Fat Bottom Brewing Co. has bought fellow local beer-maker Music City Beer Co.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed in a release.
Of note, Fat Bottom began contract brewing for Music City Light in 2018, according to a release.
“Music City has been produced by several different breweries over the years and we always struggled with inconsistent product and quality,” Music City founder Quinn O’Sullivan says in the release. “When we brought the project to Fat Bottom, their brewmaster was able to reformulate the recipe to improve the product and make each batch taste exactly the same. We immediately saw our sales increase, as consumers came back and re-bought a product that they actually enjoyed.”
The release also says Fat Bottom will more than double capacity at its 33,000-square-foot production brewery facility located in The Nations.
Ben Bredesen serves as owner and founder of Fat Bottom.
“We ordered a bunch of new 60-barrel tanks in December,” Bredesen says in the release. "We were running at absolute maximum capacity last summer, and we knew that we would be growing existing Fat Bottom brands, expanding Music City, and launching several new projects in 2020.”
Fat Bottom is Nashville Soccer Club's official craft brewing partner and will be launching two new beers: an American lager called Pitch Invasion and a session IPA named Breakaway. Both products come in at 4.5 percent alcohol by volume. Both will be available in draft and 16-ounce cans when the team opens its season on Feb. 29 at Nissan Stadium.
