Introducing downtown Nashville's best kept secret.
Big Machine Brewery & Distillery, located on 3rd Avenue in the heart of downtown Nashville, is a must-visit destination for craft spirits and exclusive experiences. As the only spot downtown where you can legally purchase and enjoy to-go cocktails, we offer an unmatched way to sip and stroll Music City. Step inside for unique experiences like our Blend Your Own Bourbon workshop, Single Barrel Tastings, and monthly Songwriter Rounds featuring Nashville’s top songwriting talent. Whether you're a whiskey connoisseur or just looking for a one-of-a-kind night out, Big Machine is where music, craft spirits, and unforgettable moments come together.
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Blend Your Own Bourbon
The Borchetta Bourbon Blend Your Own Bourbon Experience is a sensory adventure for whiskey enthusiasts. Big Machine Distillery’s knowledgeable team of whiskey stewards guide guests through their personalized adventure of blending their unique mash bill from the aged barrels in our rick house. This experience is the ultimate in-depth experience for whiskey connoisseurs as well as a great introduction for whiskey novices.
Guests may also purchase up to 5 additional bottles of their blend for $75 per bottle.
Single Barrel Tasting
This unique experience allows guests to take a deep dive into some of our barrels that have been hand-selected for their unique character and deemed as single barrels. We will guide you as we sample whiskey thieved straight from the barrel.
This unforgettable tour experience is led by one of the knowledgeable whiskey stewards at Big Machine Distillery. During a facility tour, you will be walked through the story of our history, as well as every step in our distilling and production process, from grain to glass. With this experience, you also have the opportunity to purchase uncut, unfilled bottles of single barrel whiskey.
$75/bottle (limit 3 bottles per barrel). Purchase 1⁄2 Barrel* and receive 10% discount per bottle. Purchase Full Barrel* and receive 15% discount per bottle.
*Includes custom etching on any bottle of single barrel
purchase with logo or name
Bottle Your Own
Big Machine Brewery and Distillery is proud to introduce the first “Bottle Your Own” spirit program in the state of Tennessee. Guests will have the opportunity to bottle their own Double Gold Award-Winning Platinum-Filtered Big Machine Vodka, or Single Barrel Clayton James Tennessee Whiskey straight from the barrel. This unique process lets customers put the finishing touches on their own special limited edition bottle themselves.
Tour and Tasting
Walking through our whiskey library you will learn about every step in our process, from how we distill in Lynnville to how our 3rd avenue location serves as the second home to redistilling our tails. The tour concludes with a tasting where you may sample any of our impressive spirits from the Big Machine Distillery portfolio. Our bottle and gift shop is open daily to the public and is stocked full of our craft spirits and merchandise
