TailGate Brewery anchors a 7-acre campus on Charlotte Pike in West Nashville, with a full bar, a kitchen and a production facility on one site. The taproom keeps around 30 house beers on tap, and the brewery's own listing runs the range from barrel-aged beers to West Coast IPAs and an extensive sour program.
Who would love it: drinkers who want one room with enough variety to please an IPA hunter, a sour fan and a barrel-aged drinker at the same table. Who would skip it: anyone after a tight, single-style taproom, since TailGate's appeal is breadth across a long board rather than one signature pour.
The room is built for groups, with indoor seating, a large outdoor area and the production tanks on the same property, which gives the place the feel of a beer campus rather than a corner taproom. A full gourmet pizza menu covers dine-in and take-out, so a visit can run from a quick flight to a long table with food. This is the West Nashville headquarters of a brewery that now runs eight taprooms across Tennessee, including East Nashville and the airport.
Order a flight first, since the point of TailGate is range, then pick a lane. The West Coast IPAs are the spine of the board, the sour program is deep enough to reward a detour, and the barrel-aged beers are the slow sipper if you want one. Pair whatever you land on with a gourmet pizza, which Tripadvisor reviewers single out as the reason a tasting turns into a full afternoon.
The crowd is West Nashville locals, families and groups using the outdoor space, and beer travelers ticking off the Nashville brewery trail. Hours open at 11am daily, so this is one of the few breweries that works for an early lunch as well as an evening round. Weekends run later and busier, while weekday afternoons stay open and calm enough to taste through the long board.
Who is it for: variety seekers who want one stop with 30 taps, groups who need space and food, and sour and barrel-aged drinkers who want options beyond the IPA shelf. Note the size of the place and plan for a campus visit rather than a quick corner pint.
Best time to go is a weekday afternoon for a quiet tasting across the full board, or a weekend for the busier outdoor energy and pizza. The Charlotte Pike location sits west of downtown with parking on site, which makes it an easy drive-and-stay rather than a walk-up. With 30 taps pouring, an hour here covers more styles than a stop at most single-focus taprooms.
What regulars say circles back to choice. Drinkers on the Yelp listing return for the sheer number of styles on tap and the pizza, and reviewers repeat that the sour program and the West Coast IPAs are the standouts on a board that can otherwise feel large. The recurring advice is to start with a flight, find the lane you like, then settle in with food.
A note on the campus: with the production facility, the kitchen and the outdoor space all on one property, a visit here can fill an afternoon rather than a single round, which is rare for a Nashville brewery and part of why groups treat it as a destination. It also makes TailGate an easy first or last stop on a West Nashville beer run, since there is room to wait out a crowd without leaving.
For the wider field, our guide to the best craft beer bars in Nashville sets this West Nashville campus against the East Nashville taprooms, and the city Nashville bar guide maps where to drink beyond Broadway. Beer fans should compare the pours at Fat Bottom Brewery in Nashville and the lineup at Yazoo Brewing in Nashville.
Sources: TailGate Brewery official site, tailgatebeer.com (2026); Tripadvisor TailGate Brewery listing; Yelp TailGate Brewery reviews; Fly Nashville (BNA) taproom listing. Profile by James Harlow, barsforKings.
