Fat Bottom Brewing

I loved the atmosphere here! I’m not a beer drinker but my husband is so I went along. I really really enjoyed their burgers!

First visit here and was pleasantly surprised with the overall package … Staff was very chatty and friendly (we sat at bar) —
we watched great looking burgers flow out of the kitchen and wished we would have chosen that — we did go with the charcuterie plate and it was really good — a mix of fresh sausage, pâté’, fig, stone mustard, cheese, crostini — a nice mix of flavors — it was large and very shareable for 2 – 3 folks and matched with our beer nicely.
For beer we did a taster and for us quickly honed into their knockout IPA which was nicely hop balanced — not an IBU bomb but was great with the various food flavors.
Big plus for us — they allow dogs on their big shared patio (park in the back).
Nice job FB brewery!

This place had a spacious bar area and reasonably priced pints and flights. They had six or so beers on tap and a few were quite good though none too exceptional by my taste. I was sad that their Porter was not on tap and that they didn’t have a weekly special beer on tap. Overall this was a fun bar to hang out in with a pretty good selection of beers

5 stars for their food. The beer here is good, but the food is the star at this place.
Burger is incredible, I could eat my weight in fries.
Their grilled chicken salad is one of the best you will eat. It tastes as good as it looks.
Love the small menu, can’t go wrong with anything. Go here to eat.

Was only going to have a snack for lunch and try the beer flight… turned out the food is excellent and the beer flight revealed a new favorite blend in Red Betty.
The Tap Room is cool but the patio is the place to be on a day like this!
Great East Nashville find!

Another stop on my craft beer trip around the country, Fat Bottom does not offer much in variety but certainly displays quality in the absence of quantity. The two-​hop shakur was an ipa I actually enjoyed and the Ida Belgian was one of the best I’ve ever come across. The all wood asthetic gave a very rustic vibe coupled along with a great early 50s/​/​60s Rock soundtrack was also very welcome. Thoroughly enjoyed fat bottom and hope the rest of the Nashville craft scene is as good.

I really like this place. Good beers, food was very tasty and cool atmosphere. Highly recommend

We visited Fat Bottom after trying a brewery across main street (read my reviews under Nashville Weekend Without Kids for comparison) and it’s an o.k. place.
I did enjoy walking through the brewery area to and from the taproom as it gives you insight into what they’re doing.
The beers were decent-​I liked the Ruby (Red Ale) and the Knockout (a hoppy IPA with grapefruit hints), while Bertha (Oatmeal Stout) was enjoyed by others. We had some snacks there and the shisito peppers, well, I ate a really hot one first so didn’t really go further.
Service was o.k. but ours seemed a bit hurried and was running around a lot.

Small but cool place. Had a big selection of house brews and live music on a Thursday night. Very good bartender service. The knock out IPA was real good. Would go here again.

Beer is decent, burger was gross. Something was way off about it. There was a lot of joking around and «hanging around» in the kitchen from my view at the bar. No wonder they were empty on a Saturday, while butcher and bee and edleys were packed to the max. Ive been there before a couple years ago and I thought it was much better than this past experience. I won’t be back.

You may miss this brewpub if you’re not looking for it. Labeled only with a hanging sign, you adventure through their production facility to get to the brewpub.
The beer was good, servers helpful, and atmosphere very much friendly, I’ll be returning the next time I’m in town. It looked like they even had an small patio setup out back, and a stage for live music from time to time.

The BEST part about this place are the people and the atmosphere. I saw a fantastic jazz band there last night — its a good set up, you get a good view from any seat. The staff is beyond friendly — especially Ashley, who was working the bar. Thanks Ashley for making my evening so fun!
The food was good, nothing to write home about. Sad I didn’t get a chance to try the ginger beer as it wasn’t on tap, but their new west coast 2 Hopped IPA was great.

It was my first time here and it was great experience with live jazz playing. My buddy came back from Orlando after leaving the Eat Side 4 years ago and was pleasantly surprised by this awesome spot that my be relocating to the west side.

My first time at FBB. The hot chicken tacos are terrific. Perfect combination of heat, sweet and crispy crunch. Mouth is still dancing as I write this with one taco in my other hand. The Ida Belgium style compliments the whole experience.

A deceptively large dining room and enormous outdoor patio give you lots of seating options in this place. The pew like benches are heavy but sturdy and there long tables lend themselves well to a group.
The food options are small but pretty tasty. The beer is frankly not worth a second visit. We were there for jazz Tuesdays which was great to have live music with dinner. However don’t hope to have any conversation with your table while the music plays.
We were a large group so gratuity was included which I think is totally acceptable and appropriate, however our waitperson calculated the gratuity based on the total including tax, not the pretax subtotal. Maybe that’s normal for TN but that’s cheating most places I’ve been.

Super sad to have driven from Cincinnati and found Brewer closed up tight on a Thurs night at 9:00.

Good, but not remarkable beers. The burgers are AMAZING. A really cool looking taproom, daily specials, and live music make it definitely worth the trip.

This is a really cool brewery/​bar/​restaurant. For starters, the beer selection is really great. The ginger beer is my favorite, but I went the flight route so I could check out the range of beers available.
There’s an amazing outdoor patio that is dog friendly, and there’s a great food menu that is me friendly. Check this place out!

The tour was very informative, but also very hot. They did not tell us there was no air conditioning in the brewery! You also only get three samples. The tour costs only $ 5, so that was good for our wallets.

Fat Bottom is so cool!
It was a hot day. a very hot and humid day. Passing through Nashville on my cross country trip from Virginia to WA we stumbled upon (not really. I looked it up on Unilocal) this amazing dog friendly find.
The outdoor seating is. pretty. Like really pretty. With ceiling fans going and lots of seating options Fat Bottom Brewing has got to be the prettiest brewery I have ever been to. The food was great and the IPA definitely stood out.
I recommend popping in here with your pup and just relaxing. It was 90 degrees out and humid but totally bearable and maybe even pleasurable because the ceiling fans, beer, food and service.

I wish I could give half stars… Because 3 is really too low for my overall satisfaction but 4 is too high.
I had the fruit beer on tap, as did my friend, and it was very good! We also split the hummus plate, which was perfect for the two of us as a light dinner option. Prices were fair and servings were a good size. We also got a penny tour of the brewery which was very informative and interesting. The only thing I didn’t love about the place was the comfortability of the joint. All the tables and chairs were handcrafted and beautiful but after being there only an hour, dancing and hanging with new friends, I felt so achy and sore! My friend has some back issues and it was way worse for her. I just felt that for a neighborhood bar/​pub feel, they were lacking in comfort big time. To go back here I’d need to pull a grandma and take a cushion.

I have had a few Fat Bottom beers at area pubs, so I was excited to try the tasting room. Unfortunately it missed the mark. The space is cool, with beautiful long wood tables. We sat down quickly and got menus and our first orders in quickly. We received our beers pretty quickly. We had a Java Jane (coffee porter) and a couple Berthas (oatmeal stouts). The weren’t bad but we just weren’t rushing to finish them up. The Bertha had an unrefined sharpness to it, more like someone mixed the oatmeal stout with the IPA in haste. Not bad but not competitive with other craft brews. And yes, I love unfiltered beer — that wasn’t the issue.
We said we wanted to order food but the waitress disappeared. We went to the bar to order finally and the online menu turned out to be different from what was available. «We haven’t had that since, like, last spring.» I guess Winter Menu means last winter, not this one.
The live entertainment was a nice surprise, a good band (I forgot their name unfortunately). For some reason only a few of the patrons paid any attention to the well-​written lyrics and music.
Things get better with time, and I’m optimistic Fat Bottom Brewing will improve, but this visit was a little disappointing.

Is it a problem when the food is better than the beer at a brewery? Such is the conundrum I find Fat Bottom in. I love the nasty and I actually like the indoor/​outdoor spaces at FB. The parlour games are fun and that burger is great.
The beer? Meh… It’s fine, but in the world of Jackalope, Yazoo etc. the bar is set pretty high these days in the Ville and rightly so.
I’ve always had a good time here, but if your measure of a brewery is the beer, you might leave with a tear.

Fat Bottom has good beer, a great vibe and happens to be local. I’ve been wanting to check it out for a few months since I first visited the nearby Filling Station. It’s a gem of a brewery in Nashville. A sunken courtyard in the back contributes to its charm. I’ve acquired a taste for sour beers and the Lychee Berliner Weisse is a fantastic choice if you’re trying to step out a bit and try a new beer. With a light body and a bit of tartness it’s a great summer choice. I’ll be sure to keep drinking.

I’m happy to be able to give Fat Bottom this 5-​star rating. Had I reviewed them at this same time last year, I would have been hard pressed to give them 3.
Fat Bottom has always had the awesome branding, good marketing, cool location, good food, and nice local distribution; the only thing lacking was the beer. It was inconsistent, unimaginative, and I’ll say it – downright disappointing.
A good friend of mine (whose beer palate I trust) let me know they had a new brewmaster and assistant brewmaster and things were different now. Boy is he right.
The Lychee Weiss was my definite favorite, though the Ida was delicious as well. I can’t wait to come back and try a flight in their awesome biergarten.

The Fat Bottom taproom was a super chill relaxing spot, with a surprising variety of beer on tap. I’ve been to numerous breweries and taprooms around the US and they all have their beer little thing going on, but FBB is more than just that. I absolutely love the fact that they have taken the time to create such a nice ambiance, with friendly bench style seating at cool wooden tables. There’s a bar and restaurant area with the list of what’s on tap, a full restaurant area, even another room in the back and a small corner stage, since this is the Music City after all. In fact, we had actually planned on heading somewhere else for dinner, but the band playing was so great that we didn’t want to leave. Once we really started to look at the menu, we were sold and decided to stick around and make a night of it.
I really appreciated a legit dinner menu at a taproom and not just light bar snacks. Again, this just speaks to how FBB has created a warm space where folks can really enjoy themselves. I didn’t go for a burger, but they looked wonderful and huge (yes, that’s me looking over your shoulder to see what you ordered and how it looks). I was trying to keep dinner quasi-​healthy since I planned on drinking most of calories. We ordered a delicious beet and mozzarella salad on spinach. It was really great with lots going on in the flavor department. Perfect amount of dressing, nuts and cheese. My buddy had the poutine fries and they looked good, but I just not a poutine kinda gal. No offense gravy-​fry lovers. We also had the hummus sampler platter thingie. I was completely surprised by the level of deliciousness coming out of these tasty spreads. Olive tapenade, I’m talking to you.
Now finally on to the beer! We go there pretty late in the evening and didn’t get a chance to take a tour of the brewery, but the scene was set for an awesome night as soon as we walked in and I was ready to get to drinking. I tried full flight of each of the tasty brews on tap that night. As I went down the line, I Ruby Red first caught my attention, quickly followed by the Black Betty. So it was no surprise that my absolute total fav was the Red Betty, which was a pretty tasty blend of the previous two. I’m not sure if the RB is usually on tap or if this was a special blend. Definitely worth checking out if you see it. Overall I really liked a lot of the beers, but Red Betty takes the cake. I really hope to get back and take a tour of the brewery since they are truly putting out some tasty brews.

4.5
Fat Bottom* just makes me happy.
Local. Check. Kitschy names. Check. Great brews. Check. Food unexpected from a brewery. Check. Really nice employees/​owners. Check. In a market like Nashville, it’s easy for a hip brewery in a hip part of town to rest on its laurels and not go above or beyond. Even if FB had but a couple of the checkpoints listed above, it would still be a draw. But, given all the things going for it, the folks beyond FB strive for more and it shows.
I love that all the beer have female names, back stories and personality. I have many ideas on additional ladies to add to the line-​up, based upon style, seasonality and region. FB bigwigs, help me help you to add to your legion of ladies. Surprisingly to me, my favorite lady is Ida. I’m not much of a golden ale kind of guy but the aromatic citrus and clove notes (honey, too?) make this gal incredibly drinkable. To start my love affair with FB, I ordered a sampler and when I was through with the brew, I came back to Ida and ordered a pint. I fully expected to love Ruby (reds are a weakness) but found it a bit too hoppy for my tastes. Ida takes the cake. But, be sure to try all the drafts. There’s something to love in all of them. I’ve yet to try Ginger or Java Jane but I’m hoping that will change in the coming winter months. FB also used to have a small batch they’d present on Wednesdays and let the masses drink until it ran out. I haven’t seen a small batch in a while. I think it’s because they’re waiting on me for inspiration. Hint hint.
But, beyond the beer, FB offers incredibly nice servers (shout out to Ashley), a beer garden that boasts live music and good vibes (must be the namaste flowing from the hot yoga next door) and a menu that has everything from blue cheese burgers to fries that will addict you to falafel to Indian food — and it’s all delicious. Who knew that a brewery would have choice ethnic vegetarian and vegan offerings? Oh, Edgefield. What a wacky ‘hood you are. But as good as the food is… as nice as the servers are… as homey as the beer garden is… this is a Nashville brewery through and through. And, by that, I mean the beers are hoppy (for the most part; Nashville loves hops), the names are quirky and the pours are strong. Fat Bottom is one of the reasons Nashville is a choice destination in the Lower 48.
*Add the ‘s’ for additional happiness.

Good brew, great food fun atmosphere.
Fat Bottom’s brews tend to be a bit hoppy IMHO, but there is a good selection that should appeal to almost everyone. I ordered the Piney Munich pale ale and was surprised to be served a deep red beer. According to the waitress, German style pale ales are not. Pale, that is. They have a delicious porter, all chocolatey and coffee tasting.
We had a crowd with very diverse eating habits, everything from «regular» to vegan to paleo and the menu accommodated us all very well. The vegheads had Seitan sammies and a delicious looking kale salad. I, the paleo, had a shaved Brussels Sprout salad with strawberries, pecans, feta (which I asked them to leave off) and added grilled chicken to it. The dressing was light, fresh and lemony and perfectly enhanced the other ingredients. And the grilled chicken was very tasty and juicy. The Mac and cheese and hummus plate were also given the thumbs up. Prices are pretty good — $ 22 for 2 pints and the salad with chicken added.
They have live music in the garden on Thursdays. Parking is skimpy, but there are several connected lots behind. The door is on Main St. or you can enter the beer garden on the left side or the back of the building.

My first trip to Fat Bottom was June 28^th of this year. Admittedly, it was the eighth brewery I visited while on an eight hour tour of local brew pubs so my initial impression was that I wanted to come back without my beer goggles. Boy am I glad I did!
The husband and I made a field trip there this past Saturday and I must admit I was just as pleased as I was last weekend. And this time I made the trip without having had any bevvies prior to.
The weather was perfect for spending some time in the bier garten. We cozied up at a corner table outside and perused the menu. My German went with an Ida, the Belgian style golden ale while I went with Ginger, the wheat ale. Although he is a German National and everyone hears all this hoopla about Germans drinking warm beer (not true), he and I both remarked that our drafts could have been a few degrees cooler. That being said, it was our only «complaint».
I went with the Blue Cheese burger and hubs had the taquitos. His was filled with chorizo and had a sprinkling of cojita cheese on them. Quite tasty with the salsa! My burger was sublime. I asked for it medium rare/​medium and I got a plate with a juicy burger cooked to perfection. The meat was the real star of the burger as it should be and the blue cheese added just the right punch to it. The bun on which it was served was toasted well and held together fabulously despite how succulent and moist the burger was. I would be hard-​pressed to go there again and not get that burger. It has to be one of my top burgers I’ve had in Nashville. I paired it with the mac-​n-​cheese at my server’s suggestion. That had Serrano peppers and bacon in it (she had me at bacon). It was delish — but then I saw my neighbor’s fries and realized that too would have been a good choice.
All in all a great experience and we decided that we would definitely be back soon to sample other beers and for me to get my burger fix satisfied. What’s there not to love with a bier garten, craft brews, great atmosphere and attentive service?

All I think of every time I see the name of this brewery is~
Big Booty Chicks, they think they is the ish.
It’s some kind of dance hit or something from the 90s. It totally does not apply to this brewery at all though because Fat Bottom has a jump jivin’ throwback vibe way further back than the 90s circa 50s– early 60s.
Everything about Fat Bottom screamed amazingness to me. I don’t know about you but I always feel like it would have been my jam back in the 50s and 60s. I just loved that this place had that kind of feel in an updated 2014 type of way. The dimly lit interior lent itself well to the wood paneling & brightly colored Fat Bottom logo. The walls were lined with old school posters, the lights were old school and just a sampling of the old school music :
Sherry by Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
Stay by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs (Dirty Dancing soundtrack)
some music from the Temptations
Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight by The Spaniels
I just kept singing along & quietly screaming, I love this music!
The prices at this East Nashville brewery are completely reasonable with most pints being $ 5. I opted for a sampler to try many of their brews and with that had 6 generous 5 oz pours of beer for $ 10. I also got an extra pint just so I could try all the offerings available. That night on tap they had:
Black Betty
Red Betty
Soulshine
Schwarzbier — This only had 3 check ins on Untappd which made me feel über special. It was a small batch Black beer and delicious.
Ruby Red
Knockout
Ida — I’m not normally a golden ale girl but this tied for my favorite of the night.
As if that wasn’t enough on Saturdays from 12 – 5 they do $ 3 pints! And just about every day they have a special or some cool event going on. My friend and I went in about 830pm on a Saturday night and there were only a few others hanging out drinking aside from us. That is something you just NEVER get in Chicago! Our taprooms are packed to the brim every single day and especially in prime time on weekends. It was such a chill vibe being able to get a seat & actually hear our conversation that we very much appreciated.
There’s nothing not to love about Fat Bottom! Good beer, great atmosphere, friendly people working.
Pro-​Tip: When you walk in off the street, keep walking back. You enter in the brewery near the equipment and the tap room is in the back. And if it’s nice out, they have an awesome patio area.

I came here with my sister, brother in law, their roommate and a friend of mine that was going to be moving to Nashville around the same time as me. We came to check out the different areas so we stopped by Fat Bottom Brewing since my friend loves beer. I have to admit that I am not a big beer fan. I tend to like girlier drinks such as margaritas but decided to still go along with the flow. I think we went in the back entrance or maybe that is the front? I am not sure. That is the only confusing part of this place. We walked through the brewing area to get to the taproom part.
Once we got in and sat down someone came to get our drink order. Even though this is a brewery I can’t really fully comment on the beers but my friend ordered the sampler, I tried a few sips of each and they were all good. He really enjoyed them. I know he has been back since moving.
Our food came out in waves which was weird but didn’t bother me since I know it isn’t a traditional restaurant. I ordered a burger which was a better version of a big mac. The burger was excellent! Not what I expected from a brewery that specializes in beer and not food. The fries were also excellent. My friend ordered a kale salad and said he loved it. My sister and brother in law ordered side items and they raved about how good everything was. All of us agreed that we didn’t expect it to be so good but that we would all return again. We were all impressed.

I’ll be the first one to admit that I don’t drink that much beer. I prefer whiskey and wine. Well, not at the same time, but you get the idea. I came here on a Wednesday for trivia. Sign up starts at 6 & trivia starts at 7. We arrived at 6:40 & had no issues getting a seat. By 7 the place was packed.
I decided on the «Ida» beer because it was 6.2% & the others were lower. It was also billed as a pale ale & I thought that was something I’d had before. For someone who doesn’t drink much beer (it makes me feel bloated & I prefer a little stronger drink when I drink) I really enjoyed it. It wasn’t too hoppy & had a crisp taste.
We ordered food also, I got the hot chicken sandwich with a side of mac & cheese. The hot chicken sandwich was a special of the day & was very yummy. It was spicy, but not so much that it was inedible. The mac & cheese was good also, but it was almost as spicy as the chicken. So, if you don’t like spicy, don’t get the mac & cheese.
Trivia. I didn’t care much for the trivia. The hosts didn’t seem like they wanted to be there & the questions were only about 70−90s rock bands & cartoons. They didn’t deviate from those topics over the 20 questions. The pace of the questions took a long time, like 5 minutes per question.
The interior of the restaurant is nice, long tables & two seater chairs. I would love to come back on a warm night & sit outside in the huge courtyard they have.

We love traveling to new places and visiting breweries. I saw the the Fat Bottom Brewing ad one day and heard it was local.
When driving down Main looking for a place to go, I saw the sign. We pulled the car around and hoped for a nice cold one. I wasn’t sure they were even open and what a surprise.
A very cool brew pub with food and drinks, a nice bar design. Very modern, unassuming from the classic signage outside. Homage to the Industrial area it was many years before.
They had an event that evening, so the outdoors was full of people playing games and enjoying beer. We sat at the bar and ordered up three samplers for us and our friend. I enjoyed them all but the Ida and the Ginger was my favorite.
Great spot, we were very lucky to just have happened upon it. Fat Bottom Brewery is a great Nashville find.