Website: https://corsairdistillery.com/
Corsair Artisan, LLC, known as Corsair Distillery, is a craft distillery based in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the company’s website, it is celebrated for innovative whiskeys, gins, and unusual spirits, and has earned over 800 medals at national and international spirits competitions. The company operates the Corsair Distillery and Taproom at Marathon Village in Nashville, where visitors can take tours, sample spirits, and enjoy a taproom. Corsair describes itself as the first craft distillery in Nashville since prohibition.
Products
Corsair produces a range of craft spirits with a focus on innovation and experimentation. Its products include:
- Whiskeys, including single malt and rye
- Gins, including American gin and barreled gin
- Bourbon
- Additional craft and unusual spirits
The company emphasizes the use of local ingredients, drawing on local farms along with Corsair’s own malthouse and smokehouse to give its products a distinct Nashville character. This emphasis on in-house malting and smoking, combined with a willingness to produce unusual and experimental spirits, is central to how the distillery describes its identity. Its spirits have been featured in publications including Food and Wine, Saveur, Imbibe, Whisky Magazine, Whisky Advocate, The Atlantic, Time Out New York, and Maxim.com, and the company states that its products have collectively earned over 800 medals at national and international spirits competitions.
About
Corsair was founded in 2008 by childhood friends Darek Bell and Andrew Webber. According to the company’s story, it began as a homebrewing project in Darek and Amy Lee Bell’s garage and started operations in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The business relocated to Nashville in 2010, becoming the first craft distillery in the city since prohibition. Corsair later opened additional facilities, and today its Nashville presence centers on the Marathon Village location. The founders are described as Nashville natives leading the business.
Location & Contact
The Corsair Distillery and Taproom at Marathon is located at 1200 Clinton Street, #110, Nashville, TN 37203.
- Email: [email protected]
Taproom hours are Monday and Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 7 PM Central time, and the location is closed on Tuesday. Public tour times run on the hour, generally from 1 PM through 5 PM on weekdays and Sunday, with extended times on Saturday.
Additional Information
The Marathon location offers distillery tours with spirits tastings, guided tasting flights, a bottle shop and gift shop, and a taproom serving craft cocktails, local beers, and fresh-baked pizzas. Tour pricing listed on the website is $18 for a tour with tasting and $10 for a tour without tasting, with children under 12 admitted free. The company also offers online ordering and direct shipping through its shop, event booking, and gift certificates. Website sections include the company story, spirits, tours and tastings, awards, team, FAQ, and contact pages.
Profile compiled from the company’s official website (corsairdistillery.com).