Brewery Hop-On Hop-Off Trolley

The Brewery Hop-On Hop-Off Trolley, run by Music City Brew Hop, is a day pass on an air-conditioned vintage trolley that loops through East Nashville's brewery scene. It operates Friday, Saturday and Sunday from noon to six, with winter hours listed from January 1 through March 8. The route starts at the Omni Nashville Hotel and visits Honeytree Meadery, TailGate Brewery East Nashville, Southern Grist, East Nashville Beer Works, Bearded Iris Brewing and Monday Night Brewing's Preservation Co. location. You can board at any stop, get off and on as often as you like, and the trolley passes each stop about once an hour. Music plays over the speakers, a conductor shares brewery information, and bottled water is provided.

This is a different way to see the city: the loop avoids Lower Broadway altogether and takes you into neighborhoods most visitors miss, where the taprooms are low-key, the patios are shady and prices are friendlier. Reviewers rave about the guides and drivers, naming Trevor in particular, and love the hop-on hop-off flexibility, the variety of beers and not needing a designated driver. People say they made friends on board and that the group atmosphere is a big part of the fun. The pass covers the transportation, not the drinks, so you buy pints, cocktails or seltzers at each venue, and at least two stops serve food.

How to pace it. With six brewery-type stops and a trolley arriving roughly hourly at each, you will not see them all in the six-hour window unless you keep visits short, and one reviewer who tried found it overwhelming and recommended picking a few. Choose two or three favorites, stay about an hour each, and eat at a stop with a kitchen. The trolley times are posted by the driver, so ask for the schedule when you board. One reviewer said it is not a brewery tour in the sense of seeing brewing equipment, so treat it as a transport pass to a series of taprooms. If you miss the pickup, message the operator, as one guest did successfully.

Know the rules. The listing is not wheelchair accessible, is stroller accessible and allows service animals; infants must sit on laps, and no alcohol age rule is printed, so assume the usual twenty-one minimum for drinks. Cancellation is free for a full refund up to twenty-four hours before the start. Because it runs only on weekends, plan your trip around it if you want it; it fits well after a morning at the Farmers Market or before a songwriter show, and it gets you out to East Nashville, which has its own food scene. For a more guided, history-led version of a downtown beer day, the walking brewery tour and food tours in this guide complement it, but this is the best way to sample the east side without driving. The listing recommends the trip to 97 percent of travelers and reports a good number of bookings each month, with the average buyer reserving about three weeks ahead, so book early for a Saturday. Eat something substantial before you board, bring a phone charger, and keep the trolley's pickup times in mind so you do not miss the last trolley of the day.