Nashville's Big Machine Distillery Guided Tour with Tastings
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Nashville, USA
- 45 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Get a taste of Nashville at the Big Machine Brewery & Distillery as you tour the production area. Home to handcrafted spirits including vodka, whiskey, gin, and moonshine, this downtown Nashville distillery uses a special filter to create its vodka. Learn how it works and enjoy a guided tasting as you watch it all in action.
- Experience and learn about traditional Southern spirits
- This tour is ideal for foodies and spirits enthusiasts
- Tasting includes flight of Big Machine Spirits and a cocktail
- Spirits and merchandise are available for purchase
What's Included
- 45-Minute Guided Big Machine Distillery Tour in Nashville
- Flight of Big Machine Spirits
- Access to the Tasting Room to enjoy cocktails and live music.
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 122 3rd Ave S, Nashville, TN 37201, USA
Tours will meet in the upstairs bar of Big Machine Brewery and Distillery
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
Head to downtown Nashville on your own the day of your Big Machine Brewery and Distillery small-group tour. This experience is limited to just five people for an intimate look at Big Machine’s brewing grounds and spirits.
First off, visit the production area of the distillery with a guide who tells you about the distillery’s handcrafted spirits and how they’re made. See how Big Machine’s vodka is made from corn before going to the special VIP lounge for an included guided tasting.
Afterward, spend some time shopping spirits and souvenirs in the distillery’s gift shop before calling it a day.
First off, visit the production area of the distillery with a guide who tells you about the distillery’s handcrafted spirits and how they’re made. See how Big Machine’s vodka is made from corn before going to the special VIP lounge for an included guided tasting.
Afterward, spend some time shopping spirits and souvenirs in the distillery’s gift shop before calling it a day.
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Big Machine Brewery & Distillery
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Travelers praise the tour for its generous tastings of high-quality local spirits, including whiskey, gin, vodka, and rum, appreciating the wide selection and relaxed sampling environment. Guides are frequently noted for their friendly, knowledgeable, and engaging presentations that effectively convey distillery history and production processes. The educational focus combined with a comfortable atmosphere enhances the overall experience, making it both informative and enjoyable for most travelers.
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John our tour guide was amazing! So funny and knowledgeable. The selections of their products were top notch! 100% recommend.
I’m Scottish so no stranger to a distillery tour but this is probably the best I’ve been to. What you get for the money is amazing. Paul gave great insight into the distillery and the different products they make but in a really informal and informative way. You get more samples than you can probably handle so recommend this at the start of the day before you hit the Broadway bars!! Highly recommend doing this for an hour of your trip to Nashville
We had a great times at Big machine distillery. Our guide was knowledgeable. Definitely recommended.
Amazing experience! Highly recommend! Our tour guide was very friendly and knowledgeable and the samples were wonderful!
It was so fun and we meet new people while learning about whiskey. I would definitely go back, oh let’s not forget the drinks were amazing.
Great experience, very informative, the guide have a great interest in whiskey that make the experience worth while. I would recommend to anyone getting into whiskey.
Entertaining and interesting, the young men who did the tour were very sweet and knowledgeable. Tasted good too.
We were 5 couples of friends traveling. I'm glad we took this tour. The distillery is so different from others that we've been to. Highly recommend it, you will not regret
Very amazing tour. You really get a bang for your buck with this. Learn a lot about the history of the company as well as their processes.
Fun experience close to Broadway. Very informational and some tasty drinks. Worth the money for this experience.
Knowledgeable, friendly distillery tour guide, Jim, and great tasting blueberry bourbon, gin, and 140 proof moonshine (so smooth)! Nico was one of their newest tour guides and he was an excellent host! Great value for a privately owned Tennessee distillery, Borchatta Bourbon, and the products are excellent!! So glad we took time out for this tour on a Friday morning!!
The host was nice and friendly but it was almost like she was reading off a script. The actual tasting was generous and interesting but I would suggest the tour work on its presentation and “pazaz”
Great hospitality. Our guide was friendly and knowledgeable. The tour was fun on many levels. The spirits and whiskey are amazing 🤩 we brought home several bottles.
We had a small group. Just our party of four for the timeslot that we signed up.Not only do we have drinks here, but we also did a tour/tasting for vodka and whiskey.
Patrick was our tour guide/instructor, And he was absolutely amazing with giving the history of this business and how they make their vodka/whiskey. After the tour we ordered some additional cocktails, and listened to the live musician they had. The Hannah Colada (Rum, Coconut, Lime &
Pineapple) was yummy
Fun atmosphere, great explanation of the distill process. Good bang for my money. Would recommend it.
Paul was an excellent tour guide and very knowledgeable. I would definitely recommend visiting this distillery.
Great tour, great guide, small group with lots of tasting options. No high pressure sales, but we definitely bought some stuff!
It was very educational and eye opening on how the process changes the taste so much. I didn’t realize I could actually like a vodka enough to purchase it!
The host was very friendly and awesome. It was a neat place to tour. My whole family had a great time and experience.
Great tour. Great experience. Tasting was amazing. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
It was fine for the price, it is a cool atmosphere, informative and nice variety of liquor as well as tasty. We had one tour guide/pourer for 20-25 people and he seemed overwhelmed. Another pourer would have made experience more enjoyable. He would pour those closest to him first and the group on each end would have to wait even though others had asked for a sample first of a particular offering. This occurred throughout the tasting. Another pourer and better organization would be helpful.
Great tour, lots of samples! You get a bit of history of the distillery and learn a bit about distilling in general. Definitely worth the price
So fun… great staff and tasty liquor. The location is very easy to find right in the heart of downtown too! Do it!
My tour guide, John was very knowledgeable about the different types of spirits they sold and the production process. He had patience throughout the tour and allowed us to taste as much as we wanted. He was also fine with us not tasting. Felt comfortable and not pressured. I tasted moonshine for the first time and it wasn’t terrible. I won’t try it again however😅.
You should definitely try their platinum vodka. It takes quality and isn’t harsh in your throat. Would definitely recommend this tour to anyone visiting Nashville.
Fun experience and something different to do just a little off broadway
Recommend if you are looking for a new experience
Amazing from both an education perspective as you learn about both history and chemistry. Samples are generous and you get a good taste of their different offerings.
Great experience very easy for a larger group. The history itself of the distillery was so interesting and we enjoyed that they had many different products to taste.
Jack, our tour guide, was awesome! He was both personable and knowledgeable which made the experience even more memorable.
This was fun. Drinks were half off as long as you are doing this tour. The shots you get to try are amazing
1- Not really a “tour”. The whole distillery is in one room, and it’s not even a large room.. (having done the tours in St. Augustine my expectations were much higher)
2- Parking is across the street for $32. (Unless you leave enough time for a long walk and park elsewhere)
3- Sample sizes were roughly a tablespoon. I’m not exaggerating in the slightest. It was just enough to get your tongue wet so you could taste it. Them calling it a “flight” is severely false advertising.
4- We got to taste one vodka, one rum, and 3 whiskeys. Totaling at most 5 tbsp. (Granted- The bartender did pour heavier for some people than others; he served slightly heavier pours to large men)
5- Entire “tour” was over in 37 minutes, during which he explained the distilling process for whiskey. It could’ve been an email. I’m shocked people gave it five stars. Maybe for $5 a person it’s worth 5 stars, but not $25.
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