Brewery Profile

Blackstone Brewing Co

In Nashville’s beer scene, which has grown far beyond its early craft era, this brewery carries an unusual amount of history. It began operations in 1994 and is described as the city’s oldest craft brewery, so a visit is also a point of reference for how local brewing developed before the current wave of taprooms and beer-focused neighborhoods. What a visitor finds is a working brewery identity built around production, not only the social side of drinking beer. Its 30-barrel system is housed in a dedicated production and bottling facility established in 2011, a site that became the company’s primary headquarters in 2016. That background gives the place a more industrial, brewery-first context than a stop designed only as a bar.

Travelers coming through Middle Tennessee often look for local beer that fits around music, food, sports, and neighborhood exploring, but some also want a sense of continuity in a fast-changing city. A stop here fits that second kind of itinerary especially well. Blackstone’s German-engineered brewing equipment, supplied by ROLEC Prozess- und Brautechnik GmbH, includes a fully automated 4-vessel brewhouse intended for consistency and quality production. Bottling is handled with a Krones double pre-evacuation filler, which points to a brewery with established packaging operations as well as draft service. Without relying on a single named beer or trend, the draw is seeing one of Nashville’s long-running craft producers in its production setting.

For planning purposes, confirm current hours, access, and any tour availability directly before going, since those details are not provided here. If you are choosing the visit around a particular style or release, the taproom is the place to confirm the day’s pours. The brewery has received multiple awards during its time in Music City, but the better reason to include it on a visitor route is its role in the local timeline: operations dating to 1994, a production facility dating to 2011, and headquarters status there since 2016. It can work as a quieter, context-building stop for beer travelers who want to understand Nashville’s craft brewing history as well as sample what is being served that day.

Blackstone Brewing Co. operates a 30-barrel brewing system housed within a dedicated production and bottling facility established in 2011, which became the company's primary headquarters in 2016. The brewery, which began operations in 1994, holds the distinction of being Nashville's oldest craft brewery. The German-engineered brewing equipment, supplied by ROLEC Prozess- und Brautechnik GmbH, features a fully automated 4-vessel brewhouse designed for consistency and quality production. Bottling operations utilize a Krones double pre-evacuation filler. Blackstone has received multiple awards throughout its history in Music City.

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2312 Clifton Ave, Nashville, Tennessee, 37209-4115

Phone: (615) 320-9002

Website: http://blackstonebrewery.com

Hours: TAPHOUSE HOURS: Tue-Fri: 4-8pm Sat: 12-8pm Sun: 2-6pm