USA, TN: Marrowbone Creek Brewing Co. slated to open in Ashland City in November

Ashland City is slated to land its first craft beer business, with the Marrowbone Creek Brewing Co. taproom and retail sales space to open in November, the Nashville Post reported on August 28.

To be located at 240 S. Main St. in a vintage bow-truss building once home to a small auto dealership, Marrowbone Creek will join Flytes Brewhouse in Pleasant View as Cheatham County’s two breweries. Julie Morris, Chris Morris and Ryan Jensen own the business, with Chris Morris telling the Post the plan is to first open the taproom and then, in a second phase penciled in for March, open the rear of the building featuring the brewery itself and a community space available for private events. To offer a beer garden vibe with outdoor spaces, that component will supplement the indoor taproom, he said.

Morris, who is married to Julie, said the taproom will have at least eight beers, including an IPA, a Belgian style, a porter, a stout,

Morris said the team plans to name one of its beers after Ashland City-based attorney Jennifer Noe, who spearheaded the legal effort to modify the county’s beer codes to allow for breweries with less strict food requirements. He said the likely option is “Noe Doubt Stout,” which will feature coffee.

The owners plan to invest roughly $500,000 to get the business operational.

“I have been an avid home brewer for 11 years,” Morris said. “My wife and I have talked about opening a brewery since our college days in the late 1990s. We were looking to invest in a startup brewery three years ago that ended up bootstrapping (the business eventually launched without investors), but that was valuable experience. We have been looking for the right opportunity since then and found it.”

As to the name, Marrowbone Creek runs through Cheatham County, eventually flowing into the Cumberland River.

“We wanted the business to be uniquely Ashland City,” Morris said, adding “something locals identify with that also reflects outdoor recreation and the beauty of this area that people here love.”

Morris said the ownership team plans to originally have four employees and grow from there. Of note, Kerry Morris (Julie and Chris’s daughter) will work at the business. The Morrises moved to Ashland City from East Nashville in 2019.

Morris expects the taproom to start operations by being open, tentatively, Wednesdays through Friday, 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

To start, Marrowbone Creek will allow patrons to bring food into the business.

29 August, 2020