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Best breweries in Knoxville, Tennessee

Within 13 miles of Knoxville we track 17 breweries. 9 rate Great. Xül Beer Company in Knoxville leads the list at 4.29 (Great).

The scale

  • Exceptional

    A short list of extraordinary breweries worth planning a trip around.

  • Great

    Consistently produce world-class beer.

  • Fine

    Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.

  • Poor

    Not bad beer so much as unremarkable beer.

  • Limited

    Most craft beer drinkers pass these by.

Ranked breweries

  1. 1

    Xül Beer Company

    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

    Xul Beer Company produce's exceptional beer and is ranked #2 in Tennessee. They are most well known for "Paper Crowns", which is a New England IPA and "PB&J Mixtape", which is a Fruited Sour. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Sours.

    Rating
    4.29Great
    Popularity
    Widely rated
  2. 2

    Abridged Beer Company

    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

    Abridged Beer Company produce's high quality beer and is ranked #21 in Tennessee. They are most well known for "Toppy Rock", which is a New England IPA and "Synchronous", which is a New England IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Sours.

    Rating
    4.22Great
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  3. 3

    Pretentious Beer Co

    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

    Pretentious Beer Co. is the Brewery side of Pretentious Glass Co. We make one-off experimental brews, served in a tap room built by hand, in glasses made by hand, on a bar of hard wood that was built by hand, on chairs that were....well you get the point ;) This is a brewery opened by a glass artist and a community of artists and craftspeople.

    Rating
    4.20Great
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  4. 4

    Next Level Brewing Company

    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

    Next Level Brewing Company produce's high quality beer and is ranked #12 in Tennessee. They are most well known for "Big Boi Map", which is a New England IPA and "Clinched Fist", which is an American IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Dark Beers.

    Rating
    4.19Great
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  5. 5

    Schulz Bräu Brewing Company

    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

    Schulz Bräu Brewing Company is a German family owned brewery in Knoxville, TN. We strive to provide our costumers with an authentic experience and to offer the highest quality German beers available.

    Rating
    4.19Great
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  6. 6

    Crafty Bastard Brewery

    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

    Crafty Bastard Brewery produce's high quality beer and is ranked #14 in Tennessee. They are most well known for "Hop Candy IPA", which is an American IPA and "Tessellation IPA", which is an American IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Dark Beers.

    Rating
    4.18Great
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  7. 7

    The Black Dog Brewhouse

    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

    The Black Dog Brewhouse produce's high quality beer and is ranked #18 in Tennessee. They are most well known for "Vanilla Milkshake Ale", which is a Wheat Beer and "Elstennial IPA", which is an American IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Wheat Beers.

    Rating
    4.18Great
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  8. 8

    Alliance Brewing Company

    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

    Rating
    4.17Great
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  9. 9

    Orange Hat Brewing

    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

    Orange Hat Brewing produce's high quality beer and is ranked #20 in Tennessee. They are most well known for "Stone the Crows", which is an Imperial IPA and "Ladybug", which is a Farmhouse Ale. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Pale Lagers.

    Rating
    4.17Great
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  10. 11

    Last Days of Autumn Brewing

    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

    We have designed our brewery so that we have every advantage in creating unique small batch ales. Brewing in small batches affords us the opportunity to constanly create new and exciting beers. Our goal is that each time you visit or taproom, their is a beer available that you havent tasted before.. We have no set styles that we will only brew. Seasonality, customer requests , availablity of ingredients and the brewmasters whim will determine what we brew.

    Rating
    3.89Fine
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  11. 12

    Printshop Beer Co

    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

    Printshop Beer Co produce's fine quality beer and is ranked #48 in Tennessee. They are most well known for "Hop Pusher", which is an American IPA and "Baker Creek", which is a Brown Ale - American. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Pale Ales.

    Rating
    3.89Fine
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  12. 13

    Ebony & Ivory Brewing

    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

    Rating
    3.85Fine
    Popularity
    Barely rated
  13. 14

    Hexagon Brewing Company

    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

    Hexagon Brewing Company was formed in 2015 after many years of home brewing and preparing to open a craft brewery in East Tennessee. It would still be another 18 months for all the final pieces to come together; and, on February 18, 2017, the first beer was brewed and the start of the next stage of the exciting venture that is Hexagon began. Hexagon believes in brewing consistent, true-to-style beers, and working with local artisans and vendors to create a unique angle to our brews. Come visit us at the Taproom, or look for our locally made taps around town. Cheers!

    Rating
    3.79Fine
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  14. 15

    Balter Beerworks

    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

    Balter Beerworks produce's decent quality beer and are constantly experimenting brewing new ones. They are most well known for "Firebelly", which is an American IPA and "Bear Blend", which is an Other Porter. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Ales and IPAs.

    Rating
    3.76Fine
    Popularity
    Modestly rated
  15. 16

    Downtown Grill & Brewery

    Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

    Downtown Grill & Brewery produce's generally unappealing beer and has a decent variety of ones to choose from. They are most well known for "Woodruff IPA", which is an English IPA and "White Mule Ale", which is an English Pale Ale. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Ales and Dark Beers.

    Rating
    2.99Limited
    Popularity
    Modestly rated