 – Tennessee Valley Brewing, Clarksville (original location, now closed)
  50. Apr 22 – The Fallen Brewery, Clarksville
  51. Apr 22 – Evill Nash Brewing, Clarksville
  52. May 13 – Cedar City Brewing, Lebanon
  53. May 13 – Tenn Lakes Brewing, Lebanon
  54. May 28 – Blackstone Brewing, Nashville
  55. May 28 – Nashville Brewing, Nashville
  56. Jun 18 – Little Harpeth Brewing, Nashville International Airport Terminal B
  57. Jul 1 – Calfkiller Brewing, Sparta
  58. Jul 1 – Happy Trails Brewery, Sparta
  59. Jul 1 – Red Silo Brewing, Cookeville
  60. Jul 15 – Black Abbey Brewing, Nashville
  61. Jul 15 – Fait la Force Brewing, Nashville
  62. Jul 30 – Mill Creek Brewing, Nolensville
  63. Aug 5 – Living Waters Brewing, Nashville
  64. Sep 1 – Top of the Rock Restaurant & Brewery, Jasper
  65. Sep 2 – Copperhill Brewery, Copperhill
  66. Sep 2 – Buck Bald Brewing, Copperhill
  67. Sep 2 – Monkey Town Brewing, Dayton
  68. Sep 2 – Cherry Street Brewing, Chattanooga (ATL brewery making beer in TN)
  69. Sep 2 – Tanasi Brewing, Chattanooga
  70. Sep 2 – Mad Knight Brewing, Chattanooga
  71. Sep 2 – Empyreal Brewing, Chattanooga
  72. Sep 2 – Oddstory Brewing: The Greenhouse Barrel & Taproom, Chattanooga
  73. Sep 2 – Dynamic Brewing & Beverage at Hello Monty, Chattanooga
  74. Sep 3 – Naked River Brewing, Chattanooga
  75. Sep 3 – Chattanooga Brewing, Chattanooga
  76. Sep 3 – Five Wits Brewing, Chattanooga
  77. Sep 3 – Oddstory Brewing, Chattanooga
  78. Sep 3 – Big River Grille, Chattanooga (The only brewery in Chattanooga in the 1990s, permanently closed)
  79. Sep 3 – Wanderlinger Brewing, Chattanooga
  80. Sep 3 – Tailgate Brewery Chattanooga, Chattanooga
  81. Sep 8 – Hub City Brewing, Jackson
  82. Sep 8 – Reelfoot Brewery, Trimble
  83. Sep 9 – Urban Consequence Brewing, Memphis
  84. Sep 10 – Swing On Brewing, Crossville
  85. Sep 21– Bearded Iris Brewing HQ, Nashville
  86. Sep 21 – Barrique Brewing and Blending, Nashville
  87. Oct 4 – Tennessee Valley Brewing, Clarksville (new location downtown, permanently closed)
  88. Oct 7 – Lilly Pad Hopyard Brewery, Lancing
  89. Oct 7 – MoCo Brewing Project, Wartburg
  90. Oct 7 – The Beer Barn, Oliver Springs
  91. Oct 7 – Bankwalker Brewing, Pikeville
  92. Oct 8– Tailgate Brewery HQ, Nashville
  93. Oct 15 – Half Batch Brewing, Hendersonville (new location)
  94. Oct 19 – Iron Forge Brewing, Sevierville
  95. Oct 19 – Gatlinburg Brewing, Sevierville
  96. Oct 26 – Bassline Brewing, Nashville
  97. Oct 26 – Harding House Brewing, Nashville
  98. Oct 26 – Southern Grist Brewing, Nashville
  99. Oct 28 – Middle Ground Brewing, Murfreesboro
  100. Oct 28 – Jackalope Brewing, Nashville
  101. Oct 29 – Marble Fox Brewing, Nashville
  102. Oct 29 – Tennessee Brew Works, Nashville
  103. Oct 29 – Fat Bottom Brewing, Nashville
  104. Oct 30 – Hi-Wire Brewing, Nashville (a TN taproom from our Asheville friends)
  105. Oct 30 – Monday Night Brewing Preservation Co., Nashville (a TN taproom from our ATL friends)
  106. Nov 1 – Crazy Gnome Brewery, Nashville
  107. Nov 2 – Honeytree Meadery, Nashville
  108. Nov 3 – Clinch River Brewing, Norris
  109. Nov 3 – XUL Beer, Knoxville (5th Ave HQ)
  110. Nov 3 – Hexagon Brewing, Knoxville
  111. Nov 3 – 1907 Brewing, Morristown
  112. Nov 3 – Ebony and Ivory Brewing, Knoxville
  113. Nov 3 – Elst Brewing, Knoxville
  114. Nov 3 – Fanatic Brewing, Knoxville
  115. Nov 4 – Bearden Brewhouse, Knoxville
  116. Nov 4 – Abridged Beer, Knoxville (Bearden Brewpub)
  117. Nov 4 – XUL Beer, Knoxville (Hardin Valley)
  118. Nov 4 – Orange Hat Brewing, Knoxville
  119. Nov 4 – Atomic City Brewing, Oak Ridge
  120. Nov 11 – Blackberry Farm Brewery, Maryville
  121. Nov 11 – Swäˈrā Brewing, Maryville
  122. Nov 11 – Peaceful Side Social Brewery, Townsend
  123. Nov 11 – Printshop Beer, Knoxville
  124. Nov 11 – Alliance Brewing, Knoxville
  125. Nov 11 – Last Days Of Autumn Brewing, Knoxville
  126. Nov 11 – Schulz Bräu Brewing, Knoxville
  127. Nov 11 – Next Level Brewing, Knoxville
  128. Nov 11 – Crafty Bastard Brewery, Knoxville
  129. Nov 11 – Pretentious Beer, Knoxville
  130. Nov 11 – Balter Beerworks, Knoxville
  131. Nov 11 – Albright Grove Brewing, Knoxville
  132. Nov 11 – Woodruff Brewing, Knoxville
  133. Nov 12 – Company Distilling, Townsend
  134. Nov 12 – Blackhorse Pub & Brewery, Alcoa
  135. Nov 17 – Strawberry Alley Ale Works, Clarksville
  136. Nov 18 – Crown Winery, Humboldt
  137. Nov 19 – Granite City Brewery, Franklin
  138. Nov 25 – Flanagan Brothers Bierworks, Kingsport
  139. Nov 25 – Watauga Brewing, Johnson City
  140. Nov 25 – Appalachian Sun Brewery, Elizabethton
  141. Dec 3 – One19 Brewery, Dickson
  142. Dec 9 – Sequatchie Valley Brewing, Dunlap
  143. Dec 9 – Creekside Brewing, Clarksville
  144. Dec 9 – Sawbriar Brewing, Jamestown
  145. Dec 15 – Calhouns’ Bar-B-Q & Brew, Knoxville (Beardon Hill)
  146. Dec 15 – 6ix Grist & Grind, Kingsport
  147. Dec 15 – Round 6 Brewing, Maryville
  148. Dec 15 – Tri-Hop Brewery, Maryville
  149. Dec 15 – Honeybee Coffee & Brewery, Knoxville (West Knoxville)
  150. Dec 15 – Smoky Mountain Brewery, Knoxville (Turkey Creek)
  151. Dec 21 – Hop Springs Beer Park, Murfreesboro (taproom may be closed for events, check before stopping by)
  152. Dec 29 – Rock’n Dough, Nashville (Dickerson Pike)
  153. Dec 31 – Old Abe’s Brew House, Clarksville (At the site of the original TN Valley Brewing, under new ownership)

Alphabetical Log

  1. 1907 Brewing – Morristown
  2. 6ix Grist & Grind – Kingsport
  3. Abridged Beer – Knoxville (Bearden Brewpub)
  4. Albright Grove Brewing – Knoxville
  5. Alliance Brewing – Knoxville
  6. Appalachian Sun Brewery – Elizabethton
  7. Asgard Brewing – Columbia
  8. Atomic City Brewing – Oak Ridge
  9. Bad Idea Brewing – Columbia
  10. Balter Beerworks – Knoxville
  11. Bankwalker Brewing – Pikeville
  12. Barrique Brewing and Blending – Nashville
  13. Bassline Brewing – Nashville
  14. Bays Mountain Brewing – Kingsport
  15. Bearded Iris Brewing HQ – Nashville
  16. Bearden Brewhouse – Knoxville
  17. Big River Grille – Chattanooga
  18. Big Trouble Brewing – Gallatin
  19. Black Abbey Brewing – Nashville
  20. Blackstone Brewing – Nashville
  21. Blackberry Farm Brewery – Maryville
  22. Blackhorse Pub & Brewery – Alcoa
  23. Boscos Restaurant and Brewing – Memphis
  24. Briarscratch Brewing – Gallatin
  25. BS Brew Works – Springfield
  26. Buck Bald Brewing – Copperhill
  27. Calfkiller Brewing – Sparta
  28. Calhouns’ Bar-B-Q & Brew – Knoxville (Beardon Hill)
  29. Cedar City Brewing – Lebanon
  30. Cedar Glade Brew – Murfreesboro
  31. Chattanooga Brewing – Chattanooga
  32. Cherry Street Brewing – Chattanooga
  33. Clinch River Brewing – Norris
  34. Common John Brewing – Manchester
  35. Common Law Brewing – Spring Hill
  36. Company Distilling – Townsend
  37. Cooper House Project – Memphis
  38. Copperhill Brewery – Copperhill
  39. Crafty Bastard Brewery – Knoxville
  40. Crazy Gnome Brewery – Nashville
  41. Creekside Brewing – Clarksville
  42. Crosstown Brewing – Memphis
  43. Crown Winery – Humboldt
  44. Curio Brewing – Franklin
  45. Czann’s Brewing – Nashville
  46. Depot Street Brewing – Jonesborough
  47. Dynamic Brewing & Beverage – Chattanooga
  48. East Nashville Beer Works – Nashville
  49. Ebony and Ivory Brewing – Knoxville
  50. Elderbrew – Bristol
  51. Elst Brewing – Knoxville
  52. Empyreal Brewing – Chattanooga
  53. Evill Nash Brewing – Clarksville
  54. Fait la Force Brewing – Nashville
  55. Fanatic Brewing – Knoxville
  56. Fat Bottom Brewing – Nashville
  57. Five Wits Brewing – Chattanooga
  58. Flanagan Brothers Bierworks – Kingsport
  59. Flytes Brewhouse – Pleasant View
  60. Gatlinburg Brewing – Sevierville
  61. Ghost River Brewing – Memphis
  62. Granite City Brewery – Franklin
  63. Great Oak Brewing – Johnson City
  64. Grind City Brewing – Memphis
  65. Half Batch Brewing – Hendersonville (original and new locations)
  66. Hampline Brewing – Memphis
  67. Happy Trails Brewery – Sparta
  68. Harding House Brewing – Nashville
  69. Hexagon Brewing – Knoxville
  70. Hi-Wire Brewing – Nashville
  71. High Cotton Brewing – Memphis
  72. Honeybee Coffee & Brewery – Knoxville (West Knoxville)
  73. Honeytree Meadery – Nashville
  74. Hook Point Brewing – Memphis
  75. Hop Springs Beer Park – Murfreesboro
  76. Hub City Brewing/Rock’n Dough – Jackson HQ and Nashville (Dickerson Pike)
  77. Hutton & Smith Brewing – Chattanooga
  78. Iron Forge Brewing – Sevierville
  79. Jackalope Brewing – Nashville
  80. Johnson City Brewing – Johnson City
  81. King Bluff Brewery – Clarksville (now closed)
  82. Last Days Of Autumn Brewing – Knoxville
  83. Lilly Pad Hopyard Brewery – Lancing
  84. Little Animals Brewery – Johnson City
  85. Little Harpeth Brewing – Nashville International Airport Terminal B
  86. Living Waters Brewing – Nashville
  87. Mad Knight Brewing – Chattanooga
  88. Marble Fox Brewing – Nashville
  89. Marrowbone Creek Brewing – Ashland City (now closed)
  90. Mayday Brewery – Murfreesboro
  91. Meddlesome Brewing – Cordova
  92. Memphis Made Brewing – Memphis
  93. Middle Ground Brewing – Murfreesboro
  94. Mill Creek Brewing – Nolensville
  95. MoCo Brewing Project – Wartburg 
  96. Monday Night Brewing Preservation Co. – Nashville
  97. Monkey Town Brewing – Dayton
  98. Naked River Brewing – Chattanooga
  99. Nashville Brewing – Nashville
  100. New Heights Brewing – Nashville
  101. Next Level Brewing – Knoxville
  102. Oddstory Brewing – Chattanooga (HQ and The Greenhouse Barrel & Taproom)
  103. Ole Shed Brewing – Tullahoma
  104. One19 Brewery – Dickson
  105. Orange Hat Brewing – Knoxville
  106. Panther Creek Brews – Murfreesboro
  107. Peaceful Side Social Brewery – Townsend
  108. Pretentious Beer – Knoxville
  109. Printshop Beer – Knoxville
  110. Red Silo Brewing – Cookeville
  111. Reelfoot Brewery – Trimble
  112. Round 6 Brewing – Maryville
  113. Sawbriar Brewing – Jamestown
  114. Schulz Bräu Brewing – Knoxville
  115. Sequatchie Valley Brewing – Dunlap
  116. Smith & Lentz Brewing – Nashville
  117. Smoky Mountain Brewery – Knoxville (Turkey Creek)
  118. Soul & Spirits Brewery – Memphis
  119. Southern Grist Brewing – Nashville
  120. Star Spangled Brewing – Clarksville (downtown brewery and original taproom)
  121. Strawberry Alley Ale Works – Clarksville
  122. Swäˈrā Brewing – Maryville
  123. Swing On Brewing – Crossville
  124. Tailgate Brewery – Nashville (HQ), Chattanooga & Hendersonville
  125. Tanasi Brewing – Chattanooga
  126. Tenn Lakes Brewing – Lebanon
  127. Tennessee Brew Works – Nashville
  128. Tennessee Hills Brewstillery – Johnson City
  129. Tennessee Valley Brewing – Clarksville (original and new locations, both are now closed)
  130. TennFold Brewing – Donelson
  131. The Beer Barn – Oliver Springs
  132. The Fallen Brewery – Clarksville
  133. Top of the Rock Restaurant & Brewery– Jasper
  134. Tri-Hop Brewery – Maryville
  135. Twisted Copper Brewing – Mt Pleasant
  136. Urban Consequence Brewing – Memphis
  137. Wanderlinger Brewing – Chattanooga
  138. Watauga Brewing – Johnson City
  139. Wiseacre Brewing – Memphis (HQ and OG)
  140. Woodruff Brewing – Knoxville
  141. XUL Beer – Knoxville (5th Ave and Hardin Valley)
  142. Yazoo Brewing – Madison
  143. Yew-Haw Brewing – Johnson City
  144. Old Abe’s Brew House – Clarksville

R.I.P.

These breweries permanently closed in 2023 before I was able to visit.

  1. Bold Patriot Brewing – Nashville
  2. Geezers Brewery – Knoxville
  3. Hix Farm – Cookeville
  4. Huckleberry Brewing – Franklin
  5. Voodoo Brewing – Knoxville

Breweries without Taprooms

  1. Beale Street Brewing, Memphis
  2. RS Lipman Brewing (Honky Tonk, Hap & Harry’s, Little Harpeth, Turtle Anarchy)