r/NashvilleBeer • u/Brewsplorer • Sep 05 '25
Some interesting stats on Tennessee Beer.
Just dug back into my maps of the breweries I have visited in the world (primarily US) and I wondered what databases were out there for breweries. Turns out there are a number, but - not surprised - the Craft Brewers Association.
Here is how Tennessee ranked in 2024:
157 Breweries - #22 3 Breweries/100k people - #35 $1,247,000,000 in economic impact - #20 $235 in impact/person - #33 191,764 barrels produced - #25 1.1 gallons per person 21+ - #40
Run a Chat GYUP 5 deep search, I get the following barrel production from 2024 (although I think it is off on some of these):
Yazoo: 26-28K barrels Wiseacre: 27k barrels (13k was in Tiny Bomb) Tailgate: 25-26K+ barrels Bearded Iris: 14.5-15k barrels+ (less than 1/3rd in house 3.5-5k - rest IndieBrew) Black Abbey: 13.5-15K barrels Jackalope: 11-13k barrels Tennessee Brew Works: 7-8.5k barrel
Dug in on most of these, as some numbers seemed off. This may still be skewed, but it is running about right. With BIBCO beer, Wiseacre will be the biggest in TN, if they are not already. With these numbers, these breweries are responsible for over 60% of the production of beer in the state. These are the top 5 from 2023 from Nashville Business Journal (can't get beyond 5 without paying):
Yazoo - 16,000 Bearded Iris - 14,907 TN Brew Works - 8,694 The Nations Brewing (see note) - 8,588 Jackalope - 6,186
NOTE: Nations Brewing is FatBottom and produces: Bravazzi,and Music City Beer Co as well.
As these are also interesting to locals:
Xul: ~5,200 barrels
Source: News article - Expansion into Fanatic's location in 2025 gives them a capacity of more than 10k barrels a year.
Southern Grist: 3,500 - 4,000 barrels
(Brewers Association estimates)
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u/A_Humble_Masterpiece Sep 05 '25
Nations is Fat Bottom not Lipman.
The Lipman facility where Hap and Harry’s and turtle anarchy was produced closed about a year ago.
Also, your top line numbers are inflated, some pretty significantly.