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themselves would enjoy and share it with their community. Of the ten breweries featured in this guide, five owners/founders were early members of the Music City Brewers.

Most of the brewers covered in this book—though they all have different styles, ambitions, and philosophies—all live to give beer drinkers something enlightened, something different. It’s not about competing against each other or the likes of Budweiser, Coors, and Miller (well, maybe just a bit). But mostly it is about education. Showing people that they have other options, and those options are damn good.

For these craftsmen and women, every handle, bottle, or can that graces a bar, convenience store, or grocery store is a win for craft beer in Nashville. They are all in it together—from borrowing ingredients to lobbying for the city’s official endorsement of the Brewery District—for the betterment of craft beer and for making sure the beer you get here is drinkin’ good.

“Go South, craft beer! Go South!”

To evoke famed 19th-century author, journalist, politician, and craft beer fanatic Horace Greeley, the call “Go South, craft beer! Go South!” has been answered. And of the southern cities that have stepped up their craft brewery game, Nashville stands tall.

Now . . . to the breweries!

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