Discover Nashville Distilleries + Cideries and a Meadery
Pick your poison–whiskey, moonshine, vodka, liqueur, gin–at our local distilleries. We’re experiencing Nashville’s biggest liquor-making boom industry since Prohibition. We’ve even got two cideries and a meadery. Some distilleries offer tours; some are just stores with sipping spots. Read on for what’s where, organized by geographic location. (Photo above: Pennington Distilling Co.)
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Downtown/SoBro/Germantown
Old Smoky Distillery
Shares its spacious facility with YeeHaw Brewery. Lots of room to hang out and play cornhole and such. The distillery is like the Baskin-Robbins of PGA. Moonshine flavors include Butter Pecan, Moonshine Cherries, Cinnamon Toast Cream and Strawberry Mango Margarita.
Big Machine Distillery
Goes great guns with three unique outlets for their products. The downtown distillery offers tours, tastings and a Bloody Mary bar. In addition, it operates a combination distillery and tavern in Berry Hill (listed under South of Nashville). Its main production facility and tasting room is in Lynnville, TN.
Bob Dylan’s Heaven’s Door Distillery
No, you won’t find Bob pushing barrels or tending bar here in SoBro but these folks sincerely hope you’ll link his iconoclastic spirit to their spirits. Opening soon. Details to come.
Collier & McKeel
Located in Marathon Village at 1200 Clinton Street, the signature spirits here are small-barrel Tennessee Whiskey, Fiery Gizzard cinnamon-spiked whiskey and their version of moonshine called White Dog.
Corsair Distillery and Taproom
A tour with tastings will set you back $14 and the tour alone is $7. Kids are free but I’m not sure why you’re dragging them along. They also offer craft cocktail classes and guided tastings. Local beers are also available.
Nashville Barrel Company
Rum, small batch rye, and bourbon are on tap at this innovative little business. Experiences range from flights to walk-throughs where you walk away with a bottle of your own personal choice based on tastings. Located at 222 Fesslers Lane, just a mile or two east of downtown.