The Best Breweries in Nashville for a Bachelor Party

Why Breweries Beat Broadway in the Afternoon

Lower Broadway at 2pm is a sweaty crush of pedal taverns and cover bands. A brewery patio is the opposite: room to spread out, games to play, and pints that cost half what the honky tonks charge.

The smart Nashville bachelor party structure is breweries by day, Broadway by night. Here is your daytime rotation.

The Best Breweries

Tailgate Brewery Germantown

Best for: The anchor stop, biggest menu | Price: Pints $7 to $8, pizzas $14 to $18

Around 30 beers on draft, a full pizza menu, and a big patio next to the Nashville Sounds stadium and Brooklyn Bowl. If a game is on, this turns into the perfect pregame. Groups of 15 plus fit without drama.

Order this: The Peanut Butter Milk Stout and a Nashville Hot Chicken pizza, around $17.

Bearded Iris Brewing

Best for: The IPA guys in your group | Price: Pints $7 to $9

Bearded Iris built its reputation on hazy IPAs, and Homestyle is the one everyone knows. The Germantown taproom is the original and pairs naturally with a Tailgate stop since they are in the same neighborhood.

Order this: Homestyle IPA, around $8.

Smith and Lentz

Best for: Pizza and a covered patio in East Nashville | Price: Pints $6 to $8, pizzas $15 to $19

The Infatuation calls the back patio the place you want to be, and the move here is a table full of pepperoni pizzas with hot honey and a rotation of lagers and IPAs. Covered seating means a rain shower does not kill the stop.

Order this: Pepperoni pie with hot honey, around $17, with the pilsner.

Fat Bottom Brewing

Best for: Cornhole tournaments | Price: Pints $6 to $8

Fat Bottom sits in The Nations with a courtyard built for yard games. Bring a bracket for a group cornhole tournament and make the losers buy the next round.

Order this: Ruby American Red Ale, around $7.

East Nashville Beer Works

Best for: A laid-back neighborhood stop | Price: Pints $6 to $8

The backyard here is basically one giant patio. It is casual, cheap, and never feels like a tourist trap, which makes it a good reset stop in the middle of a long day.

Order this: Miro Miel honey blonde, around $7.

Southern Grist Brewing

Best for: The guy who says he does not like beer | Price: Pours $8 to $10

Southern Grist specializes in heavily fruited sours and dessert-adjacent stouts. It sounds like a gimmick until the whole table is passing pours around. Flights are the move here.

Order this: A flight of fruited sours, around $14.

Jackalope Brewing

Best for: An easy stop near downtown | Price: Pints $6 to $8

Jackalope's taproom, The Ranch, sits close to the action, so it works as the first stop before you head toward Broadway. Thunder Ann is the flagship pale ale and a safe order for the whole table.

Order this: Thunder Ann American Pale Ale, around $7.

Planning Tips

• Build a two-neighborhood day: Tailgate and Bearded Iris in Germantown, then ride to East Nashville for Smith and Lentz and Beer Works.
• Eat at every other stop. Two brewery pizzas across the afternoon keeps the group upright for the night shift.
• Most taprooms open at 11am or noon and slow down by 9pm. They are a daytime play, not a nightcap.
• Rideshare between neighborhoods runs $10 to $15. Do not let anyone drive.